The problem with the author's premise is that President Bush's plan was already DOA and that the author has apparently forgotten a basic fact I learned in elementary school...the President proposes, Congress disposes. Secondly, Bush made it clear that Congress was to hammer out the details. There are several bills in the Congress, one of which is Tom Tancredo's. If these people spent even half as much time supporting Tancredo's bill as they do bashing Bush, we'd all be better off.
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Mar 2004 - LOS ANGELES -- President George W. Bush's plan to ease immigration laws is dead on arrival in Congress, doomed by opposition from Republicans who say it goes too far and Democrats who say it doesn't go far enough.
Nov 2004 - The leader in Congress on this issue is Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., who characterized Bush's plan for what it is:
An amnesty by any other name is still an amnesty, regardless of what the White House wants to call it. Their amnesty plan was dead on arrival when they sent it to the Congress in January, and if they send the same pig with lipstick back to Congress next January, it will suffer the same fate.
H.R. 3534 (introduced by Rep. Tom Tancredo)
As a final note, I do commend President Bush for at least putting the issue on the table as a priority.
Cut and paste-google congress- enter zip code- paste message into e-mail to your elected officials. Easy.
Please Just Do It!!! Your opinion does matter. Encourage relatives and friends to do the same.