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.
Good Method! It also gets obvious who it is that do the personal attacks when you I.D. the main kissups :-)
Exactly. In the 1970s, Houston's bus stops were clean. There was not any litter or garbage lying on the ground.
Well, thanks to unchecked immigration, the clientele on Houston buses is different and the bus stops are now a complete pig sty.
Unfortunately, Congress and the White House do not want the INS to enforce the Immigration Laws. I have been sitting here for the last six months and Congress and the White House has not passed one new law that would help INS enforce the INA (Immigration & Nationality Act), nor have they pressured the INS Management to let the Enforcement Branch do it job under the current law.
I see no light at the end of this very dark tunnel. Nothing will be done to protect this countries borders.
Well, thanks to unchecked immigration, the clientele on Houston buses is different and the bus stops are now a complete pig sty
Now this thread has gone from the sublime to the ridiculous.
First of all have you ever lived in Houston. Since your screen name suggests you live in Minnieapolis, MN. I highly doubt it.
I actually visited your part of the country. I spent my first year of college at the Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison, which was filled with Minnesooootans who got "reciprocity"(i.e they got Minnesota tuition rates for attending college in Madison, party city.).
My roommate was from Minnetonka and we went up there for the UW-Minn. football game at the "Hubert Humphrey Dome(Hump Dome) and I met a lady who was complaining about the Hmong(Laotian boat people) who settled in Minnesota.
Have the Hmong ruined Minneapolis?
The American Independent party is conservative and takes a strong stance against illegal immigration.
Yes, I have.
I met a lady who was complaining about the Hmong(Laotian boat people) who settled in Minnesota. Have the Hmong ruined Minneapolis?
Not that I can tell. We have two Senators that have done a good job of that all on their own.
But the Hmong are legal immigrants and not queue jumpers.
Welcome dougherty and goldstategop!
And, in the spirit of political correctness:
Bievenidos dougherty and goldstategop!:o))
Sad to say but I think you are correct. I am totally disillusioned by what is going on. A major vote is going to occur in the Congress on Tuesday and not one mention of it is in any of the papers. Most people are completely in the dark about what is happening to this country. I always voted for Republicans because I thought Democrats were destroying this country. Now I am convinced that Republicans have been equally destructive so I will vote for no one next time out.
FAIR is a well known immigrant hate group. however, what I was showing you is that the states can only get involved in immigration to the extent the feds allow them because the consitition gives that duty to the feds. What I cited you was the federal statute that allows that to happen.
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