Posted on 11/10/2004 12:51:19 PM PST by VU4G10
(Washington, DC—November 10, 2004) It wasn't quite "Read my lips," but in the last presidential debate in Arizona, George W. Bush clearly stated that he would not support amnesty for illegal aliens. One week after being narrowly returned to office, the president has reneged on that pledge. Bush has dispatched Secretary of State Colin Powell to Mexico City to open discussions with the Mexican government about the size and scope of amnesty for illegal immigrants and for a massive new guest worker program.
"President Bush and Karl Rove have seemingly missed the message of their own, and the Republican Party's, success at the polls last week," said Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). "In spite of a poor record on jobs, further erosion of the middle class, and staggering budget deficits, the people returned the GOP to office because they believed that the Republican Party was more in tune with them on values and respect for the law. One of those gut issues that led voters to ignore the administration's poor record in other areas was the belief that Bush and the Republicans would enforce laws against illegal immigration, not reward illegal immigrants and auction off every job in America to the lowest bidder."
The immigration plan being dusted off in Washington and Mexico City is essentially the same one the administration introduced last January, which proved to be so wildly unpopular among voters that they were forced to shelve it. "Who is the president seeking to reward by reintroducing his amnesty/guest worker proposal?" asked Stein. "Not middle class workers who made it very clear that they are feeling squeezed. Not the millions of families who have lost their health insurance benefits because their employers no longer feel that it is necessary to offer such benefits to attract American workers. Not Hispanic voters, whom polls indicate do not consider this to be high priority and who voted in significant numbers in favor of an Arizona ballot measure that bars illegal aliens from receiving most public benefits.
"The only interest group, besides the estimated 10 to 12 million illegal aliens and their families who could be in line for legal U.S. residency, are cheap labor employers who have come to believe that it is their right to have workers who will work at whatever wages they wish to pay," Stein said.
The latest White House announcement will touch off yet another surge in illegal immigration and further compromise homeland security, predicted FAIR. Last January, when the president first proposed this plan, the U.S. Border Patrol reported a marked increase in the number of people attempting to enter the U.S. illegally in order to benefit from the proposed amnesty. "Aside from betraying the interests of millions of people who voted for him because they believed the president shared their core values, this irresponsible renewal of talk of amnesty will betray those who voted for him because they believed the Republicans were the party that could be entrusted to protect homeland security. You cannot have homeland security and chaos at the border. You cannot have homeland security while granting amnesty to millions of people with only minimal background checks. And you certainly cannot have amnesty and unlimited guest workers, and preserve a solid middle class," asserted Stein.
I know I'll get creamed over this. First off, this article is not telling the truth about work permits. Second off....I'm for it!!!
Let me know if anyone provides a reasoned and intelligent response to your post...
Powell cautioned Tuesday that it was unclear how the new Congress, which takes office in January, would deal with the issue. At a joint news conference with Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez, he promised that the Bush administration would meet with congressional leaders to assess "the pace at which we can proceed with a temporary-worker program and how fast and how far we can move in what period of time."
"We don't want to over-promise," Powell said.
Ding ding ding, your lie detector belt is on fire!!!
Your spin is speeding up the rotation of the earth, stop before we all fly off.
You're right. I don't recall EITHER candidate discussing the illegal alien issue. They purposely avoided it, so it seems.
The writer is just trying to have the conservatives go after each other's throats. It's working.
You voted for whom? Badnarik? Kerry?
Yes they do! The rent they pay is paid to the landlord who then pays the property taxes. If renters did not have to pay property taxes (indirectly sure) their rent would be a lot less.
And are not California schools financed by property taxes?
I suppose you're referring to me, but don't have the guts to say that to me in a post.
Exactly what am I being hypocritical about?
Yep, Bush is a wimp.
There you go...this post was right above my question which you started to answer...you know where I stand, pretty much, right?
I suggest we try not to do anything prohibited by the United States Constitution, which that is.
Rounding up and deporting illegals is still not going to happen.
None of the above, they're all frauds too. Hello, anyone home McFly?
"Domestic servant
Farm worker (picker)
Some janitorial jobs (office cleaning, etc.)
Bussing and dish washing in cheap eateries"
So it's your opinion that Bush's guest worker program will only be used to fill those jobs and no other, perhaps more lucrative, jobs that Americans DO want to do?
Incidentally, in my youth I've performed every one of those jobs on your list while I was going to school and getting a start in the job market. So have a lot of my friends. I still have friends who are doing them today.
One of the said "divide and conquer" would be their strategy for the next four years. Looks like they are getting off to a quick start!
America cannot not afford these people. Plain and simple.
You are the biggest hypocrite on this forum
Are you aware of the FTAA on the horizon?
Another admission that Bush is a wimp.
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