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.
Stop the open border madness, end the immigration "free for all".
No, I don't think so. From what I understand there was no roll call vote. So we'll only know how many voted for it--not who voted for it. If I've heard wrong, then I'm sure someone will post the recorded vote showing us who voted in favor of the amnesty.
In the meantime, I'd advise all lurkers to remain just that for a while. We know that 80% of the American citizens were against this. If there was a recorded vote, that means the elites in the congress feel secure enough in their tryanny to vote against their constituents. Consider the ramifications of that.
Consider our "war" on terror. What have we done on the homefront? We didn't tighten the borders. We didn't round up and deport the illegals. We didn't crack down on the businesses hiring illegals. We granted amnesty to both. And we're greatly expanding the federal police state. They're not going after illegals, so who are they going to come after?
And what did we do in the "war" overseas? We told them we were coming and gave them weeks to prepare. Then we dropped tons and tons of food for their army. We insisted we would only go after individuals, not the country. Hitler and the Japanese emporer would still be ruling if we'd waged war like that after Pearl Harbor. And now we have small groups of troops sitting in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The people of Afghanistan see us as enemies, not friends. And only 5% of the Pakis believe the war is justified. That means that 95% are against us. Our troops are between a rock and a hard place, waiting for a possible massacre.
None of this looks to me like it's meant to strengthen the US.
It's been said to you a million times it's about illegal immigration, but it doesn't seem to sink in. And I'm not saying it to you anymore.
Buy some stout hemp line, Rowdee. It's time to show these soft handed sons of bitches the rope.
Consider our "war" on terror. What have we done on the homefront? We didn't tighten the borders. We didn't round up and deport the illegals. We didn't crack down on the businesses hiring illegals. We granted amnesty to both. And we're greatly expanding the federal police state. They're not going after illegals, so who are they going to come after?
And you would probably notice that those areas also have the lowest economic growth in the US. People go to where the jobs are.
Be sure and tune into this station tomorrow at the same time for the continuing saga of "All Your Illegals Are Belong To Us".
Mine too. If GW thinks we will forget about this by the time 2004 rolls around, he is sadly mistaken. I would rather vote for a write in or a third party candidate. If he makes me angry enough, by granting even more amnesty during this term, I'll vote straight Democrat, lol.
ROFL
There are very, very few illegal immigrants in Western Washington.
Your mental capabilities are lacking, or you are seriously evil in your manifestations of a third world America where big-government is king, where there are vying groups, and where you can forget about living the American dream. Yes, you're a hater. A hater of Americans.
As I contend, you've probably been sent over here by some pro-illegal alien group, but you're too cowardly to admit it.
Got anymore cliches? Silly, ridiculous cliches void of the facts, law, history, as well as common sense.
People, let's ignore this ignorant, hate-filled agenda buffoon. He isn't worth the time, nor effort. He's, time after time, indicated that he has no mental capability. All he has is ignorant cliches and hate-filled rhetoric directed towards Americans and the United States.
If journalists were threatened by immigrants taking their jobs and displacing them, how much do you wanna bet we'd be bombarded by media coverage of the immigration problem? Some people, liberals in particular, just don't care about other people's problems until it affects them personally.
Seriously get some help and get over your animus towards hard working people looking for a better life.
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