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Tancredo hits Bush on immigration
Manchester Union Leader ^ | February 4, 2005 | Gary Rayno

Posted on 02/04/2005 4:26:13 AM PST by billorites

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1 posted on 02/04/2005 4:26:13 AM PST by billorites
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We have to do something about this...This problem is destroying our country. Tom is one of the few politicians who even talks about!......


2 posted on 02/04/2005 4:33:06 AM PST by Route101
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To: billorites
"Illegal immigration and securing the country's borders affect every aspect of American life, including jobs, health care, education and national security, he said."

That's it in a nutshell yet it is like the Elephant in the corner - No one will spell out what they are going to do about it.

3 posted on 02/04/2005 4:33:24 AM PST by drt1
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To: Route101

I agree, it seems no one in this administration is taking border control as a security issue seriously!


4 posted on 02/04/2005 4:35:30 AM PST by stopem
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To: billorites

bttt

Tancredo is right.

No doubt the usual race pimps will show up soon and accuse him and we who agree with him of being racists.

The racists are the ruling class of Mexico, who are happy to rid themselves of the Mestizo population and prosper their corrupt regime in the process.

Mexico needs regime change.


5 posted on 02/04/2005 4:38:58 AM PST by ovrtaxt (Go Howard Go!)
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To: billorites

This is the #1 issue I oppose George Bush on, even more than Campaign Finance.


6 posted on 02/04/2005 4:41:32 AM PST by shekkian
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To: Route101

I have ZERO confidence in the government to resolve this issue. Given the government's well established track record how can we possibly trust them to enforce ANY of the new proposals being bantered about? In addition to that, it seems incredibly naive to believe that all illegals will immediately conform to any new legislation that is passed. The only way to deal with this is to seriously pursue and prosecute those who hire illegals. It's the only way the government cans stand to regain our trust. Remember Reagan's 1986 betrayal - talk about deja vu!


7 posted on 02/04/2005 4:48:29 AM PST by SolutionsOnly (but some people really NEED to be offended...)
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To: billorites

I was taking part in a thread last night that got out of hand and was pulled as these threads sometimes do.

One point I tried to make is that by some estimates a full 5% or more of our population is of the illegal immigrant variety and there are those in this country that are just fine with that.

What would these same people say if they woke to a news report telling them that overnight an invading force of that size entered the country. They would be screaming for our elected leaders to do something to get them out of here.


8 posted on 02/04/2005 4:48:40 AM PST by Dad2Angels
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To: billorites

Rove in a streak of brilliance has triangulated Bush as some messianiac liberal cult leader, cutting off the lefties from their spiritual honey pot, but this is only a short term benefit and it is for Bush and his cronies only, we get the bill when these people head off to Davos to live in their well guarded villas.


9 posted on 02/04/2005 4:53:32 AM PST by junta (If you must hate, hate an ideologue.)
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The GOP's unwillingness to even attempt to enact significant immigration reform is leaving the door open for a third party to possibly siphon off enough votes to put the Democrats in the White House sometime in the future.
10 posted on 02/04/2005 4:54:13 AM PST by Welsh Rabbit
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To: Dad2Angels
I was taking part in a thread last night that got out of hand ...

Yes, is is a divisive issue and not one for the thin-skinned. Rush Limbaugh is right in his estimation that this stands to fracture the party. It pits those who put respect for the law first against those who put economics above all else. I'll maintain that a sound economy can only exist when built upon a just and trustworthy legal system - Witnessing our our legal and moral integrity eroding at an alarming rate, I'm clear about which which side I'm on.

11 posted on 02/04/2005 4:58:51 AM PST by SolutionsOnly (but some people really NEED to be offended...)
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Bush better do something before most of our middle class and working class jobs are destroyed along with our economy. There is a crisis looming like no other crisis.


12 posted on 02/04/2005 5:11:10 AM PST by tkathy (Tyranny breeds terrorism. Freedom breeds peace.)
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Bump.
14 posted on 02/04/2005 5:16:39 AM PST by Missouri
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To: SolutionsOnly

That's the rub...Republicans won't go after the businesses and the demoncats don't care because they want their vote......leaving the taxpayer to deal with it all...Bullshit comes to mind.......


15 posted on 02/04/2005 5:22:56 AM PST by Route101
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"This is an issue I want all the Presidential candidates to debate. I want the candidates when they come here to answer the questions, 'What are you going to do about the borders? Will you commit troops to the border?' " U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado

Tom, please re-read the Constitution.

Article I, Section 8 Powers of Congress, Cl 15

To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions:

You and the rest of members of Congress don't have to wait for the President to "commit troops to the border."

Step up to the plate and begin to insist that your fellow members of Congress do the job they were sworn to do and call up the Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California militias to repel the invasion.

16 posted on 02/04/2005 5:27:27 AM PST by tahiti
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On Immigration Tom Tancredo is much closer to being Right
than President Bush is.Irecall someone claiming they would
rather be right than President,once. As for the Bush comment about the Mexican nationals taking jobs Americans
wont --I can recall when one could go to any motel and the
staff all spoke the lingua franca(English) now--in Denver
it is difficult to find any hotel where the staff-with the
singular exception of the reception desk,most often speak
Spanish.Borders ,Language, and Culture are a p poor tradeooff for cheap and easy to abuse labor from Mexico--
nobody every explains WHY that old Fox will not provide work for his own people.


17 posted on 02/04/2005 5:28:30 AM PST by StonyBurk
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To: Route101

It's corruption on both sides of the aisle.


18 posted on 02/04/2005 5:41:13 AM PST by SolutionsOnly (but some people really NEED to be offended...)
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"The issue is where do you get cheaper workers. Cheap is only that to employers, not to the American taxpayers," he said.

This sums up the problem pretty much. Also how unstable does the USA have to become to keep the corrupt Mexican oligarchs in power.

19 posted on 02/04/2005 5:44:54 AM PST by FITZ
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What would these same people say if they woke to a news report telling them that overnight an invading force of that size entered the country. They would be screaming for our elected leaders to do something to get them out of here.

Southern California is already gone, as anyone who lives here knows. Talk about an invading force; formerly attractive, middle-class neighborhoods are becoming gang-infested, blighted, graffiti-riddled turdholes at an alarming rate...mine included.

How many more states fall before our so-called "leaders", so secure in their ivory towers, finally get it??

20 posted on 02/04/2005 5:45:10 AM PST by truthkeeper (Yeah, I have a 1998 signup date. So?)
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