Posted on 06/03/2006 7:37:23 AM PDT by 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)
I'm a believer in business, but when a President meets with the Chamber of Commerce it makes me grit my teeth.
This kind of encounter between big business and big government represents business at its worst, all PR and no innovation, fat cats with their hands out for a bigger share of the government pie, and on the other side politicians with their hands out for larger campaign contributions.
How is making 20 plus million(or more) brand new DEMOCRATS a BENEFIT to ANYONE?..
Even democrats.. The party of socialism has yet to learn Socialism IS Slavery by Givernment.. or they know it but don't care.. like BIG givernment republicans a.k.a. RINOs..
That video was disgusting. Has anyone on here ever been more dissapointed with a Republican president on a single issue?
He is with Ted Kennedy on this issue and against the majority of Republicans.
Too bad, all he had to do was support the House bill and enforcement first.
Now he is the lamest of lame ducks.
Welcome to Gerry Ford Part II
It is so simple, and as Hugh Hewitt says:
WIN the war.
CONFIRM the judges.
CUT the taxes.
CONTROL the spending.
SECURE the borders.
NOW...DO IT!!
A lot of people just wanted the human wave of folks overwhelming the US to stop. They thought it was far too many people far too fast. Legalizing 12 million here and allowing them to bring in their relatives, increasing legal immigration isn't what many of us had in mind. Solving the border issue by making everbody legal is easy.
"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."
Translation: Amnesty now -- in exchange for a promise of better law enforcement in the future.
Bush...KMA!
Traitor! Law Breaker!
Ew, someone is ticked this AM..........Join the club.
Your reply: We already have a guest worker program...
To which I add, We already have a path to citizenship. It's called "Go back home and apply in your own government's embassies!"
Given all the other problems this country is facing, I find it incredible that GWB wants to hang on to this loser of a proposal for the GOP!~
Regards . . . Penny
We now measure "strong economy" and "economic leader" in terms of how successfully we can devalue the labor of citizens and make greedy slave importing businesses richer.
It would be better for all of us ( except the CEO of Tyson ) if we weren't an "economic leader" then.
The Senate bill is not a "compromise" and it's an insult to one's intelligence whenever it's portrayed that way. It was backed solely by democrats and RINOs and would import upwards of 100 million new democrat voters in the next 20 years. Far from a compromise it's a complete sellout of the United States, no thanks.
You've had five years to do so Mr. President, but you've chosen not to.
Consequently, your promises of future action are not credible.
In other words: We do not believe you.
You know I live in California. My district is covered by Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer and Bill Thomas (who is retiring). If it were not for Tom McClintock, who is running, and the propositions on the ballot, I too would sit this one out. My choices are horrible and I will not just give my vote away because they have an R next to their name anymore!
There will be quite a few blank spots or write ins on my ballot this time, for the first time in 30 yrs.
""There will be quite a few blank spots or write ins on my ballot this time, for the first time in 30 yrs.""
First time in 34 years for me. It started when I voted for Nixon my senior year in HS(1972). No more!!
I feel your pain, it's my district as well.
Boxer and Feinstein are pathetic jokes.
I've got about twenty emails in my inbox from Feinstein saying she does not support a "blanket amnesty". Then what does she do? She puts forth an amendment that will allow all the illegals currently here to stay!
In the real world, you'd call that a blatant, outrageous, and bald faced lie. I'm not sure what they call it in DC, maybe business as usual?
I hope that Mountjoy pushes hard for the fall elections.
He's the author of Prop 187, so he'd be a good replacement for Feinswine.
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