[sheikdetailfeather]

Thanks! I have been searching for the live thread on his speech.

[Leisler]

Hola, amigos! We'll have a 100 million in twenty years.

[bored at work]

Bravo Bush, Bravo!

[Gorobei]

I'm sorry, but this speech saddens me.

If it walks like amnesty, talks like amnesty, then by goodness it IS amnesty.

[Cowboy Bob]

Bush just sold us out!

[calex59]

Still pushing amnesty I see. I didn't read it all, I read enough though. Same old BS by the same old BS***ers.

[theDentist]

If illegals who were released and told to report to a hearing on date x, and they didn't show up, what makes anyone think that if they take part in a work program and the end date arrives, that they'll show up (for a bus ride home)?

[Ikemeister]

SOS.....


He's just offering us the Seante amnesty bill with a totally meaningless deployment of 6000 NG "support" personnel.

Nothing has changed.

[RightWhale]

It's a good speech. Dubya habitually develops most aspects of an issue before delivering his speech and he has done so again on this issue.

[Yo-Yo]

Illegal immigration now has a statute of limitations. Just like you cannot hold ground on battlefield without boots on the ground, you cannot hold the border by UAVs, cameras, and sensors alone. You need troops to go out and intercept the illegals, turn back the migrants and arrest the coyotes.

[StACase]

He could have stressed learning English more than he did.

[Robert Teesdale]

All right

Now let's see if the full force and power of the United States Government can put its money where its mouth is.

[Boazo]

[fhlh]

I'm going to need this posted in spanish, thanks :)

[angkor]

Here's what he said in January 2004:

Excerpts from "President Bush Proposes New Temporary Worker Program":

Third, we should not give unfair rewards to illegal immigrants in the citizenship process or disadvantage those who came here lawfully, or hope to do so.

Fourth, new laws should provide incentives for temporary, foreign workers to return permanently to their home countries after their period of work in the United States has expired.

The legal status granted by this program will last three years and will be renewable -- but it will have an end.

This program expects temporary workers to return permanently to their home countries after their period of work in the United States has expired.

Some temporary workers will make the decision to pursue American citizenship. Those who make this choice will be allowed to apply in the normal way. They will not be given unfair advantage over people who have followed legal procedures from the start. I oppose amnesty, placing undocumented workers on the automatic path to citizenship. Granting amnesty encourages the violation of our laws, and perpetuates illegal immigration. America is a welcoming country, but citizenship must not be the automatic reward for violating the laws of America.

[Hodar]

Mexico is our neighbor, and our friend.

Where did he get his idea? Mexico has imprisoned our citizens, who are freed only by bribery. Mexico has published comic books showing their citizens how best to infiltrate our borders. Mexico has not passed a chance to stab us in the back politically, remember they opposed us going into Iraq.

Mexico is nothing more than a parasite, who is now upset because their free ride may be coming to an end. Mexico feels entitled to everything we have in America. They want it, but are too lazy to develop the riches of their country for themselves. Mexico has huge oil reserves offshore; yet they are unwilling to allow private companies to drill it. They are not openly hostile to Americans, simply because they know they wouldn't last an hour in an outright fight. But, they won't hesitate to stab us in the back at the first opportunty.

Don't believe me? Go visit Laredo and Neuvo Laredo some time. Just don't get too close to the border. If you do; you won't have the opportunity to call me a liar.

[jordan8]

Everything is good up to this paragraph: Second, to secure our border, we must create a temporary worker program. The rest is pretty much dealing with the illegal problem by simply redefining it as legal, with a few vague references about documents and English, and a lot of emotional moonshine about melting pots and wounded soldiers thrown in.

That middle ground recognizes that there are differences between an illegal immigrant who crossed the border recently – and someone who has worked here for many years, and has a home, a family, and an otherwise clean record.

Haha, yeah, they've been breaking the law longer. If they're permitted to stay then its amnesty, period, the citizen line is irrelevant.

that every human being has dignity and value no matter what their citizenship papers say.

That's all it is to the transnational elite, a matter of papers.

[oldbrowser]

How come they are only talking about the southern border ?

The majority of terrorists come across the northern border.

The one word that had the Dems up in arms and the word I did not hear in this speech was "felony".

[mhking]

Mexico is our neighbor, and our friend.

Before or after they bus their criminals to the border so they can hop across?

[Hugin]

Bush plan= 6,000 National Gurard for one year. 100 million illegal aliens FOREVER!!!