Wake me when the trains are loaded up heading back to Mexico. Until then I wont be holding my breath.
Gee, Mike, why the hurry? You guys have only had five years to think about it. Government-issued BS.
Less talk,more action on illegal immigration would mean something. Its getting to the point I don't believe the administration when they talk about controlling it.
It seems that President Foxx is running the show in D.C. and Bush is out to lunch.
Sounds about as credible as "I have no more territorial demands in Europe."
How do I doubt this?
Let me count the ways . . . . . . . . . .
Standing back and assessing the situation is hardly anything new. The feds have been standing back and assessing the situation for decades, that's why we have an estimated 12 million illegals in this country. When you parse Chertoff's comments, all he is saying is that the Bush Administration will continue to carry Vicente Fox's water for him and continue to do nothing about illegal immigration.
How do I doubt this?
Let me count the ways . . . . . . . . . .
Standing back and assessing the situation is hardly anything new. The feds have been standing back and assessing the situation for decades, that's why we have an estimated 12 million illegals in this country. When you parse Chertoff's comments, all he is saying is that the Bush Administration will continue to carry Vicente Fox's water for him and continue to do nothing about illegal immigration.
I hope y'all don't mind if I don't hold my breath on this one.
Amazing. I'll believe it when I see it.........but......
Nothing new here. Move along.
This means that we need to redouble our efforts. Because these comments mean they are getting concerned about the fallout & want to placate us until we forget, then go back to business as usual.
They know that the average voter has a short attention span. They hope something else will come along and distract us.
*Yawn*..*Stretch*
Lip service until proven otherwise!
But they WILL get burned, because they WON'T do anything, and the illegals will just KEEP COMING.
Until we make the politicians PAY...GRIEVOUSLY... for winking at this invasion for so long.
Who believes this...anyone, anyone?
Who believes this...anyone, anyone?
Ditto to others' comments. I'll believe it when I see it. Talk is cheap.
Homeland Security (Chertoff, Bush, et al.) can simply eliminate a border security issue and call that solution. Just as Bush seems to think a "guest worker program" won't create millions upon millions and ongoing more illegal aliens in the U.S.. Ooops, in Bush speak, that's "guest workers."
Bush seems to think that just renaming the problem solves the problem. You can't have a "guest worker" who is guaranteed to return home to where he/she originated if you have no process to force/compel their return after their "guest" stay has expired.
We NEED THAT PROCESS before any such "guests" arrive or are renamed already here before any such process can even begin to be discussed without bursting out laughing/crying at the preposterousness of the language involved.
It's all about practical measures. If the U.S. does not have: (1.) secure borders [means SECURE, does not mean arguable under various circumstances]; (2.) effective penalties in place to punish and deter those who violate the secure borders; and, (3.) well moderated, staffed and moderated border barriers for foot/vehicle traffic violations of those secure borders, then we might as well just lay it all down as an issue.
The Chertoff statements don't imply a solution but an appeasement. I do think what he's implying is that they're going to implement a "guest" pass to anyone anytime anyplace at any border point just to not have to deal with that "impossible to monitor" border, as Bush calls it.
We need a secure border FENCE/BARRICADE/WHATEVERYOU CALL IT on the Southern Border, which will stop a certain amount of illegal aliens entering the country immediately, and then we can turn attention to include the northern and coastal issues.
We have to stem the problem first at the Southern Border with some barricade that is not surmountable and staff it, just get that done (question should be being asked here, as to why it has not been), and then contend with the others.
143 posted on 08/23/2005 7:44:15 PM PDT by BIRDS
P.S., this thread: I voted for President Bush and my political party affiliation is Republican, just for reference.
Wish in one hand and crap in the other and see which one fills up the fastest. They are 5 years late to the party. I hope they do it.