Posted on 08/13/2007 1:34:22 PM PDT by Delacon
And before that it had something to do with picking cotton! Pack'em up send'em home.
As far as I am concerned, this is OK. We probably do need to hire some Mexicans here in the US, but let’s do it legally, with no special path to citizenship, or welfare and other special benefits.
I agree. Read my tag line.
There gonna get their way.
The non-English speaking economy.
Gosh, the Government is thinking about actually enforcing Laws that they created?
Oh we’ll all be sorry now.
As far as the SS BS is concerned, if you have a spouse and try to jointly electronically file Federal taxes and the spouse has not reported the name change (assuming there was one) then guess what...the IRS will not accept your return.
That is a fact.
Does this mean us white guys might start getting more construction work again?
This Mencken sentiment appears to be the guiding idea behind the administrations announcement Friday of stepped-up immigration enforcement. After its relentless six-year campaign for amnesty crashed and burned in June at the hands of the common people, the White House has come up with a new plan: to start enforcing some of the laws they should have been enforcing all along, and so thoroughly scare the public with the consequences that there will be a popular groundswell for amnesty that will finally vindicate the administration position. You can almost hear the president thinking, be careful what you wish for.
This explanation strikes me as a bit Machiavellian for this administration, which has generally seemed rather principled.
Still, the immigration debate may be an exception. The Bush Administration has appeared more concerned with the rapidly growing Hispanic vote than with matters of principle, as concerning this particular issue.
So maybe Krikorian is onto something, after all...
Finally, someone has had the courage to get to the bottom of the entire, disgusting mess. If we tell the dregs of society that the Gravey Train just derailed, we may all be very surprised at the number of jobs Americans will suddenly want to do.
We have spawned an entire sub-culture (perhaps sub-species would be more precise) of lazy bums in this country who now think they are “entitled” to live off of the rest of us and wring their bread from the sweat of our brows. It’s time to tell them to work, or die — before they finish sucking us dry!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880477/posts
bttt
lets be serious too.
Many of these letters will mean nothing because much of the illegal alien work is done by service companies. Lawn care, day labor, or painters hired by homeowners do not hit this radar.
This effort is sleazy and will only backfire when the base understands the reason for it. They are NOT going after the illegal aliens who are committing felonies by killing people. They are not focusing on gangs or terrorists. A triage approach is required.
I think Rove’s departure is going to be very bad on this.
James Baker apparently is one of the proponents on this illegal alien amnesty. (per a comment on FNC today)
“This explanation strikes me as a bit Machiavellian for this administration, which has generally seemed rather principled”
Well the Bush administration has had its conniving moments even with its base. Do you recall how they passed the campaign finance reform bill in the middle of the night? How about even how they tried to push through the amnesty bill. Honestly though, when reports first started coming out about the intended crackdown, I thought it was just Bush finally waking up and smelling the coffee. But something didn’t sit well. I mean I could see Bush doing a bunch of half measures. But doing a 180 degree turn? It didnt make since. All the while he and Chertoff have been whining about the lost reform bill. This article makes much more sense as to Bush’s motives in my opinion.
Holy cow ! My poblano peppers will got to $.25 pound...eye yi-yi !
Amen to that.
This has been orchestrated all along.
Mechanize. It’s cheaper in the long run.
Iâ??ve spoken to a grower about how the ag industry could get around this.
If the â??no-matchâ? comes up with a name and SS number conflict that must be resolved 30 days, then the growers will fire the illegal on the 3Oth day and hire him again the next day under a new phony name and SS number. As this will eventually prompt another no-match the same worker will get yet another name and SS number.
“as DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff put it, There will be some unhappy consequences for the economy out of doing this.
Do your friggin’ job and quit whining. We are watching.
My ancestors were greeted at Ellis Island where they were asked to sign their X next to the name the government official thought he heard. There are no ports of entry along the Mexican border, wouldn’t that be the first step? Wouldn’t it be better if we registered each immigrant as they sought to come in rather than rounding them up to deport them, thereby threatening the well-being of our industries? We have full employment with 13 million illegal immigrants, the government goofed but no one is being held accountable.
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