Immigration reform seen as a tough sell for Bush

MySanAntonio ^

[Happy2BMe]

And this coming from the State that launched him into the Presidency . .

[Happy2BMe]

Is it still a Reform Plan?

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Despite the momentum from recent legislative victories, President Bush faces an uphill battle in his push to moveimmigration reform and a guest-worker provision through Congress when lawmakers return this fall, political experts say.

Republican opposition in the House to a temporary-worker program is mounting, forcing the president and GOP proponents to shift their focus to less controversial measures like border enforcement.

[Happy2BMe]

(2005) - "I'm against amnesty," Bush said. "I think amnesty would be a mistake."

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From a not so distant past . .

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"This is disturbing, because, like you, I am against illegal immigration.

[RoyalsFan]

So he is still repeating the "it's not an amnesty" garbage?

[Rockingham]

The core problem for Bush is that, on this issue, he has lost the trust of a politically significant slice of the GOP base and of the public. In the context of protected borders and strong immigration enforcement, a guest worker program might be politically plausible. Five years of open borders and broken promises though have damaged Bush's credibility and will mark any "guest worker program" as but a shabby disguise for amnesty.

Bush's guest worker proposals will inflame the immigration issue with the public and loyal GOP voters. For reasons good or bad, Bush simply will not protect the borders or enforce the immigration laws, and his legislative effort for amnesty via a guest worker program will make that even more evident than it now is.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

"We've got to do something about our immigration laws," Bush told a convention of conservative state lawmakers near Dallas....brilliant!...now do something like... protect Americans like you are supposed to do as stated in the Constitution....Close the damn borders Mr. Bush!...HELLO?

[Happy2BMe]

It's a mystery, isn't it?

[Joe Boucher]

This president and his idiot republican congress and senate had better take up the cause of immigration reform or risk losing the majority they have worked so hard for.

1st they blow the judiciary opportunity and for a long time they have really blown the illegal immigration deal.

[Pro-Bush]

Guest worker program - ..My ass!!

[King Prout]

I would be less firmly opposed to Bush (et alia) dallying with reviving Rome's disastrous Laeti policy if some stern measure were taken to ensure some acceptable minimum standard of assimilation or decorum.

A "2 Strike" policy would do:
Strike One: convicted of any felony, the foreigner is deported and advised never to return to the US under penalty of death.
Strike Two: if ever caught within the US subsequent to this, the foreigner is summarily executed.

Some form of iron-clad biometric identification system would be a necessary concommitant, but that is doable.

[Recon Dad]

Bush doesn't get it. First you have to rid yourself of the illegals you have before you can have an immigration policy. Right now we don't have one. As a Texan maybe he is so used to seeing Mexicans being educated, burdening the welfare system, packing the jails and generally busting state budgets.

[Rockingham]

The best solutions to the mystery that I have to offer are that Bush and Rove:

(1) hope to gain the loyalty of a rising Hispanic electorate rather than losing it by immigration enforcement and agitation over it;

(2) are servicing the business interests that depend on cheap illegal labor; and

(3) believe that opposition to illegal immigration is not salient enough as a political issue to cause a net loss for the GOP.

In addition: through Jeb's marriage, the Bush family has personal and likely financial ties to the Mexican business elite; and in Jeb's son, George P. Bush, the family has a promising next generation office-seeker of Mexican-American ancestry.

Of course, it is a common story that even well-run businesses often stumble by trying to "freshen the product line" or "expand the customer base" and then doing so in ways that antagonize established customers and fail to draw new business. No one ever sets out to do that, but I can think of a half dozen examples in which that has nevertheless happened with devastating business consequences.

[mo]

Mexican border issues and illegal immigration should be a non-issue. Enforce the border, provide a legal mechanism to control the number and quality of immigrants. This is simply a civic obligation of the US government to its citizens and neighbors. To treat the issue in any other way is to somehow place Mexicans in a subordinant position relative to others that have legally established citizenship-in other words it is racist. It is denying qualified Mexicans the opportunity to become Americans, and provides an ongoing source of pseudo-slave labor.

[South40]

Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!

[ConsentofGoverned]

"The best solutions to the mystery that I have to offer are that Bush and Rove:

(1) hope to gain the loyalty of a rising Hispanic electorate rather than losing it by immigration enforcement and agitation over it;

(2) are servicing the business interests that depend on cheap illegal labor; and

(3) believe that opposition to illegal immigration is not salient enough as a political issue to cause a net loss for the GOP."

We have heard these arguments before and they RING HOLLOW
enforcing the immigration policy we now have, securing the border in time of a terror war are major responsibilities of the Federal Government..Yet they ignore the issue..one reason you did not list..

The elites in ivy league colleges - boston - ny - and DC
have convinced themselves that ONE WORLD Gov will make the world more stable and to get there the USA must be weakened
or as the Chinese would say reduce our hegemony..Our leaders come from the ELITES - The Bush family will support the ELITES over the REPUBLICAN base on this issue
The reason for open borders is the remaking of the USA to fit the new world order (MR BUSH's own words) - it is the only reason for the insanity at the border that has a major goal which if you agree with One world gov would be worth the risk since it will weaken the USA and the US voter cannot do anything short of voting out the Republicans in allowing even more obvious One World types the Democrats to regain power..both parties have made this deal with the devil..

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

... Bush first proposed a guest-worker program in 2001, but the 9-11 terrorist attacks that year shelved the proposal as Americans and the administration grappled with the fact that the terrorists were in this country illegally....

So the sellout of America is way behind schedule.
Bush's masters in the Council must be getting antsy.
They want their borderless Community by 2010.

[Dane]

So the sellout of America is way behind schedule.
Bush's masters in the Council must be getting antsy.
They want their borderless Community by 2010.

But the tin foil replies are right on schedule.

[Dane]

"We've got to do something about our immigration laws," Bush told a convention of conservative state lawmakers near Dallas....brilliant!...now do something like... protect Americans like you are supposed to do as stated in the Constitution....Close the damn borders Mr. Bush!...HELLO?

Fine, no more oil, coffee, bananas, etc.etc. That is what a truly closed border entails, but you already know that but still use the knee jerk "close the borders" spiel to gin up anger.

Thank God we have a President who is working with good conservatives such as Kyl and Cornyn to solve a problem, and doesn't bow at the knee jerkers, such as tancredo.

[Dane]

So he is still repeating the "it's not an amnesty" garbage?

You should know, you are the self proclaimed expert on FR about garbage.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

Immmigration reform seen as tough sell for Bush

Bush should have realized that when he couldn't get his 245(i) amnesty through. People have had enough of pandering to illegal aliens as well as massive immigration that is disrupting our communities and costing us billions.