Posted on 01/27/2005 7:15:50 PM PST by neverdem
That's the way a town should handle a nuisance. Attack the specific problem, don't just blame president Bush.
Example: Houston solved its gang problems in the 80s with oincreased law enforcemant. LA, has a severe gang problem which they blame on immigration. Both Houston and LA have similar immigrant concentrations, but LA which is several time larger than Houston only has a third the number of policemen. It's not Bush's fault.
So are the meat packing plants locating outside the city limits, or are those towns drying up like many rural towns. Are their hospitals closing?
Its amazing how many OBL types use Reagan as a prop, as if Reagan would've approved of their ethics(or lack of).
President Reagan was a very compassionate man. In person the compasion was far more apparent than on TV. That's where Bush got his "compassionate conservative" theme.
Bush's guest worker/increased enforcement plan is probably his attempt to accomplish what Reagan incorrectly tried to do with his amnesty program.
Reagan the marxist. Whoda thunk?
George Bush?
Sorry bayourod but I've yet to hear Bush talk about borders in a way that relates to sovereignty as Reagan did. To him it's only a barrier designed keep out drug dealers and thieves, the rest can come in because "family values don't stop at the Rio Bravo". It's two very different philosophies, which your cheap labor glasses are incapable of seeing.
TC you nailed his name perfectly. LOL!!
I've driven in Mexico before and what's worse, as a pedestrian I've crossed their streets. I learned that vehicles have the right away! We were almost run over by a taxi driver.
That's what the open border apologists would be calling him if he were around saying that today.
Wrong again. 'Compassionate Conservative' owes more to 'Kinder & Gentler' which was coined to be a positive contrast to the Reagan era.
"The security objective has been met so far"......that statement might come as a surprise to families who've had loved ones raped, robbed, maimed and murdered by illegals. Don't think all those thousands of illegals in our prisons sucking up billions of tax $ are there by accident!
I meant to ping you to #276
Sorry for the delay.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1330294/posts?page=276#276
She is more adult like than Boxer, that's for sure. After 9/11, she made a public statement that I can't remember. It got me thinking that maybe she was an American at heart.
Who knows. There is hope for everyone.
You're right.
They move their factories overseas to where the cheap labor was and they support open borders so they flood the labor pool and drive down the wages of the jobs that are left.
Even those that are in skilled professions are only given a temporary stay.
If they can replace machinist, pipe fitters,welders, mechanics,sheet metal workers who require extra schooling and a two to four year apprenticeship then they can replace the white collar skills as well.
A lot of the white collar jobs are easier to outsource, or offshore physically.
"Labor is already tight with unemployment below average and shortages existing in both geographical and industrial sectors.
If we don't increase the labor pool in the country we could face serious shortages in the near future."
Even if your seriously flawed assumptions were true....then we should cut funding for social services like schooling, housing, welfare, etc for these illegal trespassers. They would mostly "self deport" in 6 months time. Then, start a new "list" of LEGAL applicants for emmigration to the US.
Get the illegals out. Welcome new immigrants who abide by our laws and will be "team players".
But again....since the very foundation of your sensless claim of a labor shortage is false....everything else is just wishful thinking.
"An Opinion Research Corp. survey released last week showed the No. 1 priority of registered voters across the country is border defense and homeland security. It was – far and away – the top military or foreign priority for 43 percent of the respondents. A distant second, at 19 percent, was intelligence gathering. Just 17 percent thought international aid and diplomacy should be the nation's most important objective.
When voters were asked to choose their highest, second and third priorities from the list of issues, and their top choices were combined, defense of U.S. borders was the clear winner at 77 percent."
http://resultsforamerica.org/survey.html
I wish I could claim that, but Marine Inspector came up with that name.
Agreed.
Personally, I doubt the House will be able to stop the President for 4 years. They will try at first, but in time they will decide it's not worth it or they will take another compromise, which the President will renege on.
I suspect that the CBP is a little smarter than you give them credit for.
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