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Bush seeks to ease immigration laws
Chicago Sun-Times ^
| 1-6-04
| DEB RIECHMANN ASSOCAITED PRESS
Posted on 01/06/2004 6:56:26 PM PST by JustPiper
WASHINGTON President Bush is proposing to let foreign workers who have U.S. jobs waiting for them enter America.
Virtually silent on the immigration issue for two years, Bush was working today on remarks he will make about immigration on Wednesday afternoon at the White House to about 150 people active in immigration issues.
White House press secretary Scott McClellan would not say whether the president would announce a detailed proposal, or general outlines of a proposal to match willing foreign workers, mostly from Mexico, with receptive U.S. employers. There are an estimated 10 million undocumented workers in the United States, as many as half of them from Mexico
Its the issue of what hes talked about before about matching willing workers with willing employers where there are jobs that Americans are not interested in filling, McClellan said.
Thats an economic need that exists. Its important that we have a fair immigration policy and an immigration policy that addresses those economic needs, McClellan added.
The announcement comes just before Bushs scheduled meeting with Mexicos President Vicente Fox next week at the Summit of the Americas in Monterrey, Mexico. Mexican officials have complained bitterly at times that while the Bush administration has sought their help with border security and combatting drug trafficking, they have not acted on their desire for favorable changes in U.S. immigration policy.
Mexican officials have argued that the administration used post-Sept. 11 security concerns as an excuse to better protect, rather than allow freer movement over the U.S.-Mexican border. Tense relations were further aggravated by Mexicos decision not to support the U.S.-led war in Iraq, and when Bush refused to stop the execution of a Mexican national in Texas.
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 8million; aliens; amnesty; borders; illegals; immigration
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Virtually silent on the immigration issue for two years, Bush was working today on remarks he will make about immigration on Wednesday afternoon at the White House We need to watch this
There are an estimated 10 million undocumented workers in the United States, as many as half of them from Mexico
Here take my job and put it where...
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posted on
01/06/2004 6:56:27 PM PST
by
JustPiper
To: gubamyster; FairOpinion; FoxFang; FITZ; moehoward; Nea Wood; Joe Hadenuf; sangoo; ...
ping
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posted on
01/06/2004 6:57:01 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Register Independent and Write-In Tancredo for March !!!!)
To: All
To: JustPiper
If their lifestyle was equal to ours, I could see where competition would come into play.
As it stands, no one is willing to call a spade a spade by discussing how much money is being sent to Mexico, how many American tax dollars are being misdirected into social programs, etc.
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:05:13 PM PST
by
baltodog
To: JustPiper
President Bush is proposing to let foreign workers who have U.S. jobs waiting for them enter America.Bush acts like the foreign workers aren't already here. :^)
To: JustPiper
Good idea by GWB. Should be even more expansive though.
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:13:25 PM PST
by
Texas_Dawg
(Go, Dean, Go.)
To: JustPiper
The title should be "Come one, come all, American jobs up for grabs". Bush is more worried about employing Mexicans than employing out of work Americans. Soon we'll all be working for minimum wage like illegals do.
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:19:13 PM PST
by
janetgreen
(TANCREDO FOR PRESIDENT)
To: JustPiper
Is something going on with immigration?
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:19:25 PM PST
by
Huck
(This space available--monthly rates---great exposure)
To: janetgreen
Soon we'll all be working for minimum wage like illegals do. Speak for yourself. Personally, I think we could use a few more Mexicans. Lots of golf courses and homes need building right now. Just because Americans think they are too good to build golf courses, mow lawns, and build houses is not really a good argument for keeping people out of the country when there is a lot of work sitting half done.
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:21:01 PM PST
by
Texas_Dawg
(Go, Dean, Go.)
To: Texas_Dawg
Personally, I think we could use a few more Mexicans. Truly utilitarian attitude.
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:23:53 PM PST
by
A. Pole
(pay no attention to the man behind the curtain , the hand of free market must be invisible)
To: JustPiper
"Virtually silent on the immigration issue for two years"...
Lemme see: what was it happened two years ago?
Ah yes: THREE THOUSAND LIVES lost thanks in large part to deliberate failure to enforce immigration laws on the books.
Now Bush is going to "formalize" the contempt his Administration and others have had for enforcing the immigration laws of the United States enacted by the freely elected representatives of the citizens thereof.
If Bush puts forth this insult to American sovereignty, to American laws, to American citizenship, to American taxpayers, then he's as big and even bigger of a traitor in my mind than Clinton. And I'm truly, truly sorry I voted for him.
Bring 'em up, GW. You're gonna need those Mexican votes to replace mine, and a lot of others.
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:26:33 PM PST
by
Map Kernow
("I hold that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing" ---Thomas Jefferson)
To: JustPiper
Illegal aliens spreading out throughout Americas heartland...from China and Brazil, Venezuala, Cuba,Mexico, Afghanistan, Pakistan...you name it...
The illegals are also bringing Mexican 'red' methamphetamine with them...and are responsible for its spread among Americas kids in the midwest...
They are a natural distribution network hard to trace or catch for the cartels...deport them and presto they are back next year...new papers..no problemo
We need to recall our troops from EU and secure our own borders...
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:27:15 PM PST
by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: JustPiper
More like "ERASE" Immigration Laws!
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:28:02 PM PST
by
winker
To: A. Pole
Truly utilitarian attitude. Yeah. Well, that and they are usually just much better people than many Americans in my experience.
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:31:17 PM PST
by
Texas_Dawg
(Go, Dean, Go.)
To: joesnuffy; new cruelty; austinTparty; Dane; Coop; ArneFufkin; Jorge; Alberta's Child; ...
Illegal aliens spreading out throughout Americas heartland...from China and Brazil, Venezuala, Cuba,Mexico, Afghanistan, Pakistan...you name it... Todos nosotros estamos condenados.
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:33:31 PM PST
by
Texas_Dawg
(Go, Dean, Go.)
To: Texas_Dawg
Lots of golf courses and homes need building right now. Just because Americans think they are too good to build golf courses, mow lawns, and build houses is not really a good argument for keeping people out of the country when there is a lot of work sitting half done. Hell, yeah. 'Cept why stop there? Hell, re-institute slavery--that way the work'll git done FER FREE!!!
(Oh I know there's a cons'tutional 'mendment and ever'thing, but it ain't workin', 'cause the work ain't gittin' DONE, like you said!...)
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:33:39 PM PST
by
Map Kernow
("I hold that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing" ---Thomas Jefferson)
To: Texas_Dawg
they are usually just much better people than many Americans in my experienceTruly anti-American attitude. Thanks for the window into the mindset of the "immigration reformers," Dawg.
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:37:06 PM PST
by
Map Kernow
("I hold that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing" ---Thomas Jefferson)
To: Map Kernow
Hell, yeah. 'Cept why stop there? Hell, re-institute slavery Because economists have demonstrated as fact that slave labor is much more economically inefficient than free labor, as you know. Also, I don't believe in slavery. It's not good for the country. I also don't believe in using the federal government to artificially prop up the wages of phony "patriots" who are too lazy to do jobs needing to be done that would otherwise go undone when people willing to love this country and work hard would die for the chance.
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:37:08 PM PST
by
Texas_Dawg
(Go, Dean, Go.)
To: Map Kernow
Truly anti-American attitude. Oh really? You don't know any sorry Americans? Funny, if I had said that Hillary Clinton was a lousy American, you probably would have totally agreed with me.
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:37:58 PM PST
by
Texas_Dawg
(Go, Dean, Go.)
To: Texas_Dawg
Más Tristeza!
Estamos Condenados!
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posted on
01/06/2004 7:38:34 PM PST
by
new cruelty
(Q: What did the Buddhist say at the hot dog stand? A: "Make me one with everything.")
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