Posted on 09/27/2004 11:40:43 PM PDT by Robert Lomax
The U.S. has no plans to deploy troops along the Mexican border to stanch the deluge of illegal aliens currently pouring into the country at the rate of 3 million per year, President Bush said in an interview broadcast on Monday.
"As the governor of Texas, I was very aware of this issue," Bush told Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly.
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"There is a long border, that makes it hard to control. We have beefed up places along the border to try to stop" the flow, he said. When told that his policy didn't seem to be working, Bush insisted, "It’s working a little better.
"They're doing a pretty good job down in Arizona, which is the main border crossing. ... I think there's a thousand more border patrol agents along the border. We’re modernizing border techniques, we’re using better surveillance methods to stop this crossing at the border."
The president contended, however, that illegal immigration was driven primarily by the economic realities of the region.
"If you can make 50 cents in the interior of Mexico and five bucks in the interior of the United States, you're coming for the five bucks," he explained.
"I happen to believe the best way to enhance the border is to have temporary-worker cards available for people," he said. "I think the long-term solution for this issue on our border is for Mexico to grow a middle class. That's why I believe in NAFTA."
When warned that "a lot of people are not going to like that answer," Bush told O'Reilly, "Well it’s a, a truthful answer."
I agree, but I do think that 'the military on the border' types have a poor grasp of what that entails and means, that's all.
Not just sad, but disgusting and dangerous BTTT
Our soverignity is fully intact.
I have to stop reading this, it's making me ill. Mr. President had a great interview with BOR, but this subject is a loser for him. For both sKerry and Bush...but this one could really get a lot of us dead and bleeding, literally...do they want that? I have to assume yes unless security really is the priority, not a wing and a prayer...
125 posted on 09/28/2004 11:31:38 AM PDT by ApesForEvolution (You will NEVER convince me that Muhammadanism isn't a veil for MASS MURDERS. Save your time...)
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Hey, I'm all for sovereignty. National, state and personal.
You are wrong. There is no evidence that Americans, as it stands now, would follow your lead.
Work on developing some clarity of mind.
2. ...Americans will not be in favor of living in a walled in country...President Chirac: "Mr. President, TEAR DOWN THAT WALL!"
I, nor anyone AFAIK, is proposing America: The Prison. I favor walls where necessary with gates or checkpoints where all of legal status, permanent or temporary, enter and exit as they please. Our southern border warants increased security. Would the wall need to be continuous from the Gulf to the Pacific? Probably not. Israel's wall is not yet complete and is bearing positive results.
3. I'll respect the Lations when they respect our laws, not just laws of entry but all manner of other laws and safety and other regulations. --- China - yes, an economic competitor. The EU? Not hardly, they may get their collective acts together some day but it won't be soon. --- We need to give the Mexicans a big hug, metaphorically speaking, but under our terms. :) Huh? What terms? We already have "our terms" (legal immigration) & Mexico could care less.
4. Capitulation, pure & simple.
5. The 'solution' you describe is almost exactly the current system we have now for legal enrty and assimilation.
I simply don't think the American public is as uncaring or even as unaware as you seem to think on these issues. Nor do I think what would in reality be a total surrender will be the choice picked by an honorable American public.
At least someone gets it...Thanks.
BTTT
Okay. I hate the current Chinese ruling despots (although they are a step up from the Maoists). But the Chinese people have been part of China for dozens of milleniums.
That's success.
Stopping these illegal goons at the border is what must happen.
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Good onya...
Some things just leave me speechless.
Huh? With the tacit acceptance of millions of illegals?? How can you possibly claim that? Sovereignty means having a say in who comes into our country and how they will conduct themselves. It means not allowing millions of people to come here unchecked and without documentation. How can you possibly claim it is intact when our own president invites them in? Clearly Bush has open borders in mind for the future of the Unites States. How does that maintain sovereignty?
So true. I've been reading about the growing sentiment for the fair tax proposals.
I'll believe it when I se it, but in this case, the President in on the right track.
If those 500,000 came here legally on work visas, would you be satisfied?
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