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TRY AGAIN, MR. PRESIDENT -- THOSE WERE EMPTY WORDS [The Presidnet's Amnesty Program]
Neal Boortz ^ | Nov. 29, 2005 | Neal Boortz

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.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Nevada; US: New Mexico; US: Texas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; boortz; buchananites; bushbashers; daneisanassclown; immigrantlist; immigrationplan; immigrationspeech; xenophobs
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To: fallujah-nuker
Didn't Harry Reid and Laura Bush select Miers?

Well Harry anyway thought she was splendid, enough reason for me to question the nomination...

641 posted on 11/29/2005 6:03:51 PM PST by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: Reaganwuzthebest
Btw, who attacked you by way of a keyword?

Don't know definately but given some of the vitriol directed at me by some on this thread, I wouldn't doubt it was one of those posters and I didn't post that keyword either, to cause controversy.

642 posted on 11/29/2005 6:05:14 PM PST by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: rolling_stone
We can give them free schooling for their children, free medical care, not expect them to learn english or assimilate, not expect them to pay taxes but be part of the underground economy and not expect them to leave when we have enough of them and everyone's wages have dropped to the poverty level. At what point is enough enough?

What part of I don't support any of the above don't you understand?

643 posted on 11/29/2005 6:07:22 PM PST by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: ARCADIA

"the real driver are the corporate political contributions from those who benefit from cheap illegal labor. It is these companies and their officers who should be investigated, fined, and convicted, and jailed."

Hear, hear.

Most of these immigrants, legal or illegal, come for JOBS. If employers stopped giving them jobs, I really do believe that the flow of immigration would be substantially slowed. It wouldn't end, but it would be much less of a problem. In CA during the recession of the 1990s when the job market dried up immigration also slacked off.

There are always some illegal immigrants who come thinking they'll get on welfare (or moms who come so their kids will be born US citizens) but mostly they come for the jobs. And don't kid yourself -- these people work darn hard. They are probably closer to the kind of hard-working, striving people our immigrant ancestors were than most native born Americans are.


644 posted on 11/29/2005 6:09:27 PM PST by EdJay
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To: EdJay
Most of these immigrants, legal or illegal, come for JOBS. If employers stopped giving them jobs, I really do believe that the flow of immigration would be substantially slowed. It wouldn't end, but it would be much less of a problem. In CA during the recession of the 1990s when the job market dried up immigration also slacked off.

There are always some illegal immigrants who come thinking they'll get on welfare (or moms who come so their kids will be born US citizens) but mostly they come for the jobs. And don't kid yourself -- these people work darn hard. They are probably closer to the kind of hard-working, striving people our immigrant ancestors were than most native born Americans are

And demonizing a hard work ethic is what liberals do.

645 posted on 11/29/2005 6:13:42 PM PST by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: Leatherneck_MT
Or could it be you are just one of the many "Business Owners" that populate these threads that insist on putting money and greed over the Security of our nation?

I'd say you have at least a 80% chance of hitting the nail on the head with that swing! Blackbird.

646 posted on 11/29/2005 6:17:19 PM PST by BlackbirdSST
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To: Dane
What part of I don't support any of the above don't you understand?

What part of what do you support do you understand? Quit being evasive and state your position.

647 posted on 11/29/2005 6:24:44 PM PST by rolling_stone (Question Authority!)
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To: Sterco
Small companies like "Iowa Beef, Monfort, Excel, Tyson, and Con-Agra" to name a few right?

You shouldn't throw facts like that at the untrained, I mean, where's your compassion man? Blackbird.

648 posted on 11/29/2005 6:33:42 PM PST by BlackbirdSST
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To: ThePythonicCow
I'm surprised that Boortz did not bring up the Fair Tax as a means of reducing the discrepancy (and the flood of illegals).
649 posted on 11/29/2005 7:08:38 PM PST by Ragnar54
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To: EdJay
They are probably closer to the kind of hard-working, striving people our immigrant ancestors were than most native born Americans are.

This is strictly your opinion and not a proven fact.

650 posted on 11/29/2005 7:22:10 PM PST by judgeandjury
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To: TXBSAFH

ROFLMAO BUMP!


651 posted on 11/29/2005 7:35:22 PM PST by conservativecorner
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To: You Dirty Rats

I don't think you can find your way out of a paper bag.


652 posted on 11/29/2005 7:37:44 PM PST by conservativecorner
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To: satchmodog9

Ya think? LOL!


653 posted on 11/29/2005 7:38:14 PM PST by conservativecorner
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To: conservativecorner
I don't think

Got that part right.

654 posted on 11/29/2005 7:38:45 PM PST by You Dirty Rats (I Love Free Republic!)
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To: Dane
Only animus towards a guy named Jose tarring a roof, or a lady named Maria housekeeping a hotel room.

That's correct if Jose or Maria are illegal alien lawbreakers.

655 posted on 11/29/2005 7:38:50 PM PST by judgeandjury
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To: conservativecorner
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."

Bush was elected to be the President of the United States. He took an oath to faithfully defend the USA and uphold its laws as the chief enforcement officer. Sine Bush won't do the job he was elected to do, then it is time for another American to take his place. Step down Mr. Bush, we have had enough.

656 posted on 11/29/2005 7:44:43 PM PST by SwordofTruth (God is good all the time.)
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To: MNJohnnie
Whaaaa!!!! He is NOT doing what I WANT!

He's NOT doing his job, do you approve of that? I don't.

657 posted on 11/29/2005 7:45:49 PM PST by SwordofTruth (God is good all the time.)
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To: Raycpa
Pat Buchannan failed. When will these folks get over it.

That's nothing compared to the way George Bush has failed.

658 posted on 11/29/2005 7:49:17 PM PST by SwordofTruth (God is good all the time.)
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To: Dane
I am not for amnesty and Bush's proposal is not amnesty

Yes it is. And that has been demonstrated to you before. You live in denial if you think it isn't.

659 posted on 11/29/2005 7:49:18 PM PST by Spiff ("They start yelling, 'Murderer!' 'Traitor!' They call me by name." - Gael Murphy, Code Pink leader)
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To: Dane
And demonizing a hard work ethic is what liberals do.

So is implying that people are racist when they're not.

660 posted on 11/29/2005 7:51:27 PM PST by Spiff ("They start yelling, 'Murderer!' 'Traitor!' They call me by name." - Gael Murphy, Code Pink leader)
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