Posted on 11/29/2005 5:25:04 AM PST by conservativecorner
Yesterday, George W. Bush strode to a podium in Tucson, Arizona (I love Tucson!) and against a backdrop of law enforcement officers, announced his latest plan to crack down on illegal aliens. There was nothing in his speech we haven't heard before, and his new immigration policy is just as contradictory as the old one. Among the initiatives announced:
We should build more jail cells to hold illegal aliens. Good idea. The speeding up of deportations, a crackdown on fraudulent identity papers, and a hardening of the border with more surveillance. So far, so good. Then the nonsense started to flow. The president urged Congress to pass his guest-worker amnesty program and repeated the nonsense that the illegal aliens are here "to fill jobs that Americans will not do."
Same old, same old. It is impossible to stand there and say you're going to crack down on illegal immigration while at the same time say that you are going to reward people who broke our immigration laws. The president says it's not amnesty. Ok, now we've finally caught the president in a lie. OF COURSE it's amnesty! When you tell someone who has broken the law that you are not only going to ignore their illegal conduct, but you are actually going to reward them for it, then you have more than plain old garden variety amnesty, you have amnesty with perks!
As for the oft-repeated line that the illegal aliens fill jobs Americans won't, that's also a load. Companies may not be able to fill those jobs with Americans at the same low wages they pay Mexicans, but there are plenty of people in this country that would do the work at the right price. OK .. so the price of headless chickens, landscaping and construction might go up, but at least the people receiving those paychecks would be law-abiding residents of this country, most of whom would be citizens. There is something wrong with the idea of celebrating lower home prices when those lower prices are brought with disrespect for the laws of our country. It gets worse than that. We are threatening our very security by singing the praises of illegal aliens in our workforce. Just two weeks ago we were interviewing a Texas congressman who was telling us that U.S. intelligence agencies have knowledge that Al Qaeda terrorists have moved to Mexico, adopted Hispanic identities, learned the Spanish language, and then moved right into the United States across our porous borders.
George Bush failed to address the problem appropriately yesterday, but this isn't strictly a George Bush issue. There is absolutely no willingness on the part of either political party to crack down on illegal immigration. There are simply too many votes to be had in the Hispanic community. So as a result, our security as a nation is threatened and our cities and states are overrun with illegal aliens.
I'm sure representatives of Al-Qaeda are preparing to apply for their guest-worker permits as we speak.
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That's right. The amnesty "for Hispanic votes" was invented by the media, perhaps by the corporations and bleeding hearts too. Most Americans who happen to be of Mexican/Hispanic background support a secure border and do not condone alien criminals.
Illegal aliens are maintained by their employers. You come down like a ton of bricks on the employers you will send the illegals home. The employer has to have information readily available on who is here legally and who isn,t. If we can find a cow with mad cow disease in this country we can surely find out where the illegals are. Perhaps we give them each a cow when the sneak in. The computer age is here. This can be done.
True; we need some of the pics of the Mexican/Hispanic members of the Minutemen group....who was it that posted those pics???
You're correct - they do not like them either.
How about if I say that I am interested in seeing American small business owner being able to earn enough - working oh, say, 60 or 70 hours a week? that tough enough, not "lazy" enough for you? - to pay all the taxes we get, the insurance costs, the overhead on the business, the rising gas prices to get to the job sites, maybe a salary or two to keep a qualified worker, and then still be able to pay the mortgage, keep the lights on, heat the home, keep the phone turned on, and buy food? Maybe even save enough to have a rainy-day fund or a 401K?
And yeah, that's what is meant by a "living wage".
I don't need to get my fair day's pay for a more-than-fair day's work undercut by some folks who don't speak English, don't pay taxes, and live 43 to a house eating beans and rice seven days a week. Maybe you want to have your family live that way to compete on a wage basis with these illegals, but I do not.
Does that make us lazy? Because we want to work hard and have a relatively decent middle-class life? And no, we're not talking even upper quartile here.
That Wal-Mart construction site in eastern Pennsylvania employing 125 illegal immigrants was shut down 10 days ago by the local sheriff because the Pennsylvania workers were losing decent-paying jobs to this phenomenon.
WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK IS WRONG WITH WANTING DECENT PAY FOR WORKING HARD? What makes an illegal immigrant more virtuous for being willing to live in hovels because they take whatever rotten wages the subcontractor is going to pay?
Ladycalif posted the pics, perhaps?
Thanks!
Yes....Ladycalif....could you/would you mind posting pics which show that those of Mexican/Hispanic ethnic origin have joined the Minutemen group.....and are AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS????
Thanks!
What about the thousands of anchor babies these people will father/bear during the six years -- their ticket to permanent US residence and the right to feed on the public purse forever and ever?
Mostly to dry your alligator tears.
Huh you mentioned trial lawyers in you first sentence and then dropped them for a tirade about people seeking medical help, and closing your above without naming the true cause of the medical crisis in America(trial lawyers).
Could be you are a trial lawyer and trying to direct the conversation away from the slimeballs, or it could be pure emotional animus towards a foreign language speaking group.
Oh no Dane!!! In my opionion people in this country illegally taking advantage of those legitimately here are as you say "slime balls". I have another term but will not use it here for fear of being banned. You can slip into that one if you want. Indigent medical expense is one of our greatest problems Dane. I do not begrudge these people medical care as long as they get it in "Mexico" or anyother point of illegal immigration origin.
Uh stercy, the slimeballs are the trial lawyers, whom you seem to wish to defend, for pushing up medical expenses.
I run trains Dane. (Locomotive Engineer). Sorry not a trail lawyer. Not even college educated. (Sigh). Probably shows.
Scroll 2/3 down the page. You will find the September 5 visit of Fox to the U.S. - September 5, 2001
It was that week prior to 9/11 Mr. Bush was announcing measures related to immigration. It was all the talk all the time on talk radio.
I have ben doubting that he is on my side for the past year now. That is why no more free passes.
Yeah you gave him your vote, dude, go back to DU, you all need some better propaganda.
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