Posted on 09/20/2010 3:08:46 PM PDT by Justaham
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says illegal immigrants do essential work in the U.S. and he has firsthand knowledge of that - because they fix his house.
Powell, a moderate Republican, urged his party Sunday to support immigration generally because it is "what's keeping this country's lifeblood moving forward."
In an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press," he said a path to legal status should be offered to illegal immigrants because they "are doing things we need done in this country."
He added: "They're all over my house, doing things whenever I call for repairs, and I'm sure you've seen them at your house. We've got to find a way to bring these people out of the darkness and give them some kind of status."
Powell did not say whether he's hired illegal immigrants directly or they showed up with contractors.
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I wonder if some illegal could have done colon’s job as well as he did it.
“He is affirmatively action deranged.”
I thought affirmative action applied to citizens - and not well (created dependencies and false economies ultimately). Now he wants to do so with the entire of Latin American illegal immigrants also?
Where will this madness stop? Seriously, it’s insanity that no other nation tolerates. We’re killing ourselves slowly Mr. Powell - and frankly sir, you’re a threat to our national security for making comments like that.
How ‘bout dem apples?
“I wonder if some illegal could have done colon’s job as well as he did it.”
I guess he’s in favor of us finding out - once they come ‘out from the darkness’ and have a path to citizenship, what about rising through the military ranks - it’s only fair! Phew! Oh, he opened up a fresh can with these comments...
I just saw on Rush that the lying scumball changed his story:
“I don't hire illegal immigrants. On Meet the Press yesterday, I referred to illegal immigrants working around my house. I was referring to the many service contractors who work in my neighborhood, using mostly immigrant workers, who do good work. Some may well be "illegal."
BS. You said, "They're all over my house, doing things whenever I call for repairs," according to AP. So, you call for them, but they work on your neighbors' houses? Hmm. Who's lying, colon?
Just some guys in the neighborhood, eh?
“As an aside, I never see the state run media talk about “moderate” democRATs.”
Only when the ‘blue dogs’ needed to be vise gripped into voting for socialism health bills. But the MoP (Ministry of Propaganda) knows their place.
Someone must have told him hiring illegals is illegal, since he’s now lying about what he said yesterday.
‘“I don’t hire illegal immigrants. On Meet the Press yesterday, I referred to illegal immigrants working around my house. I was referring to the many service contractors who work in my neighborhood, using mostly immigrant workers, who do good work. Some may well be “illegal.”’
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh....
Can of worms Colin - bet you thought you were going to start a Republican revolution, didn’t ya?
Illegal = Illegal - basically you ignored, and are calling for us to ignore the current laws.
Shame on you as a former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff!! Did you not swear to uphold the laws of this nation?
SHAME!
“Someone must have told him hiring illegals is illegal”
I say we call for an immediate investigation of this Obama voter!!
Sounds like the good general has been doing some racial profiling - trolling for Mexicans to clean and repair his house.
Most Americans don’t keep illegal aliens on speed dial in case a faucet is leaking.
they’re just doing the jobs that all those unemployed Americans won’t do.(sarc)
I’m sure they do.
And I’m sure you give them a fair wage of 5 cents an hour.
You’re a lib. It doesn’t surprise me at all.
Guess what, General? All my workers are American and speak English. How the hell else would I be able to communicate with them? I'm not fluent in Construction Spanish.
Or any other language, for that matter. Why should I be, to live in my own country? I'm American, and Americans either speak or learn to speak our common language.
For the rare work that we don't do for ourselves with occasional help from our teenage sons, we hire carefully. I've chewed out our FIOS supplier for sending out subcontractors who didn't speak English. Next time they sent good old American workers who could communicate and knew what they were doing.
I'm serious...I'll provide housing and utilities for the two of you.
Japans’ unemployment rate is half of ours and they have very strict immigration policies. Coincidence? Who knows...
I can’t come, dog, cat house and yard to take care of but I could send my husband. He and two other carpentry contractors are in the same position. They’re pooling work, all have insurance and all are licensed but none can afford employees anymore.
They’re also doing a lot of cash work but you didn’t hear that from me because it’s illegal :-)
It’s the first time we’ve ever broken the law doing business but everyone here is often working for cash now. Our car mechanic is also. The government is forcing it on us.
Was that in Atlas Shrugged? Make everything illegal so you can be arrested for any cause?
“We want them broken. We’re after power and we mean it. There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking lawsnow, that’s the system, Mr. Rearden, that’s the game."
-- Dr. Floyd Ferris
Thank you! That’s exactly what I was thinking of.
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