THANK GOD FOR BUSH or this poor woman might still be illegal.
Posted on 01/21/2004 10:34:57 AM PST by Columbine
Immigration critics in Tennessee want to draft Rep. Tom Tancredo as a protest candidate in the upcoming Republican presidential primary, but don't expect the Littleton lawmaker to become their volunteer.
"A lot of people think my politics are crazy, but I'm not delusional. I don't think I'm going to be president of the United States," Tancredo said Tuesday, in response to a new committee, "Tennesseans for Tancredo," touting a write-in candidacy on the Internet.
Some immigration critics are so upset about President Bush's proposal to offer legal status to millions of illegal immigrants that they want to field a protest candidate in Republican presidential primaries in Tennessee and elsewhere.
A Web site, www.tennesseansfortancredo.com, cites the need to "make noise, collect signatures, build a grass-roots movement that attracts citizens from all walks of life and all political parties."
With or without Tancredo's approval, they hope critics of Bush's plan will write in Tancredo during state presidential contests.
Tancredo said he supports Bush on most issues besides immigration and could not see himself having much of an effect on Bush's chances.
This week, the representative launched "Team Tancredo," a political action committee to raise money for candidates who oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants.
"Tancredo for President" bumper stickers have been floating around the Internet for more than a year.
"It's a conversation starter," he said. "And the conversation usually starts with, 'Who the hell is Tom Tancredo?' ''
Bush hasn't granted amnesty to anyone. These guys have whatever they are holding up because of some other reason -- maybe they went through the legal process? Why don't you go find a picture of some hispanic beating a white guy -- that would be more effective.
If there were a nomination for the most ill thought out responses, methinks yours would be at the top of the heap. Let me point something out that you may have missed, T-A-N-C-R-E-D-O. Did you miss that, or do you only consider a select few folks here as having immigrant parents/grand parents ETC..?
Illegal is the buzzword, now unless you and yours are here in this country "illegally", you need have nothing to worry about. Most Americans are here legally, although some of my Indian(the American variety) friends would differ with me on that one.
I've never said he did. I said he "proposed" it. Learn to read.
These guys have whatever they are holding up because of some other reason -- maybe they went through the legal process?
So you can think for yourself. Congratulations on that important discovery.
Why don't you go find a picture of some hispanic beating a white guy -- that would be more effective.
I like the picture I posted just fine. If you want a picture of a Hispanic beating a white guy find and post it yourself.
Which is my only REAL bitch about it. My father and Grandparents came thorugh Ellis Island from the Ukraine back in the 50's. I have NOTHING against legal immagrants.
Rewarding lawless behavior only makes it worth it for criminals to try more of the same. I'm really not happy about the income redistribution portions of this whereby a foriegn national will have access to our Social Security system.
Hell, at this rate, we'd be better off ANNEXING Mexico. It'd be cheaper in the long run and we'd almost double our resources.
THANK GOD FOR BUSH or this poor woman might still be illegal.
THANK GOD FOR BUSH that this man and many like him will soon be legal.
Later.
If it does, then his own website doesn't say anything about it...
TITLE I – BORDER ENFORCEMENT
Subtitle A – Improving Homeland Security
Authorizes additional Border Patrol agents, BCBP immigration inspectors, BICE immigration special agents, and detention and removal officers, as well as additional detention facilities.
Suspends visa waiver program until DHS certifies to Congress that:
- automated entry-exit system is fully implemented and functional
- all ports of entry have functional biometric machine readers
- all participating countries issue machine-readable, biometric passports
Increases the civil and criminal penalties for document fraud and false claims of citizenship, as well as overstaying a visa by 30 days or more.
Clarifies that DHS officers may not engage in racial profiling, but may consider factors such as mannerisms, appearance, language, behavior and location
Subtitle B – Removing the Incentives to Illegal Migration
Requires the Secretary of DHS to create a national, mandatory electronic employment eligibility verification system;
requires that the system provide verification or a tentative non-verification of work eligibility within three days of the initial inquiry and, in the case of a non-verification the employee is terminated upon confirmation of verification;
requires that the system include safeguards against its use resulting in unlawful discriminatory practices;
exempts employers from civil and criminal liability for actions taken in good faith reliance on the verification system
Permits employers who seek verification of work eligibility of new hires within three days after they begin work to use such verification as a defense against employer sanctions; requires employers to obtain from each new hire either a social security number or an alien number
TITLE II – REVOLVING EMPLOYMENT TO ASSIST LABORERS
Subtitle A – Prerequisites to Guest Worker Program
Requires the Secretary of DHS, prior to the implementation of the guest worker program, to certify to Congress that the entry-exit system is fully implemented and functional;
the electronic employment verification system described in Subtitle B of Title I of this Act is fully implemented and functional;
20,000 full-time border enforcement personnel are in the field;
BICE employees respond to every request by state and local law enforcement officers to pick up illegal aliens
Requires the EPA to conduct an environmental impact statement and certify that neither current levels of illegal immigration nor the guest worker program included in this Act will adversely impact the human environment in the United States
Subtitle B – The Guest Worker Program
Replaces all current H nonimmigrant visas with a single H nonimmigrant visa for aliens coming to the United States temporarily to perform skilled or unskilled work for which no Americans or legal permanent residents are available or qualified.
Requires that the Department of Labor create an Internet-based job posting system to which all U.S. employment agencies and business may acquire password-protected access so that they can post available jobs on the system; prohibits the Labor Department from approving any labor certification applications in any industry and geographic region if the unemployment rate exceeds five percent and the percentage of new hires who are H non-immigrants exceeds 15 percent
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