Draft backs 'guest worker' plan

THE WASHINGTON TIMES ^ | August 25, 2004 | Ralph Z. Hallow

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NEW YORK — The Republican Party platform draft strongly supports President Bush's "guest worker" plan that critics within the party say amounts to amnesty for illegal aliens, The Washington Times has learned. The draft will be debated here this morning, several days before the opening of the Republican National Convention, by 26 handpicked members of the Republican National Convention subcommittee that deals with immigration, led by Pennsylvania Rep. Melissa A. Hart. The draft's immigration section, titled "Supporting Humane and Legal Immigration," backs the president's case for giving some illegal aliens temporary legal status under a guest-worker program, a position vehemently opposed by immigration-control forces in the party. "A growing economy requires a growing number of workers, and President Bush has proposed a new temporary workers program to match willing foreign workers with willing U.S. employers, when no Americans can be found to fill the jobs. "This new program would allow workers who currently hold jobs to come out of the shadows and to participate legally in America's economy," the draft said of the guest-workers plan Mr. Bush announced in a White House speech in January. The draft language goes on to say that the plan "would allow men and women who enter the program to apply for citizenship in the same manner as those who apply from outside the United States." While offering temporary amnesty in his January speech..... .

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Rep Tom Tancredo said today on KFI, 640 AM Los Angeles, that the platform committee was handpicked by the Bush team only after agreeing before hand to a questionnaire which had questions amongst other things about the amnesty plan proposed earlier this year! So the debate is over before it even starts, stopping illegal immigration will not be part of the platform

How is that they can worry about all sorts of platform issues, such as education, prescription drugs, and the like not even spelled out in the constitution but ignore the basic civil duty of elected servants as written in the constitution is to protect the boarders?

Rep Tom Tancredo also said today, he needs 19 congressman to agree with him to bring up the issue on the floor, so that if the committee wont address the issue they will have a motion to bring it forward, we need to get the word out to our representative to back 80% of registered republicans (documented in recent polling) who want illegal immigration to stop.

IF DRIVRES LICENSES, SOCIAL SECUTRY AND AMSETY FOR ILLEGE IMMGRANTS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ADDREESSED BY THE PARTY MANY PEOPLE WILL JUST STAY HOME THIS ELECTION!

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

What other issues were decided beforehand?

[Joe Hadenuf]

Rep Tom Tancredo said today on KFI, 640 AM Los Angeles, that the platform committee was handpicked by the Bush team only after agreeing before hand to a questionnaire which had questions amongst other things about the amnesty plan proposed earlier this year! So the debate is over before it even starts, stopping illegal immigration will not be part of the platform

Have any of these Republicans, Congress, the Senate, the President, stood up and shouted their outrage over this titanic coast to coast, epic lawlessness?

Have any of them, or as a group, taken out a prime time spot on television to speak to the American people and demand this invasion of millions be stopped!

[seastay]

"What other issues were decided beforehand?"

RepTom Tacredo didn't not mention any other issues specifically, but he said there were questions in which the platform committee members were "graded" on before being selected (pharaphrased).

[Knownothing]

shadowtoo, this is one of the two issues that almost make me want to join you. The blatant politicking for the Hispanic vote has sold us all out. SoCal is becoming unlivable from the strain of dealing with illegals, and anyone (terrorists included) can walk over the border. Wonderful.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Well, if they were graded on the FMA (in a positive way) then I will overlook this. That doesn't mean I am for it, but I don't care if it is in the platform.

[newzjunkey]

Rep Tom Tancredo has a point but the election is too important (and seemingly too close) to pick a fight like this over a platform no one is held to and no one gives a crap about except that the Left & Media will rant about the historical "Pro-Life Plank."

He seems like he's going about this like a loose cannon, because and butted heads with Rove. He should do this *smartly* and this is anything *but*.

[meenie]

I think that the Republicans should forget their conservative principles so Bush can remain in office. It's so much better being a Bush socialist rather than a Democrat socialist. All we need is another doubling of the national debt which either candidate is very capable of, and our nation will be a third world nation. Going from the world's leading capitalist nation to third world status as a debt-ridden third world nation is such a rewarding future. Actually, I plan on doing the stupid thing, stay home or vote for Contitution Party. I've had enough of trying to support the party of Rinos myself when it used to mean something to be a conservative Republican.

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No one gives a crap unless they have lived and grew up in traditional US areas which now are controlled by the Mexican government Los Angeles and other southwest barrios e.g Northern Mexico, therefore it matters not which party wins , counting me as one of them.

Considering that we have had 147 views to this posting so far and only 3 have come forward to say they will stay home this November you might be right a mere 3/47 = 2% is a small number.

However consider the margin of popular vote between Bush and Gore in the 2000 election was only 0.5%, therefore a 2% reduction would be significant if we are talking about popular vote.

http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/2000presgeresults.htm

But of course its it the electoral vote that counts, and the Electorail votes from California has never been a part of the formula for Roves path to victory (although he is thinking of getting Latino vote and the special interest illegal alien-slave owner GOP donations in 2008), so out here we are saying to Tom Tancredo fire the cannon, we have got nothing to loose.