That's one of the better maintained stretches of fence in the busiest sector of the border.
Posted on 11/21/2004 8:22:34 PM PST by ETERNAL WARMING
Bush Says Immigration Reform Coming In 2nd Term Asia-Pacific Summit Comes To An End
POSTED: 1:27 pm EST November 21, 2004 UPDATED: 1:44 pm EST November 21, 2004
SANTIAGO, Chile -- President George W. Bush has told his Mexican counterpart he campaigned for re-election on immigration reform and is ready to push it in a second term.
AP George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin wear traditional Chilean ponchos during the APEC summit in Santiago, Chile.
The president met with Vicente Fox just before they and other Pacific Rim leaders sat down for a second day of talks in Chile.
Bush has proposed a guest worker program that he insists is not an amnesty for undocumented Mexicans. But the idea was shelved after 9/11, and still faces sizable opposition in Congress.
The Asia-Pacific summit in Chile ended Sunday with a call for new steps to promote free trade -- and to fight terror.
President Bush and the other 20 leaders are urging that negotiators wrap up a new world trade deal as quickly as possible. And they're promising a series of measures aimed at protecting food supplies, airlines and other potential terrorist targets.
Those items were in a final communique read by Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, who thanked the leaders for working to ensure the region's economies grow -- and all their people benefit.
Bush has a round of talks with Lagos later Sunday, followed by a joint news conference and dinner. He heads home to Texas Monday with a stopover in Colombia.
"I cannot come up with some simple statement like "control the borders" as an answer to this, because it just is not feasible to do so."
We split the atom. We landed on the moon. We can't control our borders? Please.
That's one of the better maintained stretches of fence in the busiest sector of the border.
Apparently not.
Been trying for 30 years.
There are a thousand reasons why none of it has worked.
The Constitution, the judiciary and the political system are all standing in the way.
You either compromise, or you let it all ride.
"And that is the name of that tune."
But, don't let me bother you. Carry on!
Well let's just look where it has taken Tom. He's a conservative congressman in s conservative district. I'm not impressed.
Great post!
A poll by Gallup in Feb ranked immigration below
Education
The economy
Terrorism
Health care
The situation in Iraq
Taxes
The federal budget deficit
Foreign affairs
The environment
Corporate corruption
I don't see why Dubya would have a extemporanous townhall meeting about it. I found one link for you if you need more try yahoo.
Must be that great Wisconsin education I received in the 60s.:-)
Well at least your not pretending the Constipation party is a viable option. I call that progress...now if we can just work on your acuity.
I was talking about Mexican political parties...
I don't know, you seem angry in all your post concerning the President. You can get even angrier huh?
Oh, and my visual acuity is just fine. I can put a .308 though your right or left kidney at 800 yards without resort to ballistic tables.
Hi. I live in Verona WI. I believe I learned a great deal more outside of school than I learned inside. You have done a nice job of boiling down the issue and assessing political reality. We certainly are in danger of doing nothing because the political ramifications of fixing the problem are great. I appreciate your insight.
So you were. Thank you for correcting me and please disregard my earlier response.
Then you can forget about coming over for Thankgiving.
Sorry, previous engagement on the White Mountain Apache Reservation anyway. Musical accompanist; no star billing.
God, I hope he doesn't pursue this. At the very least, we need this explained much better.
Lady, when your monthly costs go up by $250 and your real estate taxes by $1000...when you have to build 12 new schools, your neighborhood is no longer safe and every utility, sales tax, etc goes up, you'll be plenty angry too. 12% of my HIGH real estate taxes now pay for "indigent healthcare." I've had to take a second job and I'm still not where I was two years ago. This is directly attributable to the 40% increase in the illegal population since Bush has been in office. Tell me why I should be anything but angry.
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