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President's Immigration speech - Live thread
me | 05/15/2006 | me

Posted on 05/15/2006 4:13:02 PM PDT by devane617

Edited on 05/15/2006 4:38:26 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

I searched but did not see a thread already open for tonights speech. I think this is the most important speech the President will probably make for the remainder of his term.


Mod Note:
This could turn into a whack-a-troll thread. All immigration trolls that would like to participate should post here. It'll be interesting to see if we mods can whack the trolls faster than they can sign up new accounts.
Jim


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: anchorbabies; bohica; borderspeech; bush; bushspeech; criminalaliens; enforcement; govwatch; guestworker; incompetence; invasion; scamnesty; shamnesty; speech; temporaryworker; test; trojanhorse
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To: ideas_over_party
"Huh? When do you expect them to "grow up"?"

About the time the border is closed and they are subject to the law and take the oath.
2,821 posted on 05/15/2006 10:26:47 PM PDT by Earthdweller
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To: Arizona Carolyn
Oh good grief...pick yourself up off the floor and stop sounding like an anachronistic survivor of the KNOW NOTHINGS! America is NOT going to end, nor is it going to go Socialist; well, not unless all of you whingers actually do stay home or vote for fringers, for the rest of your lives.
2,822 posted on 05/15/2006 10:26:54 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Tammy8
I really do think there is a shortage of workers in some areas of the country- especially in jobs that are temporary. I didn't hear anything from the President that suggested worker permits would be limited to a certain number or type of job though.

Which jobs? This will not be addressed. If you are a carpenter, a dry wall guy, a plumber.... add [your skill/profession here]. Well, let's really open this up then, maybe we see illegals running for office, let's listen to and examine their platforms. Could be some are diamonds, and Congressional wages begin to suffer. Hell, we could get a Senator down to 35K (base, before the various bribes). Taxes drop immediately as the cost of government becomes much cheaper.

(/sarcasm)

2,823 posted on 05/15/2006 10:27:04 PM PDT by daguberment (uhmm, we seem to have 20 million illegal aliens, something should be done soon)
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To: Mojave
Then let's leave the borders open for more illegals so we'll have plenty of ghettos

That's right,.... we need a larger ghettoized proletariat, so we can have Marxist demonstrations in every town, NOT JUST MINE.

I can't wait for all the new commie-socialist voters. Their first vote will probably be to shut down internet forums.

2,824 posted on 05/15/2006 10:27:19 PM PDT by tertiary01 ( And don't waste your snide remarks on me: history will be your judge.)
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To: Iscool

Um, what you said is already on the books. Illegal to enter the country illegally. Illegal for employers to hire illegals. Um, done, done, and yet, here we are. So your fixes are things that have already been done, and don't work. Bueller??? Bueller???


2,825 posted on 05/15/2006 10:27:23 PM PDT by TexasPatriot8 (Want to fix the health care and education systems overnight? Deport all illegals today.)
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To: hedgetrimmer

"We'll look at that on an evolving basis as we continue to work through those issues within the department, but we think there is some flexibility that we can look at for the land border, which is really where we have the most challenges in terms of facilitating a great number of people and doing so in a way that doesn't slow things down too much."

You can see by this bureaucrat's presentation just how much gets inserted in legislation, behind the scenes and with little or no public discussion or awareness.

You can also bet that "facilitating a great number of people and doing so in a way that doesn't slow things down too much" is their main priority; not insuring we will ever get a "temorary" visitor out of the country once they are here, or insuring the national security issues get adequately addressed for all those "great number" of people we are trying so hard to allow in.


2,826 posted on 05/15/2006 10:28:01 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: flaglady47

I beat.

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2,827 posted on 05/15/2006 10:28:43 PM PDT by patriciaruth (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562436/posts)
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To: Texasforever
LOL yeah they are real prizes. Fluoridation anyone? How abiut their tirade about Ronald Reagan. Were they accurate there?

About the Council on Foreign Relations??? Ofcourse they are accurate...The origin of the Federal Reserve??? The documents show they are accurate...

But if I'm mistaken, show me (us)...

2,828 posted on 05/15/2006 10:28:44 PM PDT by Iscool (You mess with me, you mess with the whole trailer park...)
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To: TexasPatriot8
What I would do if I was in charge and what I know is feasable and realistically possible are two different things.

If you were President the question would be "can you do what's necessary?" 11 million illegals amounts to 12% of the Mexican population. Do you really think it's a good idea to make citizens out of 12% of a neigboring country? Now take into account that they will be able to bring family members in and make them legal. At three per new citizen that's another 33 million making a total of 44 million or nearly 50% of Mexico's population.

Do you think that's unlikely? When polled 49% of Mexicans said they'd like to come to the U.S. 50% said they'd do it illegally.

2,829 posted on 05/15/2006 10:29:08 PM PDT by TigersEye (Sedition and treason are getting to be a Beltway fashion.)
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To: TexasPatriot8
It's been like that here since 2000 and gotten worse, rapidly, the past two or three years.
2,831 posted on 05/15/2006 10:29:29 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: lonestar67

The worst proposal, the guest worker program, is a time bomb inside a trojan horse and that is Bush's signature proposal; not the Senate's.


2,832 posted on 05/15/2006 10:29:51 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: LdSentinal

LOL


2,833 posted on 05/15/2006 10:30:16 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Iscool
I'd probably create laws which would make it illegal to come into the country illegally...And I would probably make it illegal for employers to hire illegal aliens...And, I would enforce the laws...

I believe you're right, it would solve the problem.

Butt.........we don't seem to be getting there.

2,834 posted on 05/15/2006 10:30:44 PM PDT by budwiesest (I don't do that much diversity.)
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To: FreeReign

How? Kemosabe.


2,835 posted on 05/15/2006 10:31:03 PM PDT by TigersEye (Sedition and treason are getting to be a Beltway fashion.)
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To: ideas_over_party
Here is for a positive attitude.. Pray my friend..pray. We need it.
2,837 posted on 05/15/2006 10:31:21 PM PDT by Earthdweller
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To: All

Well, been fun, not really, but. Continued posting solves nothing. Previous posting solved nothing. Though since I joined here this is the first time I've been called a Bush-bot and a Bush-hater in the same night. Gotta love people who put emotion before rational thought and fling labels at people they don't even know. Have a good week all. Do your part and defeat a democrat in November. :) Nite.


2,838 posted on 05/15/2006 10:31:30 PM PDT by TexasPatriot8 (Want to fix the health care and education systems overnight? Deport all illegals today.)
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To: Iscool

So Reagan was a tool of the CFR?


2,839 posted on 05/15/2006 10:31:34 PM PDT by Texasforever (I have neither been there nor done that.)
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To: patriciaruth

"I beat."

Indeed you did. There's hope for you. I must admit I liked your poem on your homepage very much. Well done indeed. Such talents should not unwatched go.


2,840 posted on 05/15/2006 10:31:40 PM PDT by flaglady47
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