Michelle Malkin: Hugh Hewitt On Bush's Amnesty Plan

Sabertooth blogs about his call to Hugh Hewitt's radio show Monday afternoon. Here is part of his post:

...Hugh surprised me. When I told him that there was no difference between legalization and regularization, he said that President Bush's guest worker program wasn't a legalization of illegal aliens, because they could "never become a citizen, never." When I assured him that illegal aliens most certainly could become citizens under the Bush plan, Hugh replied again "no it's bracero, they will never become citizens."

Sabertooth provides plenty of evidence to the contrary. Assuming Sabertooth accurately reports what Hewitt said, it sounds like a correction is in order. (Hewitt's e-mail address is hhewitt@hughhewitt.com.)

"if George Bush took a dump on a plate and called it stew, he would lap it up and call it gourmet food."

There seems to be a good bit of that going around these days. Here's some more of Michelle's thoughts on the subject.
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The criminal raid on Social Security
Michelle Malkin
January 7, 2004
My 8-week-old son's Social Security card recently arrived in the mail. On the back, there's a stern warning: "Improper use of this card or number by anyone is punishable by fine, imprisonment or both."

Welcome to the world of government theft and selective enforcement, my boy.

While innocent babes who have yet to earn a penny are threatened with jail time for misusing Social Security cards, the Bush administration appears set this week to turn the ailing government pension program into an international relief fund for illegal alien workers who used counterfeit Social Security cards and stolen numbers to secure illegal jobs.

Unlike the bedtime stories I tell at night, I am not making this up.

This belated gift to the open-borders lobby and Mexican President Vicente Fox is part of a larger amnesty plan that has been in the works since before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. So, why exactly are we rewarding a country that has been obstinately opposed to the War on Terror? Go ask Mr. Brilliant, Karl Rove. This I do know: It couldn't have come at a worse time from either a fiscal or national security standpoint.

According to Rep. Clay Shaw, R-Fla., chairman of the House Ways and Means subcommittee on Social Security, benefits paid to retirees will exceed revenues in just 15 years. The pay-as-you-go system could go belly up as early as 2030. These projections don't take into account the economic impact of the Bush proposal, which would allow untold millions of illegal aliens from Mexico to collect full cash benefits for themselves and their families from their home country -- without having to work the required number of years that law-abiding American citizens must work to be eligible for payouts.

Reporter Joel Mowbray, who first exposed this treachery a year ago, noted that this raw deal may well cost overburdened U.S. taxpayers $345 billion over the next 20 years. Probably much more. As we know from experience, Social Security projections are notoriously off the mark.

The bureaucrats call this scheme "totalization." Try total prostration. The proposed agreement is nothing more than a transfer of wealth from those who play by the rules to those who willingly and knowingly mock our own immigration and tax laws. What are we doing promising lifetime Social Security paychecks to day laborers in Juarez when we can't even guarantee those benefits to workers here at home?

Unbelievably, the White House is trying to convince us to embrace this global ripoff because it "rewards work." No, it rewards criminal behavior. The plan will siphon off the hard-earned tax dollars of American workers who may never see a dime of their confiscated earnings and fork it over to foreigners guilty of at least four acts of federal law-breaking: crossing the border illegally, working illegally, engaging in tax fraud and using bogus documents.

Giving money to scam artists will simply result in more fraud -- not only by Mexican agricultural workers, but also by Middle Easterners such as Youssef Hmimssa, who provided fake Social Security numbers and fraudulent drivers' licenses to members of an accused terrorist cell in Detroit. "If you have the right connection, you can get anything," he testified before the Senate last fall.

The door is now open for all illegal aliens to collect retirement benefits using bogus Social Security cards. What's next: survivors' benefits for the families of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers?

Hewitt is correct.

Hewitt is neither correct nor incorrect. As no one has put the Presidents proposal to paper and introduced it as a bill, we have no clue as to what will be in it or what it will finally look like when Bush signs it.

Under the Presidents current proposal, any of these guest works will be able to become a resident alien and then a citizen.

One must understand immigration law, before making comments about it. Bush has no clue about immigration law. He originally stated the guest worker visa would be for 3 years. Any alien that works for 3 years is eligible for residence, if the employer wants to apply for the worker. Once an alien becomes a resident, he is in time, eligible to become a citizen.

So, in essence, Bush is opening the door for these illegal aliens to become citizens.

HJewitt is correct

Um, no, not unless the President has changed his mind...

We have many issues to discuss, but I want to end on this important issue. The third commitment of an opportunity society is a policy of Fairness and justice toward those who have come to America to live and work. Our country must confront this basic fact: Jobs being generated in our growing economy are not being filled by American citizens, and these jobs represent an opportunity for workers who come from abroad, who want to put money on the table for their children. Yet current law says to those workers, "You must live in a massive, undocumented economy."

And so we've got people in America working hard who live in fear and who are often exploited. And this system isn't fair, and it's not right. So I proposed reforms that will match willing foreign workers with willing American employers when no Americans can be found to fill the jobs, a system that would grant legal status to temporary workers who are here in the country working, that will increase the number of men and women on the path to American citizenship.

The reason I do so is because I know this proposal is good for our economy, because it would allow needed workers to come into the country under an honest, orderly, regulated system. And the reason I made this proposal is because it's humane. It would bring millions of hard-working people out of the shadows of American life. This proposal reflects the interest and best values of America, and Congress should pass it into law.

Satellite remarks to the League of United Latin American Citizens convention: July 8, 2004

And then there's this bit...

It's a compassionate way to treat people who come to our country. It recognizes the reality of the world in which we live. There are some people -- there are some jobs in America that Americans won't do and others are willing to do.

Now, one of the important aspects of my vision is that this is not automatic citizenship. The American people must understand that. That if somebody who is here working wants to be a citizen, they can get in line like those who have been here legally and have been working to become a citizen in a legal manner.

President Holds Press Conference
December 20th, 2004 | Dwight DC Eisenhower Executive Office Building

Direct quotes that show that the Illegals will be allowed to jump into the legal immigration line, and that Hewitt is drinking WAY too much White House Kool-Aide!

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