Bush set for immigration speech

WRIC News ^ | 5-14-06 | AP

[JustPiper]

BUSH SET FOR IMMIGRATION SPEECH WHITE HOUSE President Bush is getting set for a prime-time speech on immigration tomorrow night. Aides note the 8 p-m, Eastern Time, speech will be the president's first from the Oval Office that does not involve Iraq and the war on terrorism. And they say that reflects Bush's "passion" on immigration. He's speaking as the Senate is poised to clear a compromise measure including his idea for a guest worker program. However, a rival House bill is limited to a border crackdown, and meshing the two won't be easy. Stand Up For America !

"We have room for but one flag, the American flag...
We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...
And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

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[TheLion]

Minutemen building Ariz. border fence (broke ground today)

Yahoo by Associated Press ^ | 05/27/2006 | ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN


Posted on 05/27/2006 9:09:37 PM EDT by faq


PALOMINAS, Ariz. - Scores of volunteers gathered at a remote ranch Saturday to help a civilian border-patrol group start building a short security fence in hopes of reducing illegal immigration from Mexico.

The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps plans to install a combination of barbed wire, razor wire, and in some spots, steel rail barriers along the 10-mile stretch of private land in southeastern Arizona.

They hope it prompts the federal government to do the same along the entire Arizona border.

President Bush has pledged to deploy as many as 6,000 National Guard troops to strengthen enforcement at the border. The guardsmen would fill in on some behind-the-lines Border Patrol jobs while that agency's force is expanded.

But the Minutemen have said it's not enough. The group's founder, Chris Simcox, said they want a secure fence and they're starting at the site where his first patrols began in November 2002.

Rancher John Ladd and his son, Jack, were hopeful the effort would limit the illegal immigrants and drug runners who have cut the small fence along the property or just driven over it to cross into the U.S.

"We've been fighting this thing for 10 years with the fence, and nobody will do anything," Jack Ladd said.

Most of the day was dedicated to speeches from politicians and Minutemen leaders and celebrating large donations the Minutemen group has been receiving. As of midweek, the group had raised about $225,000 for fence materials and signed up about 1,000 volunteers to work on the project, organizers said.

"We're not going to stop. We're going to stay here with a group and keep building," said Timothy Schwartz of Glendale, Ariz., who was among at least 200 volunteers gathered. He said he wants a fence along the border from California to Texas.

Quetzal Doty of Sun Lakes, Ariz., a retired U.S. diplomatic consular officer, brought his wife, Sandy, to the event.

He said he's convinced the Minutemen and most Americans aren't anti-immigrant.

"They're just anti-illegal," said Doty. "The Minutemen walk the extra mile to avoid being anti-immigrant and that's what we like about the organization and what got us interested."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1639528/posts?page=1

[nicmarlo]

We are the Warrior Princess's Against Illegal Immigration ~Hmph

I know but you two are waaaaaaay older than me, and ench, and MamaDearest, and Kimberly GG....

You both have been in FR since, like, eternity! : )

[nicmarlo]

lol!!!

see post #3801

[Larousse2]

GRITS---Girls Reared In The South---

Love being pinged by Patriots!

Ya' Mess with Me, and Ya' Mess with the Original 13---Colonies, that is:-)

Hats off to you:-)!!!!

[TheLion]

Immigration divides Allen, Warner

RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH ^ | May 26, 2006 | PETER HARDIN
Posted on 05/27/2006 10:07:22 PM EDT by skandalon


The split between Virginia's two Republicans on the Senate immigration reform bill yesterday mirrored divisions across the nation.

Sen. George Allen, the more conservative of Virginia's senators, voted against the bill, while Sen. John W. Warner, a senior and more moderate Republican, voted "yea."

Allen, who is weighing a White House bid in 2008, said the bill fails to secure the nation's borders.

The bill would provide a path for millions of illegal immigrants to become citizens. He blasted it as offering amnesty and a reward for illegal behavior.


(Excerpt) Read more at timesdispatch.com ...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1639539/posts?page=1

[Larousse2]

You got a problem with us Sistahs???:-)

[nicmarlo]

lol, no problem. Just afraid that some of us "younger members" might have to watch our p's and q's. ; )

[Larousse2]

I've been here since the Original 13---hardy, har-har:-)

[Larousse2]

That's right! Show us some respect...pull up your socks... straighten your shoulders...practice your penmanship...and don't forget to leave a note and a phone number.

[nicmarlo]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[nicmarlo]

*giggle*

[MamaDearest]

Let them have enchiladitas, but not the ones they are asking for.

Very well stated. We don't want the cheesy or pork-barrelled enchiladitas - we'll take the border security plain (not covered with smooth talking rhetoric). We can take off the "amnesty" and add deportation, fines, green cards, immediate deportation when convicted of a crime or having injured or harmed an American citizen, driving without a license or proper auto insurance, red hot penalties for employers, people to vigorously enforce unethical employers who hire illegals (a couple of warnings and then loss of business license), and removal of illegals from our social security, welfare, medical, educational and housing as dessert.

[Smartass]

We'll split the whole enchilada.
You take Californa and Arizona.
I'll take Texas and New Mexico!

[La Enchiladita]

I just have to say it: Mrs. Fox looks like a tramp.

[Smartass]

You can bet he'll get a shave, haircut, and a few
new suits, after he crowns himself king of Texas,
and New Mexico.

 

[La Enchiladita]

Mrs. Fox, as in Senora.

To his left. I saw other photos of her ... so tacky.

[MamaDearest]

***but you two are waaaaaaay older than me, and ench, and MamaDearest, and Kimberly GG....***

I am timeless, ageless, and (husband says) useless (laughing).

[MamaDearest]

Mrs. Vincente Fox - the next Eva Peron?

Snip: Mexico’s Congress is moving to limit the use of public resources by Marta Sahagun de Fox, First Lady, after a federal audit revealed she had a publicly funded personal staff of 38.

Mrs Fox, who has repeatedly affirmed her intention to seek elected office, is also facing questions over government contracts extended to her sons, who are currently under congressional investigation for influence trafficking.

Mrs Fox has denied accusations by legislators and other critics that she is promoting her political ambitions through the use of federal resources available to her as First Lady.

In a report this week, the federal superior auditor did not make public the total cost of Mrs Fox’s staff, some of whom accompany her on international trips. But this week, Mexico’s Proceso magazine reported that her top 11 employees alone cost the federal payroll $782,000 a year, with the top five earning salaries of $91,000