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Chertoff promotes "Guest Worker Program"
The Brownsville Herald ^ | Posted on Mar 04 06 | SARA INÉS CALDERÓN

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.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: 109th; aliens; bordersecurity; bushamnesty; chertoff; dhs; guestworker; hispandering; illegal; illegalaliens; immigrantlist; immigrationplan; invasionusa; rino
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To: Icelander
A guest worker program would allow U.S. law enforcement agencies to spend more time focusing on “dangerous” elements “we really worry about,”

This is a very narrow understanding of national security. The impact of millions of undereducated, unassimilating people is just as much a threat to our national security, considering their cultural and economic impact, as that of violent terrorists. Perhaps worse, in the long run.

21 posted on 03/04/2006 1:45:58 PM PST by TexasKamaAina
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To: nygoose

"What about voting?"

Yes, the illegals here are also voting, thanks to LULAC, La Raza, the Democrats, and the motor-voter laws.


22 posted on 03/04/2006 1:46:41 PM PST by oldbill
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To: Icelander
“Not as amnesty, not a reward, but a constructive mechanism to allow migrants in the U.S. to assume a strong labor demand.”

A rose by any other name, and stupid is still stupid.
23 posted on 03/04/2006 1:48:52 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Icelander

"Chertoff your doin a heck of a job"

(/irony)


24 posted on 03/04/2006 1:50:22 PM PST by NeoCaveman (The shark has been jumped)
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To: Icelander
“We are in the midst of a serious discussion about a guest worker program,” Chertoff said...


NO, NO, NO!!!

End of discussion.
26 posted on 03/04/2006 1:57:29 PM PST by Deo volente
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To: Icelander

Nothing wrong with a "guest worker program" as long as it does NOT apply to ANY illegal currently in the USA, or any illegal who comes in after it is instituted. No--it should only apply to those who LEGALLY apply to enter it FROM THEIR HOME COUNTRIES.


28 posted on 03/04/2006 2:04:39 PM PST by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel)
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To: Prokopton

He also knows that he serves at the pleasure of the POTUS.


30 posted on 03/04/2006 2:22:52 PM PST by Ed_in_NJ (Who killed Suzanne Coleman?)
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To: Icelander

The Multi-millions that are already here don't care about laws. What are new laws and programs going to accomplish? Remove them all from this country and We'll talk!


31 posted on 03/04/2006 2:29:30 PM PST by wolfcreek
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To: Willie Green; Wolfie; ex-snook; Jhoffa_; FITZ; arete; FreedomPoster; Red Jones; Pyro7480; ...
a constructive mechanism to allow migrants in the U.S. to assume a strong labor demand

Bump

32 posted on 03/04/2006 2:31:55 PM PST by A. Pole (If the lettuce cutters were paid $10 more per hour, the lettuce head would cost FIVE CENTS more.)
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To: Icelander
Chertoff is in south TX praising the flood of illegals, while GW is in India praising the outsourcing of US jobs to India.

Bush: Outsourcing painful, but remedy is worse
"It's ... important to remember that when someone loses a job it's an incredibly difficult period for the worker and their families," Bush said in a speech in New Delhi. "It's true that some Americans have lost jobs when their companies move their operations overseas," he said. "Some people believe the answer to this problem is to wall off our economy from the world through protectionist policies. I strongly disagree."
33 posted on 03/04/2006 2:40:32 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Icelander

The Bush pesos are regularly printed out and sent by me in the beg letters from the RNC and various politicians of both parties who love the open borders agenda and vote against American interests.


34 posted on 03/04/2006 2:43:52 PM PST by janetgreen (Washington fiddles while America is invaded!)
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To: nygoose
Election Day this year I will stay in bed. It will be the first time that I have chosen not to vote.

It's because of: lack of control of the southern border; illegal immigration; failure to fix social security; spending too much on "pork"; failure to honestly justify the Iraq invasion; appointing Reed as head of Homeland Security; nominating Hariet Miers to USSC; nominating Bernard Kerrick to Homeland Security; overspending and failure to veto; failure to speak out for necessary surveillance; abandoning Scooter Libby; threatening to veto the mishandled ports management issue....just for openers.

35 posted on 03/04/2006 2:54:52 PM PST by Rapscallion ((ENTJ) Democrats: Supporting the conquest of America since VietNam.)
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To: puppypusher
If they implement this plan they are sure to sneak through an amnesty for the illegal aliens that are here already.

The guest worker program is pseudo amnesty. Once they become "official guest workers" they are under federal protection, become untouchable and entitled to all rights and privileges enjoyed by legal immigrants and citizens. Every F-in administration pulls this bull chit, under a different name perhaps but the result is the same.

37 posted on 03/04/2006 3:03:49 PM PST by varon (Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
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To: the Marshal; STD
Marshal, Being a newbie, I recommend you familiarize yourself with the rules of this website:

"Don't jump threads - If you get involved in an argument in one thread, it's considered poor manners to restart the previous argument in the middle of an unrelated thread."
39 posted on 03/04/2006 3:07:14 PM PST by Conservative til I die
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To: Conservative til I die

Seems like you found a buddy in STD - ask him about the Dagon fish hat wearing guy you call the Holy Father.

What a boob you are.


40 posted on 03/04/2006 3:10:58 PM PST by the Marshal
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