Posted on 05/24/2006 10:23:25 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
ATLANTA - Former president Carter, a Democrat and frequent critic of President Bush, sees eye-to-eye with him on immigration.
Carter on Wednesday called the Republican president's commitment to immigration reform "quite admirable," saying he agrees with Bush's support of a system that would eventually grant citizenship to some illegals.
The Senate is set to vote as early as Thursday on a bill that calls for tougher border security as well as an eventual chance at citizenship for millions of men and women in the country illegally.
The law should secure the nation's borders while "at the same time treating those who are here with respect and giving them some hope for the future," Carter said.
The Senate plan, which closely mirrors Bush's own proposal, faces an uncertain fate in the House, where representatives have passed legislation that would expose all illegal immigrants to felony charges.
Carter spoke at the close of a three-day forum of international human rights workers at The Carter Center in Atlanta. Human rights activists from 22 countries attended the forum.
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Carter doesn't "hate" Bush, and nor do all but a few freepers.
Yeah, all this gracing of President Bush by the left. I can't believe so many are buying into this amnesty.
Reagan will almost certainly go down as the best President in my life time. He's the only President that I would listen to every speech he made. He was fabulous.
I'm also convinced if Reagan were alive today he'd be siding with the House conservatives and would not be fooled again by another amnesty. Ed Meese sure isn't.
Totally agree. Reagan could be our last statesman. There is nobody around today that even comes close to him in that category. It's sad he went out the way he did but we had him full blast for 8 years and I loved it.
The 1980s was a good time for America.
Not a great endorsement list.
But the President has a chance to redeem himself, by signaling he won't sign the Democrat immigration bill that passed the Senate today, against the votes of most Republicans.
Not that that's going to happen.
Nope in fact the arm twisting in the House has already begun. All signs so far though is they're resisting.
added "Democrat's" to my tagline. This Senate bill is now Democrat property, overwhelmingly supported by the party of Ted Kennedy and Barbara Boxer.
Six years is too long for Senators, that's the problem. I don't think this bill is going very far in the House. Just a few months ago they tried to ram through a massive increase in H1-b visas, that got shot down and this probably will too.
Hmmmm...well, speaking from experience, I could adjust two words and you would have to answer this question:
I want to know how you'll you solve the problem of child molestation, and you gave me some glib ideas but no solutions. Enforcement is going to be a bit*h, and you need to address how you're going to increase enforcement capability while respecting the rights of citizens, the Constitution, and the statutory laws of the land, Federal and State.
Well? We're waiting?
Lurker posted rational answers to your questions and you're only response is "enforcement will be a bitch?"
So friggin what? Enforcement of most crimes is a bitch, get over it and find a better reason to allow the invasion to continue.
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