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Bush Doesn't Get It on Immigration
Human Events ^ | Febuary.1, 2006 | Congressman Tom Tancredo

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.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 109th; aliens; bigotpostoftheday; bushbotbait; illegalaliens; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; oblexcusesdujour; shamnesty; tancredo
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To: Reagan Man
It's a Tancredo story...you forgot the [whiney-assed] POS ALERT.
41 posted on 02/01/2006 7:59:08 AM PST by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: Dane

"no amnesty" sound a lot like "no new taxes". I think it's genetic or something.

Bottom line Bush - will do nothing substantial about the border and the 'Crats will take the Senate this fall.

You reap what you sow. Sad, really sad.


42 posted on 02/01/2006 7:59:34 AM PST by fairtrader
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To: dennisw

Now wait a second, it was the Clinton administration that was advocating that they put "water stations" in the deserts on the border so the illegals don't die from dehydration


43 posted on 02/01/2006 8:00:10 AM PST by HonoraryCitizen1
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To: Reagan Man
Stop blowing hot air Dane

It's your hero tancredo blowing hot air.

He could work with good conservatives Kyl/Cornyn and actually work for a solution, but he doesn't, he'd rather do a jesse jackson like grandstand.

44 posted on 02/01/2006 8:00:10 AM PST by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: Dane

If Bay Buchanan supports securing our borders then great, glad to have her on the team.


45 posted on 02/01/2006 8:00:37 AM PST by TXBSAFH (Proud Dad of Twins, What Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger!!!!!!)
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To: Dane
What part of the SOTU speech where the President said "no amnesty" do you not understand?

You are correct, Dane. A guest worker program obviously does not include the illegals currently in this country (Guests are invited, these folks entered illegally). President Bush must be talking about those who have not entered this country illegally. Would you agree to that?

46 posted on 02/01/2006 8:00:41 AM PST by SealSeven (Moving at the speed of dark.... Even "nothing" takes up space.)
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To: bordergal

We have between 12-20 million illegals in this country.
Giving them the "right" to work here after they have broken our immigration law IS an amnesty. ""

I believe that is about half right.

I think the number of illegals is much closer to 40 million.

They are coming across the border much faster than we are catching them and sending them back.

Ask the ranchers (and keep them anonymous) that deal with the problem EVERY day and night, and get some real information.


47 posted on 02/01/2006 8:00:47 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: fairtrader
"no amnesty" sound a lot like "no new taxes".

Uh when has GW Bush raised taxes, he hasn't, but nice try at obfuscation.

48 posted on 02/01/2006 8:01:28 AM PST by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: ridesthemiles

Dane, I'll take a man who grandstands for the truth over a bunch of Bush worshipping bureaucrats


49 posted on 02/01/2006 8:02:08 AM PST by HonoraryCitizen1
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To: TXBSAFH
I say do something right now, about US citizens who are hiring these people!!!

Come on, I have a construction business with LEGAL, citizen employees. I lose bids everyday to the legitimate companies who go out and pay their illegal employess with rolls of cash. I've seen it!

It makes me sick....who are we to sit back and blame the President. It is US who are doing this and WE that allow it.
50 posted on 02/01/2006 8:02:12 AM PST by colorcountry (Currently not in the process of becoming a God!)
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To: colorcountry

The majority of the people that do not support Bush have absolutely no realistic way of dealing with the problem...It is much easier to bitch and moan about it than face the problem..

And for the people that live in San Antonio, New Mexico, Los Angeles, etc...to be horrified at Mexican/Spanish culture pressure is as ridiculous as it gets.


51 posted on 02/01/2006 8:02:40 AM PST by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: HonoraryCitizen1
Fight terrorism by killing and stopping terrorists.

The 911 hijackers did not come in from Mexico. They came here mainly 100% legally.

People also should stop conflating this issue with terrorism as well.

52 posted on 02/01/2006 8:02:54 AM PST by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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To: Dane

you and reality are like oil and water.


53 posted on 02/01/2006 8:02:59 AM PST by flashbunny (Are you annoying ME? Are you annoying ME? You must be annoying me, since there's no one else here!)
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To: Reagan Man

Well, cheap labor for some jobs is a
necessity. My friends operate a
horse boarding farm in southern Wisconsin.
Years ago, high school kids were willing
to earn $5/hr to muck the stalls and sweep
the aisles in the horse barn. Now no one
wants to do that kind of work. So, when
the Mexicans showed up 8 years ago with
their Green Cards, they were hired. They
do a really good job and they are paid
decent wages.., a lot more than the kids
earn at Mickey D's!


54 posted on 02/01/2006 8:03:08 AM PST by Grendel9 (u ()
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To: TXBSAFH
If Bay Buchanan supports securing our borders then great, glad to have her on the team

bay buchanan is a DC beltway grifter, IMO. Just look how she and her brother got their hands on the 12 million from the old Reform party.

55 posted on 02/01/2006 8:03:27 AM PST by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: Dane

Read between the lines - like father like son - get it, got it, good.


56 posted on 02/01/2006 8:03:47 AM PST by fairtrader
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To: colorcountry

Agreed, confiscate there businesses and put them in jail. Fees are not enough of a deterent.


57 posted on 02/01/2006 8:03:48 AM PST by TXBSAFH (Proud Dad of Twins, What Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger!!!!!!)
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To: Reagan Man

maybe, maybe not

but the inevitable civil war that would start down there might be alot bigger problem than has been thought out

which side would the drug lords take?

is there any doubt that al qaeda would be encouraged just because of their agendas?

how soon would their civilwar come across the border?


58 posted on 02/01/2006 8:04:05 AM PST by sure_fine (*not one to over kill the thought process*)
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To: funkywbr

Tonight, I also ask you to reform our immigration laws so they reflect our values and benefit our economy. I propose a new temporary worker program to match willing foreign workers with willing employers when no Americans can be found to fill the job. This reform will be good for our economy because employers will find needed workers in an honest and orderly system. A temporary worker program will help protect our homeland, allowing Border Patrol and law enforcement to focus on true threats to our national security.

I oppose amnesty, because it would encourage further illegal immigration, and unfairly reward those who break our laws. My temporary worker program will preserve the citizenship path for those who respect the law, while bringing millions of hardworking men and women out from the shadows of American life. (Applause.)


59 posted on 02/01/2006 8:04:07 AM PST by Grendel9 (u ()
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To: tallhappy
>>>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.<<<<


You got to be kidding! It's very acceptable, even admired within Mexican Culture to kill some who insults your wife ... or car ...or dog ... or sells dope without the permission of the jefe.
Try working a Homicide Detail within a a Latino district.
60 posted on 02/01/2006 8:04:33 AM PST by investigateworld (Abortion stops a beating heart)
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