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Posted on 01/12/2004 9:37:51 AM PST by Happy2BMe
The President's Speech on Immigration Reform given on January 7th, 2004 has many far reaching proposals which if enacted into law, will shape the future of America for generations to come.
It is the first such immigration reform initiative by any president since Ronald Reagan granted amnesty to illegal immigrants living in the United States in 1986.
President Bush's immigration reform initiative would provide immediate and significant legal protections and rights for any illegal immigrants now living in the United States providing they inform the government of their presence here by legally registering it with the .
Significant benefits and privileges, including an opportunity for U.S. citizenship, would be granted to these immigrants as a result of their cooperation.
Since at least ten million illegal immigrants already living in the United States are eligible for the president's proposal, and since deporting that large of a population back to their home countries is largely considered physically impractical, this solution is seen as the "best-case" solution to the immigration problem by many Americans.
Also embedded into the president's proposal are far reaching changes that are considered by many Americans to be "giving away the farm." The cost of absorbing millions of illegal immigrants all at once and the impact and precedent it could create for future illegal immigrations are believed by many other Americans to far outweigh the benefits of legitimizing these millions of immigrants.
The political, economic, and social impact of President Bush's initiatives will affect the United States for at least the remainder of the 21st Century.
The crisis of illegal immigration affects each and every American, and the longer the crisis goes unanswered, the worse it will become.
It is for this reason that the nation must now put their differences aside and work together for the combined good of all Americans, from all walks of life, and from all political and economic persuasions.
Current FR link reference on President Bush's Immigration Reform Initiative will be update on a regular basis.
President George W. Bush's speech on immigration delivered on Jan. 7, 2004 follows:
"America the Beautiful has begun its first campaigns in Southern Arizona’s Cochise County border area. The problem is spread across the southern border, but the ‘hot spot’ to cross into the country illegally is Cochise County. The number of people crossing nightly has been estimated at more than a 1,000. Take this number times the estimated 8 pounds of trash each illegal alien leaves behind, and this will give you an idea of the scope of the situation we face. Backpacks and clothing don’t grow in the desert nor do toothbrushes, but walk any of the trails and washes and you may question this assumption."
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Where else in the world could we openly and publicly exercise the freedom of speech we enjoy here on FR (or anywhere else in this country)?
What we say about ourselves is one thing. But what other nations say about us should not go unrepeated either.
The leaders in Israel were saying last week that the fall of Saddam Hussein has had a greater impact on bringing peace to the Middle East than anytime in modern history, even in the last 1,000 years. And who would know this better than them what the ravages of war, racial and religious hatred, and the assault on your sovereign homeland can bring.
Was Bush responsible for this? Yes, but not only Bush.
Let me give you a glimpse into what a real hero is.
When Time Magazine came to Donald Rumsfeld with the nomination for the 2003 man of the year - he turned it down saying there were far more worthy recipients.
He knows who the real heroes of this nation are - and he said so. The American Soldier. They are the ones fig ting, dying, leaving wifes, babies, mothers, fathers, sweethearts and loved ones behind.
And for what? For what I ask each one of you.
Is it so they can die on a cold hate-filled battlefield on a sandbar half way around the world for a country who won't even protect it's own sovereignty and borders from an invasion every bit as potent to the ruin of America as 9/11/01 was?
I wonder what our boys being shot at right now in Baghdad would think if they knew the nation they are laying their lives on the line for is not worth more than a voting majority on election day.
IT'S THE SOLDIER
It's the soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the
PRESS.
It's the soldier, not the poet,
Who has given us freedom of
SPEECH.
It's the soldier, not the campus
ORGANIZER,
Who has given us the freedom to
DEMONSTRATE
It's the soldier, not the lawyer,
Who has given us the right to a
FAIR TRIAL.
It's the soldier who salutes the flag,
Serves under the flag
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who gives the protester the right to burn the flag.
-Father D. E. O'Brien
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Write to your Representatives and tell them what you think of President Bush's amnesty plan!
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