Bush Mexican plan resurfaces

washingtontimes.com ^ | Feb.15, 2002 | August Gribbin

[healey22]

The Bush administration is pushing Congress to act on the president's plan for granting amnesty to millions of Mexican workers living and working illegally in the United States.

Amnesty and the related "guest-worker" issue have surfaced anew partly because Mr. Bush is preparing once more to take up the matter with Mexican President Vicente Fox in Monterrey, Mexico, on March 22.

[healey22]

More slave labor for big business and illegal votes for DemoRats. These people never give up. United States on it way to third world status.

[MeekOneGOP]

fyi

[JDGreen123]

Well said. This is a bi-partisan assault on the average American. Thank you NAFTA/GATT/WTO (backed by the Bushes and Clinton). I seriously predict that one day, these forces will set up a copy of the European Union that will give US/Mexican/Canadian equal access to each other's country, possibly a common currency, and possibly a super parliment.

As I have said before, at least our money is still strong (for now) vs. the Peso. We could all go down and buy oceanfront property on the Mexican gulf, build a mansion, and get one of those hot senoritas (I have a soft spot for Mexican women) to cuddle up with and write off the world. It seems that our political parties have already written us off.

The other scenario is that we will all be future slaves in a Chinese factory making "stuff" for WalMart. Oh well, Chinese women are hot too and the Chinese food is great, not that we would be allowed any by our overlords.

[Sabertooth]

Amnesty and the related "guest-worker" issue have surfaced anew partly because Mr. Bush is preparing once more to take up the matter with Mexican President Vicente Fox in Monterrey, Mexico, on March 22.

What use is the War on Terror if we Surrender on Soveriegnty?

None, as far as my vote's concerned.

[JustAnAmerican]

As much as I like President Bush,(only President Regan has an equal place in my admiration), this is the one item, if passed that would cause my vote to go elsewhere in the next Presidentual election.

[rightwing2]

Bush's renewed support for amnesty for Mexican illegal immigrants so soon after the 9-11 terrorist attack which was conducted primarily by illegal immigrants (and facilitated by a Mexican illegal in VA) is an outrage and a slap in the face to all those who lost loves ones in the 9-11 terrorist attacks! When will Bush's seemingly endless pandering to liberal core voting groups and liberal special interest groups come to an end?? When will he put his money where his mouth is by greatly tightening our border security, limiting immigration, and expelling illegal immigrants so that the evil terrorist attacks of 9-11 will never again be repeated?

[goldstategop]

Aaargh. This plan was a non-starter with this conservative before 9-11 and its a non-starter now.

[Liberty Tree Surgeon]

Sorry, JD, you can't own property in Mexico. Some retirees from the States learned that when they were kicked out of the homes they'd built a year or so ago.

No, no, no, says Mr. Fox, we want you to hire them in the US, not in Mexico. That way, we can get rid of them, but happily accept the money flowing back in.

Write your congress-critters and Dubya himself. And when they show up for townhall meetings, stand up and hold their feet to the fire.

LTS

[Victoria Delsoul]

"President Bush has not been specific, but no one is seriously talking about amnesty of such a broad-scale program," said Angela Kelley, deputy director of the National Immigration Forum. Miss Kelley said her impression is that Mr. Bush wants to grant green cards to illegal workers who have been in the country for a long time, are employed, have family connections here, have passed background checks and have no criminal record. Miss Kelley the immigration forum backs such a plan, as do most pro-immigration organizations.

[Liberty Tree Surgeon]

No matter what weasel-words are used to decribe the program, you're still rewarding criminals (and I'm not just talking about people breaking immigration laws, but a whole slew of tax laws, too!) and diluting the wages of low-skilled US workers (you know, people from the United States whose ancestors built this country?), not to mention the insane costs to the taxpayers to medicate and educate they and their offspring.

LTS

[healey22]

this is the one item, if passed that would cause my vote to go elsewhere in the next Presidentual election.

mine as well.

[Victoria Delsoul]

No matter what weasel-words are used to decribe the program, you're still rewarding criminals

I'm not doing such thing! I'm simply repeating what GW wants to do!

[healey22]

fyi

[Sabertooth]

The woman is lying.

Granting "green cards to illegal workers who have been in the country for a long time, are employed, have family connections here, have passed background checks and have no criminal record" is by defintion rewarding lawbreakers. They only have no criminal record beause our laws haven't been enforced.

And to suggest that the millions of green cards that would be granted is not "a broad scale program" is rather bald-faced.

[Nea Wood]

Say it ain't so, George!

[norton]

If this administration pulls off another amnesty or even puts some sort of Bracero program in place without taking action to make sure that existing illegals are not rewarded: the libertarians have one new vote.

Sorry, GWB is doing just fine everywhere else but this is an invasion just as threatening as any other.

[norton]

Major problem with your buy property in mexico scenario:
They have a nasty way of taking it away whenever they choose to do so.
Gringos can't get full claim to land in mexico.
(and there is no second amendment)

[Joe Hadenuf]

No matter what weasel-words are used to decribe the program, you're still rewarding criminals (and I'm not just talking about people breaking immigration laws, but a whole slew of tax laws, too!)

This is correct.

[norton]

A modest proposal:

Instead of another petition or email campaign,
why not ask everyone on FR to print this post and responses at the end of the day and bust 37 cents to mail it to the white house?

[RaceBannon]

Quit whining, you bought your muffler, didn't you? <\sarcasm>