Posted on 01/31/2005 5:17:39 PM PST by ovrtaxt
WASHINGTON – Rush Limbaugh, the radio talk-show giant with more than 20 million listeners, is poised to add his considerable voice to those calling on President Bush to heed popular opinion on issues of tightening border security and enforcing immigration laws, WorldNetDaily has learned.
"We cannot maintain our sovereignty without securing and protecting our borders in an era when terrorists around the world seek entry to this country," he said Friday in a private gathering in Florida.
Limbaugh has not been an outspoken critic of the president on this issue in the past. Neither has he focused much of his broadcast attention on the border and immigration issues during his nearly two-decade career as a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host. Instead, Limbaugh is perceived as a champion of many Bush policies.
But, clearly, Limbaugh sees Bush as out of step with the public in his continued calls for implementation of a guest worker program that has been characterized by critics as an amnesty plan for as many as 20 million illegal aliens already in the country,
Limbaugh said he was particularly disturbed by statements Friday by Mexico's Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez threatening to appeal to international courts a new Arizona law barring illegal aliens from collecting some public benefits.
Proposition 200, approved overwhelmingly by voters in that state Nov. 2, has already survived critical legal tests in state and U.S. courts.
Bush already is facing mounting opposition to his guest worker plan in the House Republican caucus. A year ago, Rep. Tom Tancredo was a lonely voice of opposition to the plan. Today, he says, there are at least 180 Republican votes against the plan. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is on record as saying the plan will not move forward in the House without majority Republican support.
"Rush has 20 million listeners a week, so if he decides to attack President Bush's plan to regularize immigration flows through a guest-worker program, he could help kill the idea," said Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund.
In a White House news conference last week, Bush continued to promote his ideas about immigration reform: "I know there's a compassionate, humane way to deal with this issue. I want to remind people that family values do not stop at the Rio Grande River. People are coming to our country to do jobs that Americans won't do, to be able to feed their families. And I think there's a humane way to recognize that, at the same time protect our borders, and at the same way to make sure that we don't disadvantage those who have stood in line for years to become a legal citizen. And I'm looking forward to working with people of both parties on the issue."
Meanwhile, a leading member of his own party last week announced sweeping measures aimed at cracking down on the ability of terrorists to travel within the United States.
The Real ID Act, introduced by Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., looks to deny drivers licenses to illegal aliens, tighten the political asylum system abused by terrorists, plug a three-mile hole in the border fence between California and Mexico near San Diego, and strengthen deportation laws to more quickly oust foreign terrorists dwelling in the U.S.
"American citizens have the right to know who is in their country, that people are who they say they are, and that the name on a driver's license is the holder's real name, not some alias," said Sensenbrenner, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee.
"The 9-11 hijackers could have used their passports to board the planes, but only one did. Why? Those murderers chose our driver's licenses and state IDs as their forms of identification because these documents allowed them to blend in and not raise suspicion or concern. Mohammed Atta received a six-month visa to stay in the U.S. yet received a Florida driver's license good for six years!"
He says the act, which has 115 cosponsors in the House, would establish a uniform rule that temporary driver's licenses for foreign visitors expire when their visa terms expire, and create tough rules for confirming identity before temporary driver's licenses are issued.
Earlier stories:
Battle over illegals: Bush vs. Congress
Mexico threatens Arizona over anti-illegals measure
Revolt begins for Bush push for illegals
"And you chose to spend your money in Mexico? Rewarding the country that has engendered your outrage?"
I went to Mexico as one of the 3 stops of my cruise. It wasn't an issue of getting off the ship, but the issue of getting back on the ship and the lack of security in doing so.
I could have been anyone with almost anything in my bag or on my person shy of a bomb strapped to my back.
I live in a part of Houston which has a large Mexican population (and a very large illegal population). You can spot them, standing on corners, waiting for someone to hire them to do odd jobs.
A quickly growing industry in the area are these corner establishments which "send money" to Mexico for a small fee.
I read in the paper this past week that the big banks in Houston are going to waive the fee for sending money to Mexico -- in an effort to put out of business these small "money transfer" operations.
I shudder to think how MUCH money is being made here, tax free, and sent back across the border into Mexico, while it's my tax dollars, providing health care for their children born here.
You all know, don't you, that when a child is born here, they automatically get free health care and food stamps -- if they are here illegally. Of course, when an child is born here who is an American citizen, they don't get free ANYTHING!!!!!!
Right now I KNOW that my Hispanic flyerboy will be there tomorrow, calling in for work...in freezing temperatures with or without snow.
You're asking me to take out Pedro Martinez in the 3rd inning and replace him with Donnie Moore.
They are dependable. They give an honest day's work. They're respectful. And they love their mothers.
We don't raise them like that...at least not on the Coasts.
Furthermore, our own County Executive, (D)Doug Duncan has given the police department clear orders NOT to cooperate with the US Immigration.
"They need me on that wall. They WANT me on that wall..."
"Oxnard has homes with garages converted into living space"
Tell me about it!!!! 20 years ago, Oxnard was a clean, well kept, low crime town. Now it is a toilet. I haved lived on the beach near Oxnard for over 20 years, and I will not drive through Oxnard at night.
I live in a part of Houston which has a large Mexican population (and a very large illegal population). You can spot them, standing on corners, waiting for someone to hire them to do odd jobs.
A quickly growing industry in the area are these corner establishments which "send money" to Mexico for a small fee.
I read in the paper this past week that the big banks in Houston are going to waive the fee for sending money to Mexico -- in an effort to put out of business these small "money transfer" operations.
I shudder to think how MUCH money is being made here, tax free, and sent back across the border into Mexico, while it's my tax dollars, providing health care for their children born here.
You all know, don't you, that when a child is born here, they automatically get free health care and food stamps -- if they are here illegally. Of course, when an child is born here who is an American citizen, they don't get free ANYTHING!!!!!!
"i don't know what part of the border you're talking about."
It was Cozumel.
looks nice!
that's further up the food chain than i live.
i could use some sun this time of year!
boy! that brings up the memories.
i thought i wanted to live in oxnard, near pt mogu, in about 1986. i looked at condos on the ocean with envious eyes.
the area was changing then.
and every time i went back, the more depressed i got.
whatta nightmare!
Victor Davis Hanson and other researchers have documented
that the average illegal per year collects about$40,000
more in social services than he contributes in labor or
taxes. We, the taxpayers, have to support the bankrupt
school districts, insolvent hospitals, prison incarcerations, and welfare that the sunami of illegals
is causing. This is not to even go into the almost
criminal negligence that is part of Bush's guest-worker
(amnesty) program that leaves the borders out-of-control
in an age of international terrorism.
"25% of our prison population is illegal aliens. "
1/3 in LA County, and climbing every day!!
Absolutely.
Agreed...levy heavy fines on those who hire illegals, combined with a federal type of Arizona's 200, increase ad-hoc inspections in areas of known law breaking i.e.(constructions, restaurants, etc.)
Big, medium and small businesses by law have to perform a rigorous background check for insurance purposes.
All is needed, is patrol the borders and tighten the screw few notches. There is no need to chase the "schleps" all over the place; take the pie away and everyone eventually will leave.
It's actually wise to verify that your contractor is licensed and bonded --- and don't forget to ask to see the insurance policy -- workman's comp carried on his employees. A work place injury -- falling off your roof could get you a lawsuit from someone who isn't covered.
You're right. I heard about the Mexican reaction to Vicente Fox visiting Ciudad Juarez --- people were kicking the car he was in, pounding on it, shouting at him --- and I felt like going over there and joining in. It would be awfully hard at this point for the Mexican oligarchs to gather up support of Americans to go over and fight and kill their peasants to keep them in power --- yet that's what they'll expect us to do.
Thanks -- I've always liked Rush --- but I figured he didn't live in an area that has much problem from massive immigration. A lot of times people have seen something like 2 Mexicans in their lives and both were hard at work when they saw them so they stereotype all of them that way. It's after you see the crowds at the welfare offices, the free clinics, the Head start programs and the Emergency Rooms waiting for their free care that you start to realize that no all are coming to work hard.
RUSH: "...if illegal immigrants are now doing jobs that Americans won't do, then the government should increase the level of legal immigration, if that's the case, a legal immigrant or an illegal immigrant is of the same caliber. So if immigrants are doing the work that Americans won't do, then make those jobs filled by legal immigrants and follow the law."
Rush favors either a guest worker program, amnesty, or increasing legal immigration.
RUSH: These same people that are coming in illegally, what would be the difference if those same people were allowed in legally and then you hired them? What would be the difference?
CALLER: Oh, no. I would love it if they were brought in legally.
RUSH: That's all I'm saying.
Illegal alien dishwashers and lawn clippers.
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