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El Norte(The case against Bush's immigration plan.)
Wall Street Journal ^ | 1/19/04 | Victor David Hansen

Posted on 01/20/2004 7:58:36 AM PST by kellynla

Edited on 04/23/2004 12:06:22 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

SELMA, Calif.--President Bush's recent proposal to grant legal status to thousands of Mexican citizens currently working in the U.S. under illegal auspices seems at first glance to be a good start--splitting the difference between open and closed borders, and between amnesty and deportation. Politically it was a wise move on the eve of a Mexican state visit to grant some concessions to Vicente Fox. After all, the president of Mexico cannot ignore the $12 billion in worker remittances sent his way--and he can either encourage or discourage millions more of his citizens to head north in lieu of needed radical reform at home. Yet the proposed legislation, even if it should pass in Congress, will create more problems than it might solve--the fate of all such piecemeal legal solutions to systematic problems of illegality. Once the U.S. government--not to mention the Republican Party--commits its good name and legal capital to regulate, rather than end, the current chaos, a number of contradictions will arise that will only make things either more embarrassing or, in fact, worse.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; illegalimmigration; immigration
I checked and didn't see this already posted. Excellent piece!
1 posted on 01/20/2004 7:58:37 AM PST by kellynla
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To: kellynla
Here is the correct link: http://www.opinionjournal.com/forms/printThis.html?id=110004574
2 posted on 01/20/2004 8:01:02 AM PST by kellynla ("C" 1/5 1st Mar. Div. U.S.M.C. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi!)
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To: Sabertooth
ping
3 posted on 01/20/2004 8:52:27 AM PST by Valin (We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.)
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To: Valin; CheneyChick; vikingchick; Victoria Delsoul; WIMom; kmiller1k; mhking; rdb3; Travis McGee; ...
President Bush's recent proposal to grant legal status to thousands of Mexican citizens currently working in the U.S. under illegal auspices seems at first glance to be a good start--splitting the difference between open and closed borders, and between amnesty and deportation. Politically it was a wise move on the eve of a Mexican state visit to grant some concessions to Vicente Fox. After all, the president of Mexico cannot ignore the $12 billion in worker remittances sent his way--and he can either encourage or discourage millions more of his citizens to head north in lieu of needed radical reform at home. Yet the proposed legislation, even if it should pass in Congress, will create more problems than it might solve--the fate of all such piecemeal legal solutions to systematic problems of illegality. Once the U.S. government--not to mention the Republican Party--commits its good name and legal capital to regulate, rather than end, the current chaos, a number of contradictions will arise that will only make things either more embarrassing or, in fact, worse.

4 posted on 01/20/2004 9:20:30 AM PST by Sabertooth (Pakistani Illegal Aliens Deport Themselves - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1058591/posts)
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To: kellynla
3rd posting...
5 posted on 01/20/2004 9:25:13 AM PST by TomServo ("Why does the most evil man in the world live in a Stuckeys?")
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To: Valin
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6 posted on 01/20/2004 9:25:56 AM PST by The_Eaglet (Conservative chat on IRC: http://searchirc.com/search.php?F=exact&T=chan&N=33&I=conservative)
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To: TomServo
oops, thanks...well I looked and didn't find it...of course the keyword "immigration" and "illegal immigration" was not referenced...
7 posted on 01/20/2004 9:47:18 AM PST by kellynla ("C" 1/5 1st Mar. Div. U.S.M.C. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi!)
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To: kellynla
No problem. Of course, the best way to search is without keywords (IMHO). Just use one significant word from the title. In this case, I used 'Norte'.

And it's always better to do a few searches, using differing words. Works like a champ.

8 posted on 01/20/2004 9:59:05 AM PST by TomServo ("Why does the most evil man in the world live in a Stuckeys?")
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To: kellynla; Sabertooth
Third posting and still good.

Nor can illegal immigration be looked at in a vacuum; certainly not in an age of growing ethnic chauvinism that sees unassimilated and often exploited workers in the shadows as an oppressed constituency needing group, rather than individual, representation.

Ahem. Interestingly polite terminology for [Hispanic] racism. Looks like a good term to keep using too.

Why would our president sell out to a loud crowd of complainers that refuse to make Mexico fix its own problems and not try to make things worse in the US.

Now every other group needs to be addressed as to equitable gifts from the govt for them too. Rather than just hand out goodies to nonassimilating Mexicans, why not enforce the existing laws?

Hanson has this picture perfectly understood. President Bush has it perfectly wrong.

Not a good situation when the economic largesse of the country is at stake in an era the administration has done no fiscal control.

9 posted on 01/20/2004 10:00:19 AM PST by flamefront (To not maintain the borders is to destroy the national identity. Your country is in danger.)
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To: flamefront
I agree with you. I find this whole proposal of Bush's very disturbing. Instead of enforcing the immigration laws of this country, Bush proposes to reward illegality and exasperate the problem by at the least encouraging more illegals to come here and allowing Mexico to push their problems off on us. But most importantly Bush is, by this policy, systematically suppressing the wages of all American blue collar workers. Such a refusal to enforce the immigration policy is costing the American taxpayers FORTY BILLION DOLLARS a year! And until the immigration laws are enforced and the borders are secured there is no "war on terrorism", there is no "war on drugs" and there definitely is no "homeland security!" Point, Game, Set, Match!
10 posted on 01/20/2004 10:14:48 AM PST by kellynla ("C" 1/5 1st Mar. Div. U.S.M.C. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi!)
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To: kellynla
<< I checked and didn't see this already posted. Excellent piece! >>

That may well be because when I posted it, at:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1060762/posts -- "on 01/19/2004 3:41:13 AM PST ... " I didn't alter its title?



El Norte The case against Bush's immigration plan. ^


11 posted on 01/20/2004 10:58:38 AM PST by Brian Allen ( Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: TomServo
<< kellynla
3rd posting... >>

Whoops.

Pokey's post didn't show up for me, either.
12 posted on 01/20/2004 11:02:11 AM PST by Brian Allen ( Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Brian Allen
No matter. I think the piece is important enough to be posted more than once...and maybe every day until GWB gets the message!!! This is the United States of America. We speak English. We cherish our freedom, culture and traditions. We salute the flag, love and support our families and neighbors. We work, pay our taxes and protect our freedom and borders! And anyone who breaks our laws and/or infringes on our popular sovereignty is not wanted! No illegals need enter! And if that is not "politically correct" then that's just too damn bad! Any questions, Mr. President? Semper Fi, Kelly
13 posted on 01/20/2004 11:29:13 AM PST by kellynla ("C" 1/5 1st Mar. Div. U.S.M.C. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi!)
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To: kellynla
bttt
14 posted on 01/20/2004 11:41:20 AM PST by lainde (Heads up...We're coming and we've got tongue blades!!)
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