Posted on 06/01/2003 11:20:38 AM PDT by Tancredo Fan
Edited on 05/07/2004 5:21:21 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Thousands arrive illegally from Mexico into California each year. Our state is now home to 40 percent of all of America's immigrants, lawful and not.
Business profits greatly from the aliens' much-needed labor - even as the brave newcomers are often resented by millions of other Californians for coming in such numbers and under unlawful circumstances. Although illegal immigrants are eager to receive a fighting chance to succeed in America, many are neither immersed into nor prepped for our cutthroat competitive culture.
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Aw, come on! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out. You mean these people haven't figured out why California is broke, doctors are fleeing the state, there is a skyrocketing crime rate and the taxes keep going up, up, up?
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The Topeika Capital Journal
Web posted Sunday, April 9, 2000
Bush courts California Hispanics, Gays
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LOS ANGELES — George W. Bush is distancing himself from former Gov. Pete Wilson, who is among California's best-known Republicans but who remains a symbol of polarizing ethnic politics to Hispanics.
The de facto GOP presidential nominee is aggressively courting Hispanic votes, and used his latest pitch to repudiate Wilson's immigration policies. The message drew a sharp response from a Wilson spokesman, who said it resembled Democratic attempts to ``demonize'' the two-term California governor.
Whereas Wilson warned darkly in a TV ad that illegal immigrants ``keep coming,'' Bush said he could relate to Mexicans who cross the border in search of a better life.
``If you're a mother or dad, and you're worried about feeding your children, and you can't find work close to home, and you hear of opportunities somewhere else, and you're worth your salt, you're coming.''
The Texas governor added that he believed in tough enforcement of the nation's borders, and said the long-term solution to the illegal immigration issue was to help Mexico's economy through free trade.
Wilson led the campaign six years ago for Proposition 187, which sought to remove illegal immigrant children from public schools.
Bush drew sustained applause when he cast himself as a leader who ``will not use our children, the children of immigrants, as a political issue in America.'' He said last year he opposed the ``spirit'' of Proposition 187, but wouldn't say Friday whether or not he would fight against a similar measure this year, should it make the ballot.
``It's so important to have leadership that tears down barriers, leadership that offers a future hopeful for everybody, leaders that reject the politics of pitting one group of people against each other,'' the Texas governor said.
Asked whether he would actively campaign with Wilson, Bush said tersely, ``I accept support from anybody,'' and cut off any follow-up by calling on another questioner.
When a reporter asked whether he would consider Wilson, who won statewide election four times in California, as a running mate, Bush dismissed the question as a joke: ``Good one,'' he said.
Wilson battled against affirmative action, bilingual education and illegal immigration during his years as California governor, from 1991 to 1999. Those fights alienated many Hispanic voters, who now constitute nearly 15 percent of the electorate in the nation's largest state.
While he never mentioned Wilson by name, Bush's remarks about immigration were clearly aimed at mending fences with Hispanics.
Aides said his remarks on inclusion and immigration were his most forceful to date.
His entourage included his half-Mexican nephew, George P. Bush, who was direct in describing the candidate's situation in California.
Among Hispanic voters, ``our biggest challenge will be to separate my uncle from the rest of the Republican Party,'' he said. The 23-year-old nephew is the son of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
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June 20, 2000
| Bush Campaign Holds Hope in Calif. PALO ALTO, Calif., Jun 20, 2000 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- See George W. Bush shake hands with Hispanics in the streets of Santa Ana. Hear Bush describe himself as a "new kind of Republican" who rejects using immigration as a divisive issue. Watch Bush run hard to catch Al Gore in a state that leans heavily Democratic. The Republican presidential candidate is going back to basics in his bid to win California, spending time walking the streets of Democratic strongholds and focusing on key groups, including the 13 percent of voters who are Hispanic. Bush returned to the state Monday on a three-day swing focused on education. Like Gore, he will speak at the National Council of La Raza conference in San Diego next month. Two of his major targets: Hispanics alienated by Republican-sponsored immigration laws and conservative voters in southern California. "I want to energize these people to come back," Bush said aboard his campaign plane Monday. "If I do, I think I can win." Bush's state chairman, Gerry Parsky, is pushing frequent visits, appeals to Hispanics and women and unifying Republicans as the only way to capture the nation's biggest electoral prize. |
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In a word: YES
Bush (because he was born to rich parents) has never been a part of mainstream America. Thinking he can "relate to Mexicans" is a real stretch as far as I'm concerned.
Yes that would be kind of a stretch when you think about it.
With the cost at over $7000 per year per child ---and more because bilingual ed and the free lunch program are very expensive programs, the kids alone without any medical care are going to cost taxpayers well over $42,000 a year until they demand their free scholarships to college which will then cost far far more. Throw in a few free trips to the doctors and/or hospitals and you can see that one family can end up costing way more than their $15,000 or less salary can contribute.
Exactly. Business profits from their labor while we, the taxpayers, foot the bill for their medical care, educations etc. We have to hold the employers of illegal aliens responsible for these costs. If they don't want to pay up, which I'm sure 95% of them won't, then the employers must be fined and prosecuted.
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