Come on. We didn't accept sleazy word-parsing from the previous President, let's not do it now.
Exactly! The vast majority of these poster aren't looking at the big picture. Its 8 million people that need to be deported and they are not just Mexicans! The Republican party would have to get rid of the majority of "An's" in this counrty, like Mexicans, Hatians, Jamacans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Guatomalians, etc. You think Republicans look bad when compared to the Klan? Lets see what happens to Bush when 8 million MINORITY people are paraded out in front of media cameras being deported.
Actually this is amnesty, not reform. I prefer the word shamnesty or scamnesty.
Q. Is this amnesty?
A. You bet it is. Any program that allows millions of illegal aliens to receive legal status in this country is an amnesty. The difference between this amnesty and the one signed by President Reagan in 1986 is that this one includes an interim guestworker status for people transitioning from illegal alien status to legal permanent residency. Under the president's plan, current illegal aliens would be given guestworker status for up to six years and be eligible for Social Security numbers and driver's licenses. It is absolutely not credible to believe that under the circumstances any of these people will ever leave, or that they will not be granted permanent residence. In addition, because it allows them to bring family members to join them, amnesty will be extended to countless millions more.
President Bush also promises "enhanced workplace enforcement again those who violate the immigration laws." The obvious question is: Why has there been virtually no workplace enforcement over the past three years of his administration? Why should anyone believe, after years of empty promises by Republican and Democratic administrations, that this time they will keep their word? Why doesn't the president begin "enhanced work place enforcement" today? He does not need any additional legislation to do that. It is already the law.
Q. Will immigrants who participate in this program be eligible for citizenship?
A. Under the 1996 immigration reform legislation (again, never enforced), people who violated our immigration laws were supposed to be made ineligible for legal immigration status in the U.S. President Bush's plan will inevitably lead to citizenship for millions of immigration cheaters. It's just going to take a little longer.
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and has webbed feet it is a duck. No matter what spin you put on it, this is an amnesty bill.