Posted on 06/14/2007 11:16:52 AM PDT by kristinn
A spokeman for the Bush administration sent an e-mail to Jim Robinson and myself confirming the authenticity of a post on Free Republic this afternoon regarding the immigration bill currently before the Senate as having been posted on behalf of the White House.
The spokesman, Nicholas Thompson, works for the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives. The Politico reported yesterday that Thompson and Kerrie Rushton, associate directors in the Office of Strategic Initiatives who work under Karl Rove, would be engaging the blogosphere on the immigration bill.
Thompson's post is on the thread titled Penalty Mitigation in the Immigration Reform Bill, a vanity posted by philman_36. Thompson posted at comment #53.
Thompson's e-mail to Free Republic included a brief introduction and the text of his posted comment:
Hi,
I just wanted to let you know that I just posted a response to the post "Penalty Mitigation in the Immigration Reform Bill."
The White House appreciates the opportunity to respond on Free Republic.
Response:
I would like to point out that the Secretary is authorized to reduce or mitigate penalities against employers who in good faith are trying to comply with the law. Certainly, we understand that not all employers knowingly hire illegal immigrants; this will remain the case, especially before the bills new secure documentation requirements are fully phased in. We do not seek to wrongly penalize honest employers who unknowingly hire illegal immigrants, therefore we reserve the right to reduce or mitigate their penalties if the employer can show good faith compliance in following the law.
For those employers who do knowingly hire illegal immigrants, please know that we intend to penalize these employers strongly, and the Administration has already stepped up these penalties in the last couple of years. For example, a 2005 program, Operation Rollback, assessed $15,000,000 in civil fines to employers, an amount greater than the sum of administrative fines collected in the previous eight years and was the largest worksite enforcement penalty in US history. In the first quarter of FY07, criminal and civil forfeitures have totaled $26,700,000 for employers.
As a reminder of whats in the bill, fines for hiring an illegal worker are $5,000 maximum per illegal worker for the first offense, $10,000 maximum per illegal worker for the second, $25,000 maximum per illegal worker for the third , and $75,000 maximum per illegal worker for the fourth. In addition, the bill increases the maximum criminal penalty for a pattern or practice of unlawful hiring twenty-five-fold, from $3,000 to $75,000, and would impose a prison term of up to six months. This represents a significant increase in fines for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.
Nicholas Thompson
White House Office of Strategic Initiatives
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
That cartoon brings to mind,
"You'd better put some ice on that."
They Tend To Run In All Directions When AMERICANS Stand Up.
It looks like they're a little bit tardy building the fence....and yet they have the nerve to try and pass this bill.
That One Needs To Be “Nozz-Rubbed” On This NWO KRAP.
Well said, ClancyJ.
Hi Dixie...;0)
IMPEACHMENT
You know, I went back to check and it turns out that the post has my name attached to it.
It appears to me that I indeed was speaking for myself. I looked several times and not once did I find your name attached to my post.
I hope this clears that up for you. I'm unfamiliar with the field of logic that leads you to think my post was speaking for you, but I do have a copy of Copi's Logic here and perhaps you can give me the topic and I'll study up.
Now that you have perceptively brought the problem to my attention, I'd like to make sure that when I do post something the rest of FR isn't saying "Boy, that Yankee Dutch really tells it like it is."You'll just have to make your own posts and cease taking credit for mine.
True Dat,,,BS iz BS I Don’t Care Who They Think They Are...
Actually, I'm quite grown up. And as a matter of fact, I once swore an oath to defend and uphold the Constitution, just like your President did. But I didn't forget it, or sell it out for some other "higher" cause.
You might want to read the Constitution from time to time. (Unless that is, you also answer to a "higher calling," that you can't openly admit here on FR.)
But trust me, milllions and millions of us DO remember our sworn oaths, and we shall also remember our leaders who swore the oath, and then used the Constitution to wipe their backsides.
U.S. Constitution, Article 4 Section 4:
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,
1. The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.
I haven’t been here since early this afternoon,
so I’ve missed most of the thread.
I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying you mean by those comments.
I think more than just that needs to be done.
Hey, you!
Good to see you! ;o)
Amen. If we're to believe the lastest Rasmussen poll, democrats will also feel the wrath of voters as 80% of all US citizens oppose this bill and want our borders secure as was promised last year! Time for all those who turn a deaf ear on the cries of their constituents to be booted out to make room for those who will uphold the law and serve those who elected them.
Well I don’t think you’ve missed much. More of the same talking points and gibberish appeasement and submission.
Maybe he thought you were speaking for him.
It's a new malady making the rounds here.
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