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Spokesman for President Bush Posts on Free Republic About Immigration Bill
Thursday, June 14, 2007 | Kristinn

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 bill’s 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 what’s 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


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To: JeffAtlanta
"Do you feel the same way when you have to check someone's ID to make sure they are old enough to work? How about when a trucking service makes sure that the drivers have the appropiate license. The employer is not taking over the job of law enforcement and it is not clear how this spin got started. All the employer is required to do is make sure that the applicant is eligible to work."

Yeah I look at his card it sez birth date such and and such, some simple math and I've got it figured out. However if the ID he give me turns out to be false I am not fined.

Not so with the little social security crap they are pushing on us. The government is asking employers to verify documents now. It may not sound like much to you but it is added crap on my workload because the government can't figure out how to stop folks from crossing the border.

And like I showed in another post today it is just that little bit extra and then in a year or two it is a brief history and a picture. And then maybe a thumbprint and of course DNA testing.

And like I pointed out in another post if he above sounds far fetched consider that 50 years ago my Grandfather smoked in his grocery store while waiting on customers and walked around town with a gun on his hip legally, and no one thought anything about it. If he were alive today he could end up in Federal Prison for doing such.

But see all of that Freedom disappeared just a little at a time, and just this one little bit more won't hurt anything right?

Or do you not believe in limited-government either?

1,121 posted on 06/14/2007 8:49:18 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg ("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
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To: txflake

lol


1,122 posted on 06/14/2007 8:49:19 PM PDT by jedward (Mission '08 - Take back the House & Senate. No Negotiations...No Prisoners.)
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To: EternalVigilance

Damn right. And I’m a technical writer if you must know. I have NEVER worked directly for the government (a couple of contract jobs, technology related), and am pretty sure that President Bush can stick up for himself, but I’m having fun messing with people who seem to think they know all the answers.

Do you have a problem with any of this? Do I not have the right to disagree with you?


1,123 posted on 06/14/2007 8:49:43 PM PDT by Yankee Dutch
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To: txflake

A paranoid troll no less...


1,124 posted on 06/14/2007 8:51:09 PM PDT by jedward (Mission '08 - Take back the House & Senate. No Negotiations...No Prisoners.)
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To: Yankee Dutch
Just one more example of how & why your general assault on President Bush is pathetic. And treasonous.

Once again, you're referring to some kind of bizarre non-existant "Fuhrer Oath."

They might make you take such an oath in the Whitehouse, but I assure you, we take an oath to defend the Constitution, not the President, out here in the real world.

And we even remember this part of the Constitution, that you have forgotten:

U.S. Constitution, Article 4 Section 4:

"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,

and shall protect each of them against Invasion;"


Invasion: \In*va"sion\, n. [L. invasio: cf. F. invasion. See Invade.] [1913 Webster]

1. The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.

1,125 posted on 06/14/2007 8:51:19 PM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: EternalVigilance

lol!


1,126 posted on 06/14/2007 8:51:29 PM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: COgamer

It depends on what type of nonsense people are hurling at her, frankly. And I am fully aware of what points people are trying to make. Don’t get it, huh? I think they are WRONG. People CAN agree on issues, and disagree on matters of civility, rationale, etc.


1,127 posted on 06/14/2007 8:52:26 PM PDT by Yankee Dutch
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To: do the dhue
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1,128 posted on 06/14/2007 8:52:37 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: jedward

Proud to be gang-banging? It’s such an impressive skill set.


1,129 posted on 06/14/2007 8:53:17 PM PDT by Yankee Dutch
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

MY BATTLE FLAG...


1,130 posted on 06/14/2007 8:53:39 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: Yankee Dutch

Hey, whatever keeps you off the streets of the mean, mean city.


1,131 posted on 06/14/2007 8:53:44 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ("You will have your bipartisanship." - Fred Thompson, May 4, 2007)
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To: wtc911
I challenged you to find any post of mine that could possibly be construed as 'treasonous'. You reply with accusations of stalinism, hate, ignorance...but nothing that I've ever posted. I think that what's assing you up is that you have over-played your hand and folks here are on to you.

YD seems to refer to some kind of Fuhrer Oath. He says that it's treasonous to diss the Pres. Wonder where he gets that idea?

(Hint: Tony Snow's Whitehouse Blog War Room.)

1,132 posted on 06/14/2007 8:53:59 PM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: Travis McGee

That’s all you got, huh? Weak.


1,133 posted on 06/14/2007 8:54:03 PM PDT by Yankee Dutch
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To: Yankee Dutch

Quick question and you must answer RIGHT NOW: what does SQL stand for?


1,134 posted on 06/14/2007 8:55:39 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: Yankee Dutch
You need to tell Tony he needs to hire more trolls for the Whitehouse Blog War Room. You’re worn out. Double Lattes are no substitute for adequate staffing.
1,135 posted on 06/14/2007 8:56:08 PM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Bump to your Bump! That whole fiasco makes me sick to my stomach.


1,136 posted on 06/14/2007 8:56:16 PM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68
DON"T PISS DOWN MY BACK AND TELL ME IT"S RAININ'

That's the most insulting part. The millions of people who helped him get elected, he now treats as ignoramuses who don't know exactly what he's doing to them and this country.

BTW, what does that patch represent?

1,137 posted on 06/14/2007 8:56:28 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68
I like your tag line a lot.

Also, here is an idear:

I am in stitches.

1,138 posted on 06/14/2007 8:57:00 PM PDT by do the dhue (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I wont - George S. Patton Jr)
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To: Yankee Dutch

You haven’t seen a good gang-bang. It takes very little skill to ask a question. It does indeed take some skill to ask a question you know another will avoid answering. Now, for the last part...it takes absolutely no skill whatsoever type “yes” or “no” into a keyboard. You have thus far not risen to that challenge, therefore everything you’ve said and will continue to say is suspect of complete and total ignorance. That’s if you look at the bright side.


1,139 posted on 06/14/2007 8:57:18 PM PDT by jedward (Mission '08 - Take back the House & Senate. No Negotiations...No Prisoners.)
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To: Yankee Dutch

It’s what your precious pro-amnesty senators are doing, sweetcheeks. Gangbanging on an unprecedented scale in US history.


1,140 posted on 06/14/2007 8:57:38 PM PDT by txhurl
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