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Autry calls for halt in illegals. Fresno mayor offers to host a summit.
FresnoBee ^

Posted on 05/27/2005 4:03:25 PM PDT by Happy2BMe

Fresno Mayor Alan Autry waded into a volatile federal issue Thursday in his annual State of the City speech, calling for a two-year moratorium on immigration in order to address the "chaos now masquerading as a border."

Autry acknowledged that he would likely get criticism for his comments, much as Gov. Schwarzenegger came under fire after praising Minuteman Project volunteers who patrolled the Mexican border.

(Excerpt) Read more at fresnobee.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: alanautry; aliens; autry; california; fresno; halt; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; immigration; mayor
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To: Happy2BMe
>>>>Fresno Mayor Alan Autry ....calling for a two-year moratorium on immigration in order to address the "chaos now masquerading as a border."

Following "911" many Americans, including this conservative, called for a multi-year moratorium on all immigration into the states. No one listened.

I wonder if this is a political epiphany by GovRino and Mayor "Bubba", and can either man match his rhetoric on this issue with a serious and substantive effort.

21 posted on 05/27/2005 10:00:39 PM PDT by Reagan Man ("God-damn, I'm the stuff men are made of!" John Wayne)
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To: Reagan Man

They won't be able to back up anything without federal support - which is not there.


22 posted on 05/27/2005 10:02:41 PM PDT by Happy2BMe ("Viva La Migra" - LONG LIVE THE BORDER PATROL!)
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To: Happy2BMe

The momentum is building against illegals but if you think they are expensive now wait until we legalize them, they will all go on the dole for the maximum 5 years allowed by welfare and quit working. The best thing that can happen is amnesty gets held up in the House ans Senate and we start deporting them when we find them.


23 posted on 05/27/2005 10:06:49 PM PDT by John Lenin (There is no such thing as a church approved abortion)
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To: Mike Bates

Man, I love 'Phantom Empire!'


24 posted on 05/27/2005 10:08:07 PM PDT by HitmanLV
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To: John Lenin
Amnesty for 20 million illegal aliens will break the financial and social back of this nation - it can't rebound from such an event.

America: Born 1776 ~ Died: __________________

25 posted on 05/27/2005 10:09:34 PM PDT by Happy2BMe ("Viva La Migra" - LONG LIVE THE BORDER PATROL!)
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To: Happy2BMe
Well....

I thought Arnie recently called for a separate California border patrol. Over and above the USBP. More BS I guess.

Bottomline. PresBush should be ashamed for the weak effort by his administration in securing the US borders from illegals, terrorists and other assorted criminals. Pathetic!

26 posted on 05/27/2005 10:10:20 PM PDT by Reagan Man ("God-damn, I'm the stuff men are made of!" John Wayne)
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To: Happy2BMe

"calling for a two-year moratorium on immigration"

A two year moratorium?

So the aliens all they have to do is wait it out for two years and then they can come flooding in like a torrent.

How asinine!

Moratoriums are useless in that it does not stop aliens from setting foot and families on our soil.


27 posted on 05/27/2005 10:10:49 PM PDT by Baraonda (Demographic is destiny. Don't hire 3rd world illegal aliens nor support businesses that hire them.)
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To: Reagan Man; Gipper08; MeekOneGOP; devolve; potlatch; Dubya's fan; JohnHuang2; keri; ...
Has it dawned on you that it is possible - even likely that our government cannot fix this problem even if it wanted to?

It is only around 20 million people we are talking about here, after all.

If 100% of all three of our government bodies woke up tomorrow and in one unanimous voice and vote declared the illegal aliens would be deported - WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?

Answer: Notta - nuttin' - forget it. It's too huge. There is no way for Mexico to be able to absorb that many people and no way for us to get them out of here - even if every breathing legitimate citizen and elected official in this nation was in total, harmonious agreement over it.

28 posted on 05/27/2005 10:17:33 PM PDT by Happy2BMe ("Viva La Migra" - LONG LIVE THE BORDER PATROL!)
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To: Happy2BMe

29 posted on 05/27/2005 10:23:24 PM PDT by Pro-Bush (Can't afford Medical care? Thank an illegal alien.)
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To: Happy2BMe

>>There is no way for Mexico to be able to absorb that many people and no way for us to get them out of here<<

Strong disagreement coming from me! These Mexicans would be going back to Mexico in much better shape than when they left. Their personal assets would be 1000 x's greater. They now know what is required to performa days work in America and make a success of themselves. The number of Mexican businessmen in America is not a small number. Take those skills back home and apply them!


30 posted on 05/27/2005 10:25:26 PM PDT by B4Ranch ( Report every illegal alien that you meet. Call 866-347-2423, it's a FREE CALL)
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To: Jim Robinson

He's a good man indeed. He's been an excellent mayor for us.


31 posted on 05/27/2005 10:27:59 PM PDT by backtothestreets
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To: B4Ranch
"Take those skills back home and apply them!"

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You forget - THEY ARE AT HOME - RIGHT HERE!

heheh . . the BP can't even keep the present numbers from coming across, let alone send 20 MILLION back.

Plus, wouldn't it take multiple decades to screen and identify that many deportees?

32 posted on 05/27/2005 10:29:40 PM PDT by Happy2BMe ("Viva La Migra" - LONG LIVE THE BORDER PATROL!)
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To: Happy2BMe
>>>Has it dawned on you that it is possible - even likely that our government cannot fix this problem even if it wanted to?

NO! I don't buy into your defeatist attitude either. In conjunction with securing the borders, enforcing existing laws that punish employers who hire illegals and halting all welfare payouts to illegals, a multi-year moratorium would be ideal. If need be, the feds should seriously consider placing US military units on the borders to assist the USBP in enforcing the law. After taking these steps and stopping the flow of illegals into the US, then and only then can any guest worker program be considered and expected to operate properly. Otherwise all that is being accomplished is to perpetuate and exacerbate a serious national security problem. A problem that will continue to undermine our constitutional republic.

33 posted on 05/27/2005 10:41:42 PM PDT by Reagan Man ("God-damn, I'm the stuff men are made of!" John Wayne)
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To: Reagan Man
And you actually believe we will send 36,000 U.S. military to seal the Mexican Border.

I wish I did.

34 posted on 05/27/2005 10:43:40 PM PDT by Happy2BMe ("Viva La Migra" - LONG LIVE THE BORDER PATROL!)
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To: Happy2BMe

>>Plus, wouldn't it take multiple decades to screen and identify that many deportees?<<

Not if a private company had the contract.


35 posted on 05/27/2005 10:44:31 PM PDT by B4Ranch ( Report every illegal alien that you meet. Call 866-347-2423, it's a FREE CALL)
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To: Happy2BMe
Whatever it takes!

Otherwise, the problem of illegal immigration will never be resolved. It will never go away. Changes to US immigration policy that occured from 1965 to 1990 has changed this great nation forever. It's a proven fact. More liberalization of US policy is directly responsible for the destruction of our nation, as it continues to undermine the very fabric of our constitutional republic. Ignoring these facts will only hasten the end. I for one, don't ever want to see that happen.

36 posted on 05/27/2005 10:55:55 PM PDT by Reagan Man ("God-damn, I'm the stuff men are made of!" John Wayne)
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To: Happy2BMe
They shouldn't be rounded up and deported in a massive raid to the delight of media vultures and bottom feeding attorneys - they have to be pressured out through disincentives to come here/incentives to return home. See the Krikorian Plan, which has been promoted by many of us here for a long time now.

The beauty of it is that it robs the media of convenient "martyr" material, the illegal-legal eagles of clients and saves us (the United States) billions of dollars because the aliens remove themselves at their own expense.

The critical necessity to get that ball rolling is more politicians willing to cough up their best contributors. We can pressure them to do so with our votes and, more importantly, our individually small contributions that constitute the majority of campaign funding by law.

So don't hesitate to throw a RINO on the barby this Memorial Day weekend! Just watch out for all that splattering pork fat.

37 posted on 05/27/2005 10:56:46 PM PDT by NewRomeTacitus (Press 2 for Spanish. Please wait quietly until the nice men in green uniforms arrive.)
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To: NewRomeTacitus
" So don't hesitate to throw a RINO on the barby this Memorial Day weekend! Just watch out for all that splattering pork fat."

Coals are warming up . .

38 posted on 05/28/2005 7:09:02 AM PDT by Happy2BMe ("Viva La Migra" - LONG LIVE THE BORDER PATROL!)
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To: tubebender; Happy2BMe; Amerigomag; dalereed
Hey Happy! Is that Mr. Autry your Mayor? I like him!!! He's a good local elected official! I generally prefer local elected officials over state and federal. "The government that governs least, governs best" and "the government closest to the people" and things like that are far more important to people's everyday lives than all this Washington D.C. & Sacramento hocus pocus, gitcha gotcha, pitch & bitch!!!

Oh! And besides, I liked the way Autry stood right up to the goofy Governator from the get-go!!! (grin)(yeah, I know, he apologized an all that...)

39 posted on 05/28/2005 9:21:07 PM PDT by SierraWasp (The "Heritage Oaks" in the Sierra-Nevada Conservancy are full of parasitic GovernMental mistletoe!!!)
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