Bush, GOP battle over immigration

AP ^ | 01/05/2005 | TOM RAUM

[stopem]

Immigration? Call the 800lb gorilla what it really is ILLEGAL INSURGENTS! Tsunami flood of illegals, isn't that against the law? Isnt the government supposed to uphold the law?

[nanak]

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[NRA2BFree]

Bush is wrong!!! I hope the anti-immigration gang kill his stupid plan. God help us if they don't.

[kimosabe31]

Can't figure Bush out on this one.

[TFine80]

I didn't realize that Arnold had a vote in Congress. I guess you learn a new thing every day.

[Mr. Mojo]

Bush asserts that he won valuable "political capital" in the election and intends to spend it.

It would be nice if he spent it on tax reform (the abolition of the estate and marriage penalty taxes, the IRS, the "progressive" income tax, etc), judicial reform (giving the boot to socialist/activist judges who legislate from the bench), and effective immigration reform (amnesty programs don't qualify).

[GarySpFc]

Bush is dead wrong on this one. He is for granting far more rights to illegals than to those seeking to immigrate legally. It's wrong, very, very wrong.

[WyCoKsRepublican]

Dear Mr. President: We have fought for you, defended you and have voted you in for a second term. I still have my Bush/Cheney sticker in my rear window to savor the victory. I generally get "thumbs up", as well as an occastional "middle finger salute" (from sore losers). The War and our determination to win it was our first consideration of our trust and respect for you. We pulled through for you, now is time to seal the borders and stabilize a very serious problem. Thanks - Bob

[sgtbono2002]

I cant understand why President Bush would go against Republicans so that he can kiss Vincente Fox on the posterior.

[StoneColdGOP]

So glad I didn't vote for this fool.

[NRA2BFree]

It would be nice if he spent it on tax reform (the abolition of the estate and marriage penalty taxes, the IRS, the "progressive" income tax, etc), judicial reform (giving the boot to socialist/activist judges who legislate from the bench), and effective immigration reform (amnesty programs don't qualify).

I agree. What I don't understand is why he is pushing such an insane plan when it will help to destroy America. It just doesn't make sense!

[Digger]

Can't figure Bush out on this one.

Can't figure the dems out either because it is taking jobs away from their base. But there is an answer. It is the "Two-Party Cartel" that's Congress which is bought & owned by the elites. The elites that have NO alligence to America over any other country. They own Congress & will not allow another viable party to counter them. We people are hostage to them. Only when you vote outside of this cartel will we get any response.

[american spirit]

Check out the FTAA (Free trade Area of the Americas) and you'll see how the plan is to create an American Union ala the EU which will bring on many changes to our system of governance, law and border enforcement. I'm convinced illegal immigration has been the conditioning method to force us to accept this new paradigm no matter what.

It is true corporate fascism at it's finest......multi-national corps. manipulating their bought and paid for lackeys in Congress and the fedgov to bring this about while their "useful mediots" provide plenty of cover.........(MJ, Scott Peterson, soon - Robert Blake, Martha Stewart, et al.

Many folks in the EU are now waking up to the fact that their individual national sovereignty was relinquished when they signed on to the EU. I've heard there's some real hell raising going on over there regarding the EU Constitution being forced on them.

[bahblahbah]

Wall first the border first, then we can talk about a guest worker program. Until then we have to work on getting initiatives like denying illegal driver's licenses and state benefits on the ballot.

We can't wait till for terrorists to hook up with the smugglers south of the border. Our jails are filling up with illegals and Mexico won't take them back.

How much more do we have to spend on manpower and technology to fight the war on terror and the war on drugs when a simple wall would significantly reduce the flow of drugs and people of unknown origin?

Is it fair for relatively unskilled laborers to just be able to jump in line to reach America before those skilled people who go through?

I want healthy immigration. Ideally we want to do whatever we can to encourage the “brain and skill” dump. We should want the most intelligent and skillful people who want to make America their home(assimilate) and to make America better by using their abilities to their fullest potential. Barring that, we should at least want people here that wish to assimilate and be Americans.

[bahblahbah]

I don't check out the DU much, but how do they feel about this?

[lodwick]

bttt

[bahblahbah]

Yaarrrrrrrrrr

"Wall first the border first" = "Wall the border first"

[conservativecorner]

Does anyone in DC care about the security concerns of illegal immigration? Forget about whether it's good or bad for the economy or country. The most important point is that terrorists can easily come across the border just as easily as Mexicans looking for work, and yet it's not even being discussed.

[yavapai]

So glad I didn't vote for this fool.

The alternative candidate would have been 100 times worse. Immediate amnesty for all illegals, pull out of Iraq and let the terrorists have their way, etc., etc...