Indiana Gov. Daniels backs Bush guest worker proposal

AP ^ | 12/4/5

[Travis McGee]

Here I am!

[B4Ranch]

In 25 years when the American people are seeing Juan Arturo Mendo Hernandez running for the presidency as a proud American citizen who was born, the anchor baby of two illegal aliens working in a beef slaughterhouse in Nebraska, are people going to remember how strongly President Bush advocated his Temporary Workers Plan?

[Travis McGee]

Nope, they won't. THey won't remember crap.

[planekT]

In 25 years when the American people are seeing Juan Arturo Mendo Hernandez running for the presidency as a proud American citizen who was born, the anchor baby of two illegal aliens working in a beef slaughterhouse in Nebraska, are people going to remember how strongly President Bush advocated his Temporary Workers Plan?

Well, assuming I live that long, yes, I will remember how it came to be that Mexicans became the single largest voting block in this country, should that be the case.

Will the voters care that his parents aren't yet American citizens?

Will the voters care that his relatives who snuck across the border carrying illegal drugs for one of the cartels were never arrested, tried or jailed?

Will the voters care that America has sunk below the levels of expectation that our Founders had fought and died for?

Will the voters care?

To find the answers to those questions, you will have to ask them in Spanish, which brings up another question relevant to where we are now.

People who are for an unchecked illegal invasion often site the fact that we are a nation of immigrants, and that immigration in the past and the results of it show that there is no harm in it.

However, I think a valid point is that though we have in the past had large numbers of immigrants migrate here from all over the world (as did some of my German ancestors back in the mid 1800's), and still do, I notice that we don't have the option to press 3 for German, 4 for Chinese, or any other number to access a foreign language today other then Spanish.

This is a cogent point. Previous immigrants assimilated to us. Today, concerning our southern invaders, we are assimilating to them.

Press 2 for espanol? Hello? This is an illegal invasion, not immigration like we've known in the past.

[inquest]

Yes, except that the Kyl/Cornyn plan should be supported, IMO, as it approaches this the right way; it requires that illegal aliens first go back to their home country, and only then apply for guest-worker status.

Tancredo's plan requires that also. Does anyone know what any of the essential differences are between the two plans?

[B Knotts]

I don't know what the differences are, if any.

I'm just saying that I'm OK with a guest worker plan, as long as applicants must apply from their home country.