Bush struggles for support to the inmigrant law

El Financiero en línea ^ | June 1, 2006

[KeyLargo]

Bush struggles for support to the inmigrant law

Juees 1 de junio (12:30 hrs.)

* The US president speaks to the nation's biggest business group about the inmigration's benefits * The Chamber of Commerce and the National Restaurat Association support the guest worker program

El Financiero en línea

US, June 1st.- President George W. Bush, struggling to win broader support for his immigration proposals from his fellow Republicans, told the nation's biggest business group that new immigration laws would be a boon for the economy.

"In order for this country to be an economic leader, Bush said today in remarks to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, the country needs an immigration system that "is secure, orderly and fair".

Bush used his appearance before the Chamber, as he did with an address to the National Restaurant Association in Chicago on May 22, to try to keep up momentum for his immigration goals.

Both groups support the White House proposal for a guest worker program, which would maintain a legal flow of low-cost labor.

The tougher sell is to House Republicans, who stress getting tough on border security, immigration enforcement and bigger penalties for businesses that hire undocumented workers. The Senate has approved legislation that would strengthen border restrictions while also providing a guest worker program and giving some of the 11 million undocumented immigrants already living in the U.S. a path toward legal status and citizenship.

Bush is trying to bridge a divide between the two factions among Republicans as House and Senate negotiators try to resolve their differences to enact a new immigration law this year.

Democrats generally have supported the Senate version. Bush urged lawmakers to resolve their differences. "The difficulty of the task is no excuse for avoiding it", Bush said.

He backs a compromise plan crafted by senators, which, among other steps, would tighten borders, add 6,000 National Guard troops to augment Border Patrol agents, add new barriers and border sensors to reduce illegal immigration and provide an identification system for immigrant workers. It also would create a guest worker program.

"We re going to enforce our laws, that's what the people expect", Bush said, but the U.S. must also welcome immigrants that have contributed to the nation, and "these aren't contradictory goals.

The president said he doesn't want to pass the burden of verifying documents to businesses. The administration wants to adopt a biometric, tamper-proof identification card that employers can check against a federal data base to determine whether a worker is legal. The president also wants to raise fines for businesses who hire workers illegally. Penalties are now as low as $250.

"There's going to be a cost", he said, "and it's more than $250.

Representative Roy Blunt, the No. 2 Republican leader in the House, said last week that the odds of passing compromise legislation were not quite at 50-50. Representative James Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican, has called the Senate and House approaches "180 degrees apart.

The president will continue working with lawmakers to reach common ground, White House spokesman Tony Snow said. (Information provided by Finsat)

[KeyLargo]

Media report from south of the border.

"Bush used his appearance before the Chamber, as he did with an address to the National Restaurant Association in Chicago on May 22, to try to keep up momentum for his immigration goals.

Both groups support the White House proposal for a guest worker program, which would maintain a legal flow of low-cost labor.

The president said he doesn't want to pass the burden of verifying documents to businesses."

[ncountylee]

He backs a compromise plan crafted by senators

How can a total surrender to the lawless invaders be called a compromise?

Mr, President even the democrat Senators in close races voted against this monstrosity.

[SMM48]

The House better not cave on this issue or they are toast!

[A. Pole]

Both groups support the White House proposal for a guest worker program, which would maintain a legal flow of low-cost labor.

Low-cost labor bump

[freedumb2003]

"The difficulty of the task is no excuse for avoiding it",

The irony of this statement by Bush is beyond words.

[stephenjohnbanker]

""The president said he doesn't want to pass the burden of verifying documents to businesses.""

What crap! I can check any of my employees back to the fetus in 30 minutes!!

[Grendel9]

Bush's Guest worker registration/
certification is one thing.
Allowing entry for their families
and extended families, Social
Security benefits, health/medicare,
plus "earned" citizenship are quite
another story...and a half.

Illegal is illegal.

[P-40]

Both groups support the White House proposal for a guest worker program

We already have a guest worker program...

[spokeshave]

"The House better not cave on this issue or they are toast!"

....WE are the toast ...say by by USA if the Senate version passes.

[kerryusama04]

How can a total surrender to the lawless invaders be called a compromise?

Because it compromises our security, sovereignty, integrity, constitution, budget...

[Eastbound]

"The House better not cave on this issue or they are toast!"

And we are tacos.

[sheana]

We re going to enforce our laws, that's what the people expect",

How about you enforce them NOW Mr President?

[dljordan]

"The president said he doesn't want to pass the burden of verifying documents to businesses.""

I'm waiting for Bush to tell us he's our first "Hispanic President".

[Mogollon]

Amazing how tone deaf he is on this issue.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

http://www.eagleforum.org/psr/2006/may06/psrmay06.html

URL of video of President Bush telling Mexicans that they really own the Southwest and waving a Mexican Flag.
About half way down URL is the link to the Video.


Bush's Spring Frolic in Cancun

During the 2004 campaign, Bush secretly mailed a campaign video to Latino voters. The video shows Bush waving a Mexican flag and saying in his own voice: "About 15 years before the Civil War, much of the American West was northern Mexico. The people who lived there weren't called Latinos or Hispanics. They were Mexican citizens, until all that land became part of the United States. After that, many of them were treated as foreigners in their own land." The Los Angeles Times accurately explained (4-2-06): Bush "essentially described millions of Americans who populate his home state as the true foreigners in someone else's native land."

[armydawg1]

"In order for this country to be an economic leader, Bush said today in remarks to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, the country needs an immigration system that "is secure, orderly and fair". (No mention of legal)

This is the biggest failure of this Presidency. And those Senators who are supporting his amnesty bill will see their political careers die with it, most notably John McCain and Lindsey Graham. I am very proud that both Georgia Senators voted NO.

[xzins]

First, we must gain absolute control of the border. Otherwise, we'll be discussing this again every 5 years.

That is so obvious.

Step #1 - Totally Close the Border Legislation.

Step #2 - Discuss the nuances of those inside the country illegally.

[SmoothTalker]

"He backs a compromise plan crafted by senators"

I agree with you 100% The "comphrensive' immigration reform is a very cynical misnomer. There is nothing comphrensive about a measure that does very little to seal off the borders and will allow people who violated the law to not only receive tax payer benefits but to become eventual citizens.

[WayneM]

I have made 50+ phone calls to Senators and Representatives offices in the past month or so.

All have offices in DC.

Most have offices scattered around in their home states or districts.

I call the good guys to praise them, and I call the bad guys to chew them out.

Just yesterday I called the offices of James Sensenbrenner, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, and Bud Cramer to thank them for their votes and express an interest in the conference committee (yes - Bud Cramer. I'm lucky to have a Democrat representative who voted for the House bill).

I have called the offices of McCain, Lugar, Hagel, and other traitors to let them know EXACTLY what I think of them. I also let them know that they FINISHED as politicians if the Senate bill ever gets signed into law.

CALL! CALL! CALL!

Take a few minutes withthe staffer who answers the phone. Let them know you are concerned and engaged, and if they are of the tratorous type, threaten them. Let them know this is an issue that will not be forgotten when they next come up for election - and it doesn't matter if it is 2 years from now or 4 years from now.

THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR NOT CALLING. I have enough free minutes on my cell phone to make lots of calls, and these are minutes that I would probably lose anyway.

If you are concerned about the cost of the call, install Skype on your machine and use their service (unlimited use is free until the end of the year).

This is probably the most important issue in our lifetimes, and it has the potential to DESTROY OUR COUNTRY.

YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO STOP THIS TRAVESTY.

[robertpaulsen]

"told the nation's biggest business group that new immigration laws would be a boon for the economy"

That's boondoggle, not boon.