Posted on 03/08/2002 1:24:33 PM PST by sarcasm
Friday, March 08, 2002 - WASHINGTON - Rep. Tom Tancredo takes credit for thwarting the Bush administration's last effort to offer partial amnesty to thousands of illegal residents, but Thursday the outspoken immigration foe said he may have been outmaneuvered by the White House.
President Bush has struck a deal with the House leadership to place legislation that offers an extension of amnesty on its consent calendar before Bush heads to Mexico for a state visit next week, the Colorado Republican said. That action should ensure quick House passage of legislation that Bush has repeatedly sought from Congress. It would allow an undocumented person to receive legal standing, such as a valid green card, by filing a declaration with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. It presumably also would require the person to have been in the United States by a certain date and have filed a declaration with the INS from an appropriate sponsor, such as a relative or employer, and pay a $1,000 penalty. "The terms are still up in the air," said Dan Stein, executive director of the Federation for American Immigration, a group that has been allied with Tancredo. "We've heard to the effect that the president wants something to bring down to Mexico." The initial Bush proposal, designed exclusively for Mexicans, once was high on the president's legislative wish list, but it was delayed after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. However, as the president noted Wednesday in a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, he now is pushing for the extension of the amnesty program known by the section of immigration law that covers it, Section 245I. The president hailed it as a way to reunite family, separated by the border. "If you believe in family values, if you understand the worth of family and the importance of family, let's get 245I out of the United States Congress and give me a chance to sign it," Bush told the chamber members. Tancredo, the head of a congressional caucus on immigration issues and proponent of halting virtually all immigration, said he had blocked a previous attempt by Bush to push an extension of the amnesty program through the House. But this time, he said House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., had agreed to place the issue on the suspension, or consent, calendar, making it difficult to defeat the proposal. The Senate might be more favorable to the bill than the House, expanding the numbers of individuals who can apply, Tancredo said.
That says it all about this bill.
George Gekas 202-225-4315
No, he was yielded time by Nadler but maybe he is having second thoughts now.
Answer.."Well I will tell him"
We will see..
You are quite right. Indeed, in a real sense, your response shows more true respect for the Mexican people than does the Amnesty proposal, which is somewhat patronizing to Mexicans, even as it undermines Americans.
William Flax Return Of The Gods Web Site
If we create an Anti-Immigration Party, we will be vilified as Nazis or racists. The candidate of the America Firsters, who supported tight immigration control, in the last election was Pat Buchanan and you see how far he got.
more info, please? Want to share with pubbie friends with pubbie friends and family in Utah.
BAD NEWS. I just got off the phone with one of Gekas' aides and he informed me that Gekas is voting FOR HR 1885 and that the oil bit with Mexico is merely an exchange of favors in return for voting yes on this treason. I laughed and asked, "you mean Gekas is willing to trade our sovereignty for better oil prices"? I didn't get a clear answer out of him on that. Also, the vote is a simple majority not 2/3rds. I must say this guy let me rant on for about 5 minutes on how republicans are encouraging this Mexican invasion and that they are going to pay for it come election time and was quite professional about it.
Throckmorton to Challenge Cannon
Note that he brings up immigration as a difference between him and Cannon. Also, note the comments about Cannon's weird behavior, and the lawsuit (maybe even criminal charges) over a sleazy business deal.
Everyone needs to send young Mr. Throckmorton a donation, to send a message to Jorge: there's a price to all this.
Besides, it ain't like the Berlin Wall lies between the US and Mexico, and we're keeping families from reuniting, already. Illegals can hold family reunions in Mexico.
Note also that Bush's campaign was run so badly, that he took a 17 point lead in the late summer and ran it down to a dead heat.
People were voting for "anyone but Gore".
Such is not a mandate to diss the Republican Base, as Mr. Bush is doing right now.
A credible third party candidate won't win, but could revive nightmares in the Bush Dynasty about '92. And '96.
We do have the " Right to Life" Party....It will depend on who backs who
If I am going to have a liberal Republican in Washington..I may as well have a REAL liberal and vote Democrat!
Fooled by Perot.
Fooled by Buchannan.
Fooled by Nader.
Not fooled by Keyes.
Three times, a fool. Shame on who?
EBUCK
Just my opinion.
It's like the old "good cop bad cop" strategy. Bush is just as surely leading us into socialism or globalism as Klinton was. It's just that he's not openly sleazy, he appears to be honest, so he gets to be the "good cop" in their little game.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.