Posted on 03/04/2006 1:04:23 PM PST by Icelander
Homeland Security secretary says security of nation depends on it
March 4, 2006 — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Friday stressed the importance of a guest worker program for the security of the nation during a visit to Brownsville.
“We are in the midst of a serious discussion about a guest worker program,” Chertoff said Friday at Alice Walker Hope Park, which is on the bank of the Rio Grande with a view of Gateway International Bridge. “Not as amnesty, not a reward, but a constructive mechanism to allow migrants in the U.S. to assume a strong labor demand.”
A mandatory identification card and background check would accompany any such program, Chertoff said, as part of a comprehensive plan to address border violence.
A guest worker program would allow U.S. law enforcement agencies to spend more time focusing on “dangerous” elements “we really worry about,” rather than on the many thousands of people who come to the country seeking work, Chertoff said.
Chertoff was accompanied by Mexican diplomats to announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two countries.
Secretary of the Interior Carlos Abascal and Secretary of Public Safety Eduardo Medina Mora joined Chertoff to speak about the plan that aims to reduce border violence.
“Cooperation is what will allow us to resolve these issues,” Abascal said of the new agreement.
Abascal pointed to a 37 percent decrease in migrant deaths and a 27 percent decrease in illegal crossings along the Arizona-Sonora border as a shining example of binational agreements providing tangible results.
Two-thirds of all Mexican migrants cross through this region, said Pedro Espíndola Flores, the national director of the Mexican Border Patrol, Grupo Beta. Agreements between the two countries have reduced border violence and illegal activity along both sides of the border, Espíndola added.
There were fewer migrant deaths despite more crossings this year than in 2000, Espíndola said, and that is a prime example of a successful cooperation between law enforcement on both sides of the border.
Continued cooperation between the two countries will lead to new solutions to problems with border violence, Abascal said, but it would not “produce magic results.” Facing increasing violence by criminal and drug gangs requires a plan of action, Chertoff said. The recently signed memorandum of understanding will serve as the foundation for that plan, adding to the already budding relationship between U.S. and Mexican law enforcement agencies.
In December 2005 the Border Patrol held an academy in Mexico to train officials there on search and rescue techniques. U.S. Customs officials also spent time training their Mexican counterparts with the aim to secure the border for the benefit of both sides, Chertoff said.
I'll support Bush's amnesty program when the Republican Congress passes legislation demanding reparations from Mexico for all the illegals they have allowed to sneak across our borders.
I don't think Chertoff is being used to hawk amnesty. After six years of Bush, it's clear he will never give up on the amnesty plan. I still don't get why Big Business wants amnesty so bad, when the status quo seems to working just fine for them.
Admin, possible cleanup post 25 this thread?
My first job at 15 was as a busboy. I had a blast.
I'm really tired of the doubletalk, "guest workers, not an amnesty." The former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt said recently that Germany's biggest mistake after WWII was to bring in guest workers (Gastarbeiter.)
Clearly, Chertoff like Bush, are cheap labor disciples.
Sounds the same to me. ;^)
they don't discuss it, because they know the general legal population will go crazy over the whole thing...
Bingo! Screw the GOP--they're screwing us.
A litany of good reasons to stay in bed. Thanks. I might add that there is no longer any reason to give anyone any money for political reasons.
You would think we elected him President of Mexico and/or Saudi Arabia. He's has never met an Arab or a Mexican he didn't like and want in the U.S.legal or otherwise.
To heck with the security of the American peasants, they don't know what's good for them, just keep the Arab oil flowing and the U.S. flooded with cheap labor to keep wages and benefits down.
He wants his global community run by the rich business elites and they want a planet with no borders stocked with slave or cheap labor to serve their needs.
They will just dig deeper into OUR pockets. Meanwhile, our senoir CITIZENS can't afford their medications and us peons that are barely getting by now will have even less to get by on and eventually we will be filing for assistance, as well. Robbing Peter to pay Paul, doesn't work forever. Eventually, Peter won't have anything to be robbed of.
This is a weapon of modern warfare. The people bomb. Very effective against a more powerful foe in a PC world.
The Muslims have used it very well around the world for years and the Mexicans have caught on.
You just flood the target country with your own people who do not assimilate but retain their national identity and remake the target country into their own.
A political correct superpower's army is effectively neutered. Especially one who is controlled by the business leaders of the country and who lust for all that cheap labor and increased profits.
Don't be fooled as we have been before.
If they want to stop it they'll take some type of physical action at the border.
If they don't want to, they will just talk a lot, have some meetings and pass some meaningless legislation that they have no intention of enforcing just so they can get through another election cycle.
We are so gullible.
The REPUBLOCRATS are both implementing the NWO we need new blood.
To insure government by the people POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD BE ILLEGAL
Look at this to see how the wishes of the people are being ignored. DHS' EXPEDITED REMOVAL DECEPTION CONTINUES
EXCERPT: Unfortunately, as I’ve written again and again, the much loved (by real immigration reformers) but hated and feared (by the Treason Lobby) immigration bill, H.R. 4437, passed last year by the House of Representatives, actually undercuts the 1996 expedited removal authority already on the books. It only allows the summary removal of illegal aliens found within 100 miles of a land border within 14 days of entry...the same standard already implemented in limited regulations by the DHS.
I agreed with everything you wrote in your post but it still seemed like you missed my point.
The President and Chertoff keep talking about IDs for guest workers. That is not going to solve anything because if an illegal is not a guest worker they are going to keep on doing what they are right now which is using a fake Social Security Card.
Verifiable IDs for guest workers will not accomplish anything until the IDs of ALL prospective employees, including citizens, are verified. As you say, this is the secret to the whole illegal mess.
Can we outsource Chertoff?
Yes! Absolutely!! Where do you want to send him? Oh, no matter. Where ever sounds good to me. ;o) Would you like to serve him with an eviction notice? LOL
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.