A heads up bump for the ping list.
We'll see if they have the courage to tell him no when he pushes his illegal agenda full force.
I really don't get Bush's position on this at all.
From what I understand of Bush's plan, he wantes to create a new work visa category for guest workers. The big problem, aside from awarding illegal immigration, is that the visa is temporary and similar to the H1B - 3 years initially and renewable for 3 years. Then you have to leave the country. Thats the problem. even if this program is implemented, what will make those on the program leave after 6 years? Won't they simply return to their illegal status and stay?
Sorry, Mr. President. When you can tell us how you plan to get these folks to "go home" when their visas run out but your people say it simply isn't possible to find them *now* and deport them all, we have to stand firm on this issue.
America deserves a fortified border. Bring back "Operation Gatekeeper" and extend the wall across the entire Southern Border. Employ drones and other high-tech surveillance.
This is a CORNERSTONE of the War on Terror, Mr. President. Get off your ass and do something sensible!
Also, Reps. John J. "Jimmy" Duncan Jr. of Tennessee, Roscoe G. Bartlett of Maryland, Kevin Brady of Texas, Robert B. Aderholt of Alabama, Charles W. "Chip" Pickering Jr. of Mississippi, John Sullivan of Oklahoma, J. Gresham Barrett of South Carolina, Barbara Cubin of Wyoming, Sue Myrick and Walter B. Jones of North Carolina and Steve King of Iowa.
The illegals work in the US and send millions of US dollars back to their families in Mexico. Seems like Mexico would have to be incredibly stupid to discourage that.
Read later.
In addition to Mr. Gallegly, others to sign the letter were Republican Reps. ... and Steve King of Iowa.
(Steve King for Governor in '06!)
"Cooperation with our close neighbor Mexico is essential, but we also feel that Mexico must respect our sovereignty and our laws, "
BUMP!
Viva Gallegly
Viva Tancredo
Tom Tancredo 2008 = Last Hope to Save America
Tom Tancredo 2008 = Principled Conservative Leadership Money Can't Buy
Tom Tancredo 2008 = True Conservative
The US has a guest worker program? Why?
Mexico refuses to take the hint that Americans are fed up with being forced to support its exported people. Mexico has no intention of stopping the flow - why should they? It's hugely profitable to them at our expense. It will take more than "encouraging Mexico", it will take REAL action on our part.
Bump.
I haven’t checked this out yet, but it may be worth it. I’ve caught this program on late night radio several times, The Mark Edwards Show - Wake up America on KDWN, Las Vegas. Jim Gilcrest with a website, www.minutemanproject.com is organizing people to go to the So. border in April. They plan on shining spot lights and having cameras to document the nightly crossings. They don’t sound like racist whacko’s and they insist on no violence,firearms, etc., but we need to check them out further.
Another caller was talking about the Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act, recentlly passed. I'm going to look it up, but the caller said it has provisions to punish employers who knowingly hire illegals with illegal identification. Any lawyers out there have an opinion?
The United States is concerned that smuggling routes traditionally used to move illegal aliens into the country “could be used just as easily for terrorists,” US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says.
Speaking ahead of a meeting of defense ministers from North and Latin America, Rumsfeld cautioned that nations in the region must work even harder to improve security ties, including control over jungle and mountain borders and ungoverned areas.
“There is no question that there are terrorist organizations that are functioning in the United States, in North America and in South America and in Central America,”he said, emphasizing violent narcotics cartels, smuggling of people, criminal gangs and hostage-taking for money.
“And from our standpoint, obviously, the risk that some of these human smuggling routes into our country from this hemisphere could be used just as easily for terrorists.”
Rumsfeld did not mention specific routes used to smuggle people into the United States illegally, although some are known to move across the Mexican border and others in small boats and cargo ships.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_17-11-2004_pg4_2
Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld is not in the habit a making idle statements.
Yet, ..... Did not the moronic malfeasant Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol - David Aguilar - just recently tell us that the U.S./Mexico Border was safe and secure?
And did not Tucson Border Patrol Chief Smirkingly Deny Report or Terrorists crossing the border from Mexico into the U.S. in the Tucson Sector?
And did not Tom Ridge state that all was in order: see article below "No Security Necessary on Border of Homeland"
Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld is not in the habit a making idle statements.
Some GOOD illegal alien news ! Thanks !
What Congress needs to do, more than simply voting this down, is pass a strongly worded resolution declaring that amnesty is not an option and insisting that Bush stop making such proposals. Let it be published in Spanish as well as English.
Go Elton.