Guest worker plan being shelved

San Antonio Express-News/Hearst Newspapers ^ | 10/16/2005 | Jennifer A. Dlouhy

[SwinneySwitch]

"We have lost control of our borders and endangered the lives of Americans by not enforcing immigration laws," said Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio.

Maybe, if he had secured our borders, the president wouldn't have a slump in the polls!

[SandRat]

I this turns out to be true the only thing I can say is

[Prime Choice]

Maybe, if he had secured our borders, the president wouldn't have a slump in the polls!

...and the RNC would start getting actual dollars instead of these Mexican pesos in their donation envelopes!

[angkor]

Thanks, I've been wondering what to do with all the RNC solicitations of late, other than to trash them unopened.

[Amerigomag]

Bush's plan which effectively sold cheap labor to corporations and the middle class was doomed from its inception.

Bush seriously underestimated the middle class when he assumed they would surrender their sovereignty to have their lawns mowed, houses cleaned and someone hand them a burger at McDonald's.

[South40]

President Bush's ambitious faulty, unwanted and asinine plan to give millions of undocumented immigrants a shot at legal temporary work in the United States is dead in Congress.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I just damn near choked on my food laughing. Holy Smokes that's funny....

[Black Tooth]

What about our unsecured borders, the millions that continue to pour in, and the millions already here.

Where is the plan for that?

[ncountylee]

Democrats complained the initiative would give more than 10 million undocumented immigrants false hope by encouraging them to come out of hiding

Aiding and abetting criminals is criminal.

[manwiththehands]

I don't know what the problem is with President Bush and why he won't come down very hard on illegal immigrants. Why would we bother calling them "illegal"?

[AmericanChef]

If that's an excuse to back out of it, I'm happy enough. It wasn't a good plan unless we intend to enforce the laws, which we all know won't happen.

[DumpsterDiver]

Two hurricanes, two Supreme Court nominees, Republican in-fighting and the president's own slump in the polls have put Bush's "guest worker" initiative on the shelf for this year.

I'm going to wait and see if the following policy will be extended and I'm betting that it will be. If it is, then it will continue to be legal to hire illegal aliens thus making a guest worker program (at least temporarily) unnecessary.

BTW, that's a great graphic!

Feds Relax Hiring Rules For Storm Vicitims Who Lost Documentation
September 10, 2005

Employers can simply state a potential worker was unable to provide documents because of the hurricane, according to a Homeland Security spokesperson. The policy is being implemented nationwide and subject to review in 45 days.

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[DumpsterDiver]

ping

[ClaireSolt]

We have laws. How about hauling that Homeland Security uberlawyer in for hearings and demand he enforce them?

[Redbob]

Next, maybe Bush will also have enough sense to shelve the Harriet Miers plan, and present a good candidate, one with a law degree from a FIRST-rate law school, one with conservative, strict-constructionist credentials.

[fallujah-nuker]

LMAO!

[SweetCaroline]

Oh no, don't throw them away! Write on the donation slip #NO MONEY UNTIL THE BORDERS ARE CLOSED" then send it back!

That's what I do!

[primeval patriot]

~snicker~

[Casekirchen]

"Corporate America — particularly agricultural businesses and the service industry — also has pleaded for a way to legally hire more foreign workers. "

--- There are NO restrictions on legal hiring of foreign workers.

The problem is the ILLEGAL hiring of ILLEGAL foreign workers by Corporate, Small Business and Individual America

[Types_with_Fist]

Bush's plan was never meant to be "temporary." Illegals would have to "voluntarily" leave after a time. Give me a break, please. If his plans on this scheme are dead, I say "Praise God!" The plan needed killing.