Posted on 07/20/2007 6:17:46 PM PDT by Baladas
President Bush yesterday said Americans will soon realize they need the immigrants and foreign temporary workers that would have been allowed by his immigration bill, which was defeated in the Senate last month.
Mr. Bush, in a town hall session in Nashville, Tenn., also refused to say whether he will pardon two U.S. Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a fleeing drug-smuggling suspect, saying the prosecutor was a friend of his who made his case to the jury that convicted the agents.
If Mr. Bush was hoping the immigration issue would disappear after his bill's failure, those hopes were dashed, as he was asked repeatedly about border security during the forum — meant to highlight his commitment to cutting the deficit.
"The bill failed and I can't make a prediction to you at this point, sir, where it's going to head," the president told one questioner. "I can make you a prediction, though, that pretty shortly people are going to be knocking on people's doors saying, man, we're running out of workers."
Mr. Bush said there are workers who will do jobs Americans aren't doing in the agriculture sector in particular, and without them the jobs will go unfilled.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
I wasn't calling for a continuation of allowing illegal immigration. On the contrary, I've called for securing our borders and putting a stop to the practice of allowing illegals to pour across our borders. My post to the other FReeper was just to counter the idea that the problems with illegal immigration is a recent problem. I want the border secured and illegals stopped. But, I want a responsible approach to this problem, not an emotional knee-jerk approach.
Oh yeah, because it proves you dead wrong that is why.
Mash Here if You Really Are Interested in Learning the Truth.
And I'll reiterate...there is "problematic" and the is "epidemic"...in 1986 with Reagan and his amnesty...it was problematic.(and you can go back further if you want)..today it has grown to epidemic proportions... to say that it is not a recent problem is not to recognize or say anything about the extent and level of the problem...
Probably both...:o)
Ok, oh dumb one, I grew up on a farm, I live on a farm, I raise beef and buy and sell cattle, I have a degree in accounting. I know a whole lot of farmers and I read most of the trade magazines, also I know the exemptions given farmers, in most cases they, the farmers , are exempt from paying minimum wages, and reporting if the work is seasonal and/or contract. Same thing applies to working underage kids, they have exemptions.
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Kinda roasted yer ass didn’t he SoldierDad?
I bet you and yer donkey stay away from this post like you flee from mine.
Kinda proves that the Open Border Lobby is a bunch of amoral liars with an agenda to destroy America either through due diligence or stupidity.
Why don't you quit waving around your Race Card. You're making yourself look like an ignorant fool.
Probably so, it's obvious our opinions count for next to nothing. Now, if we were illegal aliens...
Nice! Thank you!!
Love your tagline - too funny!
:-) Got real tired of it!!!
Geez, no kidding, me too. The OBL is increasingly desperate.
Notice that the two have abandoned this thread after having the skin flayed off of their asses and have not addressed a single one of my posts?
They figure that they can flit on to the next thread and spread their lies with this one forgotten.
We need to keep pinging them back to this thread until they make la raza’s website their home page and stay the hell off of FR.
Good job, guys, lol!!
Good luck selling your “tough luck” mantra to the voters. Write and let us all know how that works out.
Oh, that must be right...you must be correct. A nation that give the world about 90 percent of its new technology and medical breakthroughs; a nation that almost singlehandedly protected the globe from the spread of Soviet domination; a nation that has developed into the most significant economic and military power man has ever seen, and it in only two centuries time; a nation like ours just couldn’t survive without tens of millions of functionally illiterate invaders picking our lettuce. (Mega-Sarc)
You, sir...ma’am...or whatever the hell you are...are a complete idiot.
It will take awhile for Americans to break back into the building trades. The contractors are not easily going to give up their lion’s share.
No, I support a sane immigration policy as put forth by the President of the United States whom I helped elect to office. Period and nuff said.
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