Immigration Reform Considered After Ridge Hints at Amnesty

Fox ^ | 12-26-04 | Peter Brownfeld

[JustPiper]

WASHINGTON

[cfrels]

Bob, I think the difference is "the welfare state". People who came here, came for the OPPORTUNITIES" that this country offered. They knew they had to learn the language and they had to work to feed themselves, their families.

Now with the "Great Society" programs, we have agencies ADVERTISING for people to get on these programs....and it is human nature; if you give it, they will come. I think the increasing number of "takers" is what has many overtaxed people angry about the immigration situation.

[chicagolady]

""The Pilgrims had no immigration papers. They just came. My ancestors had no immigration papers. They just stepped off the boat in Chesapeake Bay and walked until they found some vacant land in Pennsylvania. My wife walked accross the bridge with no immigration papers. What's the difference?""

Well, for a Mexican Illinois Freeper, it makes a lot of difference. My father and uncle , both from Mexico did things the right way.
The difference is that This mexican woman has worked to build America by working since I was 15 years old. I have paid into Social Security 32 years. And now you are going to use that money to fund Illegals? How fair is that?
The difference is that the Pilgrims came here with the idea of a better life. Mexicans come here wanting to turn America into little Mexico.
I lived in Mexico for a year. I am not that foreign to their way of life.

[chicagolady]

Excerpted from Howard Phillips Issues & Strategy Bulletin of July 15, 2003

BUSH MAY SPEND U.S. TAX DOLLARS TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS TO MEXICANS LIVING IN MEXICO

"With Social Security facing projections of insolvency, an Administration plan would hasten that crisis by sending hundreds of millions of dollars in Social Security payments to Mexican citizens living in Mexico - including those who have worked illegally in the United States."

ILLEGAL ALIENS WOULD BENEFIT

"Under current law, people who worked illegally in the U.S. can only become eligible for Social Security benefits by becoming citizens or legal permanent residents. But officials at the State Department and Social Security Administration (SSA) are preparing a scheme that would pay benefits to illegal aliens who have returned to Mexico."

DIFFERENT THAN 20 OTHER BILATERAL DEALS

"The agreement would be part of a series of executive agreements designed to ensure that people from one country working in another have their Social Security taxes paid into the home country’s social security systems. The U.S. has 20 such treaties with other [countries], but this one would be dramatically different - not only in sheer numbers of people affected, but also because it would be the first to make illegal aliens eligible for Social Security benefits for their illegal employment."

[BureaucratusMaximus]

Go Packers, beat the Eagles.

Now why did you have to ruin an otherwise great response with that nonsense? ;)

[JustPiper]

And now you are going to use that money to fund Illegals? How fair is that?

Bump and BumPing!!! Bump=Get this to the top of the latest threads Ping=Means get yer butt over here and lookiesee BumPing is my own personal command and you best obey ;)

[JustPiper]

(And citizenship justice for all!)

Bump!

[votelife]

called the WH today, 202-456-1111.

just one call, but they add up.

[sfRummygirl]

Please add me to your Tancredo ping list.
Is this man really considering running?