Some excerpts from another Mexico group that Hull is involved with, well, Arizona-Mexico group as long as we still have a border.
http://www.azmc.org/downloads/ arizonas_strategy.doc
Labor Shortages and Illegal Immigration:
Arizona's Three-Pronged Strategy
February 2001
Copyright 2001 by the Arizona-Mexico Commission, Inc.
Author:
Angelyn Pritchard Bayless
Acknowledgements and contributions:
Earlier drafts of this paper benefited greatly from the comments provided by Margie A. Emmermann, Mexico Policy Advisor for Governor Jane Dee Hull, Lisa Daniel Flores, General Counsel to Governor Jane Dee Hull, David Randolph, Border Affairs Liaison, U.S. State Department, and John Gay, Essential Worker Immigration Coalition.
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Clearly, an expanded foreign worker program could be beneficial to both the United States and Mexico and perhaps other Western Hemisphere countries. The idea that a solution must be developed has generated support from President Bush, President Fox, Arizona Senators Jon Kyl and John McCain, Representative Jim Kolbe, Sonora Governor Armando Lopez Nogales and others. In addition, Senator Phil Gramm recently led a five-senator delegation to Mexico to meet with President Fox. The other four senators who participated in this meeting were Pete Domenici, Zell Miller, Michael Crapo and Jim Bunning. Senator Gramm returned from this meeting with strong declarations of support for a new guest worker program and plans to introduce legislation in the near future. Members of the U.S. congressional Hispanic Caucus, including Representative Ed Pastor, have also traded views with President Fox on these issues. At the same time, industry groups are coming together to develop their own version of a solution. These powerful indicators show that now is the time for a true bi-partisan effort to develop a plan and move legislation.
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INFORMATION SOURCES AND REFERENCES
Lowell, Lindsay and Rodolfo O. De la Garza. "The Developmental Role of Remittances in U.S. Latino Communities and in Latin American Countries." Georgetown Institute for the Study of International Migration. June 2000.
Martin, Philip. 1999. The Mexican Crisis and Mexico-U.S. Migration. In Max Castro Ed. 1999. Transnational Realities and Nation States: Trends in International Migration and Immigration Policies in the Americas. Miami. North-South Center Press.
Migration between Mexico and the United States Bi-national Study on Migration Report, Commission on Immigration Reform (USA) and Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores (Mexico) 1997
Cross Border Health Insurance, California HealthCare Foundation and Healthcare Redesign International. 2000.
Essential Worker Immigration Coalition Website Research
http://ewic.org/
Georgetown Institute for the Study of International Migration Website Research
Social Security Administration Website Research
Immigration and Naturalization Website Research
United States Department of Labor Website Research
UC Davis Migration Studies Website Research
Additional information and assistance provided by:
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Donna Lipinski, Immigration Attorney
Dr. Jim Holt, McGinnis, Norris and Williams Government Relations firm
Dr. Philip Martin, UC Davis
Christopher Brelje, Immigration Attorney with Brelje and Associates, PLC
Health Net Representatives
INS Phoenix District Office and Western Region Staff
John Gay, Essential Worker Immigration Coalition
Manuel García y Griego
Lutheran Immigration Service -- provided various articles and position statements
Mexican Embassy and SECOFI
Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Relations officials
Mexican states of Sonora, Jalisco and Zacatecas (Zacatecan Institute of Migration)
Nick Surriel, Immigration Attorney
Senator Jon Kyl's staff
Tucson Sector Border Patrol Officials
U.S. State Department and U.S. Consulates in Monterrey and Guatemala
U.S. Dept. of Labor Officials
Various industry representatives
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Appendix I
EWIC
Essential Worker Immigration Coalition
(EWIC is Agenda 21 crap, someone in forum directed me to this whitepaper a few weeks back, but just found it on my own)Parentheses mine.
MEMBERS (as of January 8, 2001)
American Health Care Association
American Hotel & Motel Association
American Immigration Lawyers Association
American Meat Institute
American Road & Transportation Builders Association
American Nursery & Landscape Association
Associated Builders and Contractors
Associated General Contractors
Building Service Contractors Association International
The Brickman Group, Ltd.
Carlson Hotels Worldwide and Radisson
Carlson Restaurants Worldwide and TGI Friday's
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
Harborside Healthcare Corporation
Ingersoll-Rand
International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions
International Mass Retail Association
Manufactured Housing Institute
Nath Companies
National Association for Home Care
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
National Association of Home Builders
National Association of RV Parks & Campgrounds
National Council of Chain Restaurants
National Retail Federation
National Restaurant Association
National Roofing Contractors Association
National Tooling & Machining Association
National School Transportation Association
Outdoor Amusement Business Association
Resort Recreation & Tourism Management
Truckload Carriers Association
US Chamber of Commerce
Walt Disney World
I see you found the report. Good going. This is what the weakling Jane Hull is all about.
There isn't any "labor shortage" in Arizona. Tucson is one of the lowest wage cities in the United States for its size (I know. I'm from there. That's why I left).
Has anyone mentioned to Jane Hull that we don't want to force our children to speak Spanish? The Mexican Caudillos would like that to happen. It would be a victory for them. They will have forced the gringos to bend to their will, and they will see it as subjugation. Which, of course, is why they seethe with hatred when their children have to learn English. But since they can't build a decent society, their children have to come north.
No Americans are pounding through the desert to get to Mexico. No Americans form any significant portion of the population in Mexico, and none hold elective office. The problem of "the border" is all a problem for Mexico, and not the United States. So, why is the so-called governor of Arizona wringing her hands over the problems of another country, another people? They are responsible for their situation. Not us, no matter how much their leaders try to convince everyone of that.
And as far as "no border" in Arizona, when enough Mexicans have pushed their way into Arizona to vote Jane and any other American out of office (voting legally or illegally), there won't be any border.
But then, there won't be an Arizona or a United States.