Posted on 01/24/2006 4:19:22 PM PST by Aetius
Bush says guest workers could not stay By Stephen Dinan THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published January 24, 2006
President Bush yesterday said illegal aliens who take part in his guest-worker program would not be allowed to stay permanently. "I do not believe that any guest-worker program ought to contain amnesty because I believe that, if you granted amnesty to people here working now, that would cause another 8 million people or so to come here," he said in response to a question from the audience at a speech at Kansas State University. Mr. Bush said illegal aliens could join the guest-worker program, but they would have to go home just like future temporary workers from overseas.
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you are exactly right.
my only point is that hispanic americans, whether they be first generation legal immigrants from various countries, or 2nd (3rd, etc) generation american citizens born of immigrant parents - are generally very well assimilated americans (bi-lingualism concerns me, I will admit, but alot of that is a function of the public school systems not teaching english). can you say the same about european muslims? no way.
that said, its the illegals that are messing things up, and very badly at that. I think more naturalized american hispanics are seeing that, that's a consensus that the part of the republican party that is concerned about illegal immigration, needs to tap into.
Without an Amendment, I don't possibly see how that could be Constitutitonal.
Even though I really wish it were not true, section ii is blatently unconstitutional.
Maybe so. But there are Democrat "Americans" too.
As for the mexican reforms, it is easy to see what hasn't been done and what has been done. We can even rank them. Which reform do you think is most important for Mexico?
Man, you really set up a buffet. Let's just start with controlling OUR borders and let the internal pressures, probably cal. 30, set their agenda.
Your bring a lunch advice is probably correct, as our current bunch of politicians, with a few exceptions, will do nothing more that yell, "Look! There's Elvis!" instead of taking any action. Even gunfire across our border doesn't move them, for Chrissakes.
http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters4608
Birthright citizenship will get weighed in on as we sort through immigration reform. It wouldn't surprise me to see some sort of restriction applied.
Even Alan Greenspan has suggested that more immigrants may be needed
They have done wonders in transportation, financial services, and manufacturing. Telecommunications is lagging and oil/power generation reforms are almost non-existant.
Maxico has got a huge underground economy that has no equity value. No loan value-no blue sky. It is also untaxable.
I read it. Thank you for yet again wasting my time. Is this Clinton era article supposed to mean something because Greenspan's named is mentioned in passing?
The only thing that has changed since that article was written is the US birth rate, which fell from 16 per 1000 to 14 per 1000.
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