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.
This is what sarcasm has been reduced to.
Name-calling, hateful accusations and taking delight in the idea somebody who disagrees with him/her might have a terminal disease.
Absolutely pathetic.
What do you mean?
Oh, that's helpful.
Retina scans, etc. Do full biometrics on all apprehended illegal aliens after the Tancredo guest worker plan goes into effect.
After the rantings on this thread, "truthful" is not a word that people are associating with you.
How can you stand being so full of venom?
I really feel sorry for you.
It reminded me of the John Edwards "my Daddy worked in a mill" attempt to infuse class warfare in to the campaign.
EagleMamaMT's reply to my post is more example of that. I expect such rants from leftists, a la Michael Moore who always seem to talk how he is a "working class guy".
He sure has no compassion for this country, only for criminals who pose a danger to this country.
LOL, I doubt that you have ever told the truth in your life - even to yourself.
Just calling you on your lies, Jorge.
John Edwards' daddy was part of the adminstration at the mill; they lived in mill housing; in fact, Lindsey Graham's daddy worked FOR him.
Posers.
LOL. Your no liberal.
Nothing like arguing with the open-borders, globalist crowd. This has been going on all day.
Perhaps we should just ignore it; I don't generally do that, but this one seems to like the attention.
I'm in Northwest NJ and some trades are mixed. Landscaping seems to have a majority of immigrant workers. Gone are the days when college and high school kids did that work (my brother used to do it). Construction seems mixed, retail is mixed (depends on the store).
"It reminded me of the John Edwards "my Daddy worked in a mill" attempt to infuse class warfare in to the campaign.
EagleMamaMT's reply to my post is more example of that. I expect such rants from leftists, a la Michael Moore who always seem to talk how he is a "working class guy"."
I see. All us blue-collar folks are supposed to meekly allow ourselves to be displaced by third-world workers. If we voice our opposition we're liberals. Kiss off. Like your opinion matters one whit to me.
Are you trying to make me laugh on purpose or what?
WHAT LIES!
I challenge you to show me a single lie I've posted. I bet you can't.
No, it's a valid response to GWB's "jobs Americans won't do" schtick.
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