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.
Can someone explain to me the Libertarian Party's policy on immigration? I've read it on their website, but I'm confused on that point. Do they advocate "open borders" for all (including illegals), or only for those that are trying to get here by going through the legal process? That's the only policy of theirs that worries me.
They try to balance this insanity by saying that of course for this to work we must do away with all welfare and government benefits. Everyone in the world should be allowed in, they just won't get anything for their efforts from the taxpayer.
The big problem with this thinking is well, their kids still have to go to school, who's going to pay for that? And what if they get sick and can't afford hospital care? Are going to let them die in the street? Of course not. Just these expenses alone would add up to billions of dollars, but the Libertarians continue on that their "plan" is workable. It is not, and that's why during election time they get about 05% of the vote if that.
As long as they keep open borders in their platform, they will always be an insignificant force in the elections.
One of the threads on the Matriculas Consulares has been pulled. I am still looking. Maybe another FReeper can help us out.
I'm proud of you and your daughter for opening an account. I bet she is really happy.
Incredible!! Then we wonder why we have 10 million+ illegals in this country.
You all were the people 200 years ago who worried about the German invasion, and 100 years were afraid of the Irish, Italians, Jews, and Poles.
Immigration: a Cause of the Clash of Civilizations . . .Or a Solution To It?
Why do you think Bush put Ziglar in that position? Hmmmmm?
Yeah, right. LOL. The only one that will be out a grand are the taxpayers.
GW, how dare you play favorites. Designed exclusively for Mexicans? If millions of Mexicans can come here and flout our laws and be rewarded for it, I demand that right for billions around the world. (sarcasm)
Just hold your breath - it is going to happen. There were several post a few months ago about other groups of illegals that were watching the situation with the Mexicans. The groups were mostly Laotian, Cambodian, and Vietnamese.
They said that if Bush grants amnesty to Mexicans, they want the same treatment. Which way will Bush go on this one?
Just imagine what will happen if the terrorists sneak in a dirty bomb/nuke, over the border. Then he'll invite not only more Mexicans, but Peruvians, Columbians, Brazilians....well, come one, come all.
I am VERY disappointed in Bush. He only cares about getting more votes, but this is sheer stupidity, they will not vote for him. And neither will I if he goes through with this amnesty plan.
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