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.
Our elected officials take an oath to protect the sovereignty of this nation. So far, I don't see very many of them even coming close to doing so.
Still hurting from that Kerry loss, eh? I suggest you try Valium.
You brought it up, not me.
I voted for Peroutka - I wouldn't vote for leftists like Bush and Kerry.
Illegals can buy bonds. Who's stopping them?
Even assuming the best of intentions, President Bush won't be around when those work visas expire anyway. Politicians of all strips often oversell their programs. President Bush wants a painless way to legalize illegal aliens. Promising enforcement he'll never have to undertake isn't that difficult.
To me, it seems to give more force to a program; smoke them out and then watch them. If they want to earn their way here, fine; if not, let them go back with the rest of them.
But they haven't earned their way here, nor would legalization change that. The Tancredo proposal, on the other hand, would give them a chance to apply through the proper channels.
Change that aspect of the Bush proposal and get Tancredo on board. This thing will sail through Congress.
And having the military defend our borders during a war would be unconstitutional how?
If there was a guest worker program, then they would pay into a health care program. So then I take it you are for a guest worker program then?
Then I guess Reagan must have been a wimp too by your lights.
If you think that employers are contributing to SS, Medicare and FICA on illegals you certainly need to read more on the illegal immigration problem. That money is going into the pockets of the employer.
By giving these invaders legal status with the guest worker program, is he not granting them amnesty by pardoning their lawlessness by endering this country illegally?
They are literally choking off large regions of our country, the social and economic, fraud, crime impacts are epic.
WTF is really going on? We are suppose to be the smartest, most advanced country on earth, yet we are passing out play money and winking and nodding at this titanic, never ending conga line of illiterate, non skilled, non-English speaking, ignorant millions pouring into our country.
This is almost laughable!
No, your recollection is wrong.
No he isn't wrong George.
Not if Congress has anything to say about it, right?
This is total B.S. I've never been so **&&^^%%$$##!!! angry in my life!!!
No, I am for deporting them. We have 5.5% unemployment, 2 million folks in jail and how many teens looking to start their first jobs and learn the basics of the job market? Until there is no American looking for a job, importing the Third World to depress wages does nothing to help America.
Reagan admitted that amnesty for illegals was his worst decision. BTW, Simpson-Mazzoli was to be the last amnesty - ever. I guess that the politicians of both parties lied, as usual.
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