Bush "Gold Card" would let open borders to cheap labor

Stein Report ^ | March 6, 2006 | Dan Stein

[lonewacko_dot_com]

...The Stein Report has learned of an secret briefing for Senate staffers by the Bush administration today. In a move to build support for Bush's guest worker amnesty plan, administration officials talked about how they would actually implement the program. Jaws dropped as the administration reps explained the centerpiece of the program, a "Gold Card" that would enable illegal aliens to enter the U.S. at will, and work at any job with no labor market or other tests needed but would deny them citizenship. "Gold Card" would be valid forever, similar to current "Green Cards" but illegal aliens holding a "Gold Card" would not be able to adjust their status through naturalization...

[backhoe]

For "Thunder on the Border," click the picture:

[lentulusgracchus]

He's really acting like someone who doesn't care what actual citizens think or want.

People with a lot of money don't care what actual citizens think or want; but the Business Wing of the Party cares what their well-heeled audience wants, for sure!

Unlimited, illimitable labor, and a permanently broken labor market and wage rate.

Even Rush Limbaugh sounds like an AF of L shop steward when it comes to unlimited immigration and offshoring.

That's because it's pretty straightforward arithmetic.

[Wolfie]

The transition from a Melting Pot to a Multicultural society will be the death of this country.

Hey, as long as the guy in the White House at the time has an "R" next to his name, we still win!

[grania]

The Fed gov. has absolutely no interest in ending illegal imigration; the Fed Gov. needs them around so they can be taxed. I truly believe the Fed Gov is broke and the plan is to tax 10 million illegals to forestall the bankruptcy.

I can't believe that the federal government makes money overall on the invasion. The cost of services (food stamps, education, health, housing subsidies, crime) far exceeds any taxes brought in.

No, it's the corporations who make out, with "cheap" (government subsidized) labor and more consumers in the most wasteful nation on earth

My thing to watch out for...US citizens are becoming real unenthusiastic about war deaths. The cards could be easily used to transfer to citizenship for anyone who signed up for the military.

Just another job citizens don't want to do anymore....that would be dying for freedom and democracy in other countries, that don't share our values.

[TXBSAFH]

Jorge (rockefeller Republican) Arbusto is a globalist, he is not an American.

[GarySpFc]

We have already had one amnesty recently.

What Section 245(i) actually does

In nearly all cases, a person must be an illegal alien to benefit from Section 245(i). There are two major kinds of illegal aliens who benefit: (1) Those who entered the country illegally. (2) Those who entered legally on visas but then violated the terms of their visa.

Technically, 245(i) is an amnesty from penalties for unlawful actions

When an illegal alien walks into an INS office to apply for a green card under Section 245(i), that alien will be forgiven the lawbreaking that made him or her an illegal alien, in exchange for a $1,000 fee.
INS regulations excuse 245(i) applicants from the normal penalties that may be levied against aliens found to be in this country illegally, including deportation and temporary bars on legal re-entry.

But 245(i) is a ‘de facto amnesty’ that rewards with permanent residency

The operating policy of the INS is to treat illegal aliens who have applied for Section 245(i) adjustment as if they already are legal permanent residents – even though it may be years before they actually are legal.
If the INS apprehends an illegal alien and subsequently finds that he has applied for adjustment under Section 245(i), the INS will almost never deport that illegal alien unless he has committed a non-immigration-related crime.
Aliens who abide by our immigration laws and apply from abroad have to wait in their home country for years until they get to the top of the visa waiting list and a green card becomes available. The reason there is a waiting list is because there are limits on how many immigrants can come each year in most immigrant categories. Without those limits, surveys suggest, several million people would enter the U.S. each year. More than three million people currently are waiting their turn for a green card. Section 245(i) rewards illegal aliens with a de facto amnesty, since those who obey our laws must wait in their home country until a green card becomes available, while those who violate the law get to wait in the United States.

[raybbr]

Hopefully the new immigrants will assimilate, but it sure doesn't seem like it right now and it doesn't help when our government enables them by enacting bilingual education, voter materials in multiple languages, etc.

Why assimilate? They have the word of the president that they are the future of America. Instead of griping we should simply welcome the "new Americans".

We are now one of the largest Spanish-speaking nations in the world. We're a major source of Latin music, journalism and culture.

Just go to Miami, or San Antonio, Los Angeles, Chicago or West New York, New Jersey ... and close your eyes and listen. You could just as easily be in Santo Domingo or Santiago, or San Miguel de Allende.

For years our nation has debated this change -- some have praised it and others have resented it. By nominating me, my party has made a choice to welcome the new America.

As I speak, we are celebrating the success of democracy in Mexico.

George Bush from a campaign speech in Miami, August 2000.

You can read the speech here.

Here is an excerpt of a good critique of that speech:

In equating our intimate historic bonds to our mother country and to Canada with our ties to Mexico, W. shows a staggering ignorance of the civilizational facts of life. The reason we are so close to Britain and Canada is that we share with them a common historical culture, language, literature, and legal system, as well as similar standards of behavior, expectations of public officials, and so on. My Bush Epiphany By Lawrence Auster

[Dante3]

President Bush sure is not promoting here the best interest of our country. At best, somebody is getting kickbacks.

[Ben Ficklin]

More lies. The Gold Card is Specter's invention.

Lying undermines your credibility

[chris1]

The "Gold Card." Sounds like these people have perfect credit and are big business people.

And we wonder why Bush camapgined for Spector???????

[Issaquahking]

I happen to be a conservative with open eyes, not a blind allegiance republican. The Constitution Party is making sense more and more.

Constitution Party Mission Statement

The mission of the Constitution Party is to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity through the election, at all levels of government, of Constitution Party candidates who will uphold the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. It is our goal to limit the federal government to its delegated, enumerated, Constitutional functions and to restore American jurisprudence to its original Biblical common-law foundations.

[texastoo]

Jorge {rockefeller Republican} Arbusto is a gobalist, he is not an American.

Last night on Jay Leno, the guy that imitates Bush, was imitating Bush and dressed like Uncle Sam with top hat and aLL. The skit was an auction and everything in America being for sale to the highest bidder. It started with the ports being for sale, American jobs ect. It was hillarious the way the imitator portrayed Bush as Uncle Sam auctioning off Amerlica piece by piece. Funny but sad, as this auction was the truth.

[DoctorMichael]

President Bush, is this a Country or is it a Market?

[TXBSAFH]

TRUTH HURTS.

[Ben Ficklin]

Fiest off, Specter's draft legislation which calls for the illegals to get a visa that is renewable infinitely is at odds with the Bush Plan which would limit the visa to a 3 year term that can be renewed once.

Second, one of the criteria used in evaluating a guest worker plan is how does it compare to the European guest worker program. Specter's plan, like the European Plan, creates a permanent underclass with no chance of assimilation.

Third, Specter stated last Nov when he released his first draft that he didn't necessarily agree with everything in his own bill, it was there only to initiate discussion. In fact, Specter, who owes his existence to the union, supports McKennedy.

[philetus]

But it is more fun for the Bush haters here to blame Bush for it no matter whose idea it really is."

Even if Bush is not the author, he IS enabling crap like this.

[Fruitbat]

The transition from a Melting Pot to a Multicultural society will be the death of this country. Hopefully the new immigrants will assimilate, but it sure doesn't seem like it right now and it doesn't help when our government enables them by enacting bilingual education, voter materials in multiple languages, etc.

Absolutely, that's the fear. Especially when the legal/judicial system and political systems defend that nonsense and self-destructive behavior.

[investigateworld]

I don't live in Tancredo's district so if any form of amnesty passes, I'll stay home on election day.
And frankly, the party which will benefit the most, knows that too. But Bush owes them big time for that photo op with Elian Gonzales, so you might say I'm supporting the President!

[A. Pole]

If this is Gold I wonder what Platinum Card will be.

[null and void]

Fixed your typo:

If this is Gold I wonder what Platinum Plutonium Card will be.