And please show me any quote where Bush says, everybody come to the US. Just one
You beleive the hyperbole and fear mongering and it is more than unacceptable it is sad.
Oh, please! Have you been paying any attention at all to Bush's position on this issue? The man is VERY pro-immigration. Below are just a few quotes:
"We ought to increase legal immigration for our country's advantage. The high-tech world we are now dominating is dependent on educated folks, but we're short...of workers. It is to our nation's advantage to encourage high-powered, smart people to come into our country." (Iowa Gazette, Jan. 6, 2000)
"I intend to reform the INS to make it more welcoming to immigrants." (National Review Online, June 27, 2000 - Address to League of United Latin American Citizens)
"People [in the INS] ought to be asking 'How can I help you, what can I do to help you fill out paperwork? We ought to be saying loud and clear to people that the INS is to help families and to help people understand the maze of rules and regulations." (Washington Times, June 27, 2000 - Address to Congress of Racial Equality)
"Immigration is not a problem to be solved. It is a sign of a confident and successful nation. And people who seek to make America their home should be met in that spirit by representatives of our government. New arrivals should be greeted not with suspicion and resentment, but with openness and courtesy." (July 10, 2001 - Speech at INS Naturalization Cermony, New York City)
My concern is the "slippery slope" thing; any opening in the immigration laws and it just gets worse. The country has enough people; what has to happen now is that those who are already citizens have to learn the language and become part of communities with interests beyond their own ethnic group.
The problem is that there are some issues on which the two main elements of the Repbulican party do not agree, and this is one of them. Pro-business conservatives want the cheap labor and consumer consumption immigrants provide. Social conservatives want to preserve the language, culture, and values of the US, and not have the foreign competition for jobs. It's not about fear-mongering; it's about values.