Anyone want to bring these immediately available facts into the discussion?
Susan Collins is to the right of Lyndon Baines Bush.
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
Are the facts reported in this article at odds with what he said tonight?
I object, the OBL can't deal with facts its unfair to them.
Daddy Bush was a turn-off, sonny's not much better...
"But Bush's proposed 2006 budget, revealed Monday, funds only 210 new border agents."
Nuff said!
and I will keep on this issue until I see green Six-Bys with a white star on the door loaded with troops rolling southbound down the Five Freeway!
Where's my wall, Mr. President?
bttt
Meanwhile, there is a backlog of Section 245(i) applicants in the ICE that has no end in sight. Backlogs that go on for years. The Section 245(i) is the closest thing to the de facto amnesty Bush was pushing before 9/11, yet even this program has horribly long delays.
Yet this President has just asked to have another 20,000,000 applications added to the ICE tasklist.
It doesn't compute. What does he want, a Monster.com visa system put in place? That goes back to discussions about the disproportionately high level of criminal activity committed by illegals. It could take the equvalent of the entire workforce of Rhode Island or Wyoming just to process and police and ejudicate "guest worker" application systems. Does that make any sense?
Tonight might be a a small turning point, but the Senate steadfastly refuses to take corrective action, Bush didn't help himself or the country with the rhetooric tonight.
President Bush, Teddy Kennedy, John McCain and Presidente Fox seem to be in the same camp on "immigration reform" more commonly known on this forum as the illegal invasion. Which one of this cast of characters should wise up and ditch the other three as quickly as possible?
a. Teddy Kennedy
b. John McCain
c. President Bush
d. Presidente Fox
Could you give me the name of American president who has reduced illegal immigration more than President Bush?
FYI- Bush has sent back more than 6 million illegal aliens and nearly eliminated the massive problem of OTM illegals. He has reduced from 62 months to 21 months the average court time for deporting illegals.
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Confronted with the national crisis of an illegal foreign invasion it's nice to see where George "big spender" Bush had his priorities -- not by cutting the biggest entitlement since LBJ, but in making our borders even less secure!
Bush is a whore for Big Business. The Bush administration informed the Mexican government of the Minutemen's positions so the Mexican government could help illegals find other places to cross. Bush is actively helping illegal aliens sneak into this country because his pals in Big Business need the cheap labor. As far as Bush is concerned, the average American can kiss his rear-end. For Bush, his friends come first, and he doesn't care how much it costs anyone else.
AMNESTY ! ! !
Bush>>>"I believe that illegal immigrants who have roots in our country and want to stay should have to pay a meaningful penalty for breaking the law, … to pay their taxes, … to learn English … and to work in a job for a number of years. People who meet these conditions should be able to apply for citizenship but approval would not be automatic, and they will have to wait in line behind those who played by the rules and followed the law. What I’ve have just described is not amnesty it is a way for those who have broken the law to pay their debt to society, and demonstrate the character that makes a good citizen."
I understand Bush's speech as follows: all an illegal has to do is register, learn English well enough to answer several standard questions, and remain safely in the US... 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 years. His residency then citizenship is locked in. He or she does NOT have to go back to Mexico and try from there.
Allee, allee in free!
So, is it going to be 12 million, 30 million or 100 million new Democrat voters? Maybe only 60 per cent of those will vote Democrat if a liberal RINO runs on the Republican ticket.
This is a sell out. The rhetoric of the President sounded reasonable, but when you unwrap the details, there's an ugly amnesty staring you in the face. Also, there is only a 9 months committment (1 year minus ramp up) of the National Guard units. There's no quantity committment on the Border Patrol. This is a sell out but it may appear "reasonable" to those who don't read the speech directly.
Bush says there's no amnesty but there is.
Great Post.
And why does it take so long to train Border Patrol? The Minuteman Patrols took a few days to train and where effective.
I say just ask for 10,000 Minutemen and take care of the problem now.
