I guess you could call that "acid" reality.
Posted on 02/01/2006 7:38:50 AM PST by Reagan Man
Sadly, the President missed yet another great opportunity to correct his course on immigration reform tonight. The President should have clarified his plan and joined the forces in Congress holding the line against amnesty. Instead, Americans will have to wait and wonder where the President stands on securing our borders, while he pushes for guest workers.
The President must enforce our immigration laws before we consider any guest worker proposal. Until we bring law and order to our border anarchy, importing more workers into the equation is out of the question.
In 1986, Congress passed a blanket amnesty on the promise that border security would come later. We all remember the ’86 bait-and-switch, and we won’t be fooled again. There is no way to determine if we need guest workers, and there is no way to gain control of this broken system until we seal our borders and control our country’s interior.
A Gallup poll released this week showed that a mere 25 percent of Americans approve of President Bush’s handling of immigration—his worst approval rating of all major issue areas that were surveyed.
The House’s get-tough immigration bill is in the Senate’s hands, where it is in jeopardy of being dropped or – worse yet – turned into a blanket amnesty. From his bully pulpit, President Bush could have broken the Washington stalemate and secured the most significant immigration reform in a decade. But tonight we got more of the same—more stalling, more roadblocks, more lax enforcement with no action in sight.
Border security is not an issue from which President Bush should run away. An overwhelming majority of Americans demand that their government secure the border now, and if we restore law and order, Republicans will be the political winners. As the President does in so many other areas, he must not retreat but lead.
Why don't you wakeup and instead of constantly harping, actually roll your sleeves up and work with other conservatives such as Kyl/Cornyn on a solution.
A guest worker program that allows illegals to stay is supporting illegal immigration.
But of course it is amnesty or whatever you want to call it. Bush even did the liberal thing where he used the term immigrants in stead of illegal immigrants.
Thos who support Bush on this ought to be realistic and admit it is of course amnesty and fairly open borders.
Those against Bush, like Tancredo and some here on this, have to realize its a done deal.
Who knows what's going to happen. It's up to us as Americans to impact on the new arrivals -- ie the illegals who live here (and others).
It's an opportunity. Mexican culture has a lot more reverence for life than Hillary's modern post-Protestant culture. It's when they come to the US that they are turned in to dark siders.
But, it ain't going to stop. Bush has endorsed it openly big time. Get real accept it.
Those who don't criicize bush stop playing word games like its not amnesty etc...
No one told my ancestors they couldn't come here nor did they have to fill out a form or get a visa.
But I know they pledged allegiance to the colonies not the crown -- that made them American, not some paperwork.
"To meet this goal, we must have stronger immigration enforcement and border protection.
(APPLAUSE)
BUSH: And we must have a rational, humane guest worker program that rejects amnesty, allows temporary jobs for people who seek them legally, and reduces smuggling and crime at the border."
He has been saying this for the last 4 years yet our borders are getting worse not better.
They are not on the conservative side of this issue.
More like tancredo's inaction. There is a good bill in the Senate(Kyl/Cornyn) and instead of tancredo working with them, he grandstand's for his and his partner bay buchanan's PAC.
Control the borders, start building a wall.
Then lets talk about about everything else.
Stop the bleeding, stablize the patient, THEN decide what kind of surgery is neccessary.
In these Orwellian times, forgiving illegal immigrants their crime isn't Amnesty, as long as you don't actually use the word.
So why would a guest worker program not be an amnesty if it allows illegal aliens already in the country to use it to stay here ? Do you believe in rewarding lawbreakers ?
And speaking of a guest worker program - explain to me the difference between it and indentured workers ?
Why don't we just open wide our immigration policies and allow everyone who wants to, to come to this country legally, get a job anywhere and do anything they want to, collect welfare, use our (free) government schools, get treatment at taxpayer expense in our hospital emergency rooms, drive on our roads, and on and on and on ?
The borders need to be secured and the rape of the American taxpayer to support these illegals needs to stop - BEFORE we consider a guest worker plan.
As soon as we turn off the taxpayer handouts to immigrants and close the borders to illegal entry, I'm all in favor of considering whether we need more immigrants than our current policy allows.
How naiive some seem to be about this issue! Bush is the biggest Hispanic panderer this side of the Mexican border, his program is tantamount to an open borders policy, how can we fight terrorism with these sort of irresponsible policies?
Deeds not words is what makes the difference.
The differnece between the rats and the respendicans is getting mighty thin on many issues. Spending, immigration just to name two.
Unfortunately, President Bush does not consider giving illegals guest worker visas an amnesty. The rest of us do.
I guess you could call that "acid" reality.
IN five years, Bush has not done anything about the open borders, the illegal immigrants that come streaming across it, the employers who hire those illegals or the welfare money they receive from the American taxpayer.
The vast majority of the American people agree with Cong Tancredo, Bay Buchanan and the 82 other members of the House Immigration Caucus. Members like Mike Pence, John Sensenbrenner and John Shadegg. Secure the borders, punish employers who hire illegals and halt welfare handouts to illegals. And NO guest worker program under the guise of backdoor amnesty.
You and your buds who support open borders and illegal immigration are in the minority on this issue.
In loved George Bush's State of the Union. I was cheering and clapping. I pretended I was there :)
Aside from that Tom Tancredo is right on here. George Bush needs a lot of pressure on border issues and same for Karl Rove. George Bush will discipline the Islamic terrorists but we need to revolt and discipline George Bush on this illegal immigrant invasion. He is worse than the Clinton years
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