Posted on 01/20/2004 7:08:42 PM PST by ETERNAL WARMING
Title: State of the Union Immigration Action Source: FAIR / Federation for American Immigration Reform (Wash., D.C.) URL Source: http://www.fairus.org Published: Jan 20, 2004 Author: Federation for American Immigration Reform
Legislative Update January 20, 2004 They're baaack! Tonight at 9:00 p.m., the president will present his annual State of the Union speech before a joint session of the House and Senate. During his speech, President Bush is widely expected to discuss the proposal he made on January 7 for a sweeping amnesty and guestworker program. New Poll Shows Bush a Loser on Amnesty and Guestworkers Clearly, the president is ignoring the views of the general public. A new poll by CBS News and the New York Times shows Bush's approval rating down 10 points, from 60 percent to 50 percent, since his amnesty/guestworker announcement. Meanwhile the poll finds the president's disapproval rating has risen to 45 percent. CBS attributes the abrupt change to three factors, not least of which is his immigration proposal.
Many thanks to all of you for your overwhelming response to our Action Alerts for calls, e-mails, and faxes letting the president and members of the House and Senate know how you feel about Bush's proposal. It has made a big difference already, but we're not out of the woods yet. Please keep it up by calling the White House at 202-456-1111 and by using your Legislative Action Center to help you send a free fax to your members of the House and Senate.
Hagel and Daschle to Introduce Amnesty Legislation This week, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) may introduce legislation responding to President Bush's amnesty/guestworker proposal. While none of the details are known as yet, the legislation is widely expected to be even more far-reaching than the president's plan. The Hagel-Daschle plan is expected to differ from Bush's, for example by offering citizenship to illegal aliens on an accelerated basis. You can contact Senator Hagel to let him know your views by calling his office at 202-224-4224 or send him an e-mail at http://hagel.senate.gov/email/contact.html. Senator Daschle's leadership office can be reached by calling 202-224-5556 or by e-mail at mailto:tom_daschle@daschle.senate.gov. Please feel free to use the talking points contained in the Alert linked above.
President Bush declared that he is "opposed to an Amnesty." But as a friend pointed out, the results of the Guestworker program are the same. They just won't call it an amnesty.
Americans need jobs, yet all that was proposed was more training. He neglected to point out what fields his new program will leave untouched by the Guestworker program. It has essentially opened up the world's employment door so Corporations no longer need to trouble themselves by a move offshore. They can get their cheap labor right here on US soil. And the American Taxpayer will continue to subsidize that cheap labor they aren't benefitting from. That is tyranny.
I urge you to call, fax, and email the President of the United States and your homeboy representatives. It's important that they be reminded that we are not going to stand still for this invasion that is not an amnesty.
Click on the URL above for info and free fax service.
president@whitehouse.gov Fax: 202-456-2461
Whitehouse: 202-456-1414, 202-456-1111 and 202-456-6213
Senate and House: 1-800-648-3516
Republican National Committee: 202-863-8500 (toll call)
Well, that's good, because Bush said in his speech that he opposes amnesty. So, who is wrong here: Bush, or the Buchanan voters on these threads who continue to characterize his proposal as amnesty? I tend to believe the President, and every attempt to twist his proposal into what it isn't is disingenuous and untrue, and I question both the intelligence and the motives of those who do so.
He has said it before tonights speech .. but it won't stop those from putting words into his mouth
Here's a little more from Tancredo.... He supports the President but will oppose him vehemently on this issue..... Tancredo has a bill filed on this same subject....
When asked about his response
to the outpouring of support in Cochise County, including the push for the man to run for president of the United States, Tancredo smiled and replied, "I love the people here, they are just wonderful to me."And while he appeared to relish in the thought of a presidential bid, when addressing the crowd later in the evening, Tancredo told the group that his support for President Bush runs much deeper than the immigration issue.
"The fact is the president and I are at odds on this issue I never came to Congress with the thought in my mind that I would be arguing with my president from my party," Tancredo told the crowd. "But you can disagree with the president without being disloyal because this is a basic fundamental difference about how we view the future of the country and despite supporting the president this is not a fight I will walk away from."
Hear! Hear! Not a hard choice.....
MAGNIFICENT speech tonight, eh My2Cents?
Strong words from a strong President.
The Naysayers (right OR left) can't change that no matter how they try to spin.......
Now here's a little info on Tancredo's bill and ideas...
The United States has lost control over its immigration policy. Over one million persons enter our nation illegally each year and we have antiquated and error-prone systems for knowing who our legal visitors are and for enforcing their visa time limits. Every poll shows that over 75% of citizens support border security and strict enforcement of our immigration laws. They want our immigration policies fixed. Here is my four-point plan for achieving control of our borders and enforcing sensible immigration policies.
1. Secure our Nation’s Borders
- Increase Border Patrol manpower from the present 11,500 to 20,000 (HR 3534).
- Use the U.S. Military until the Border Patrol reaches that manpower level (HR 277).
- Accelerate the use of new technology and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to identify and help apprehend smugglers and trespassers.
- Double the capacity of the detention centers for apprehended trespassers.
- End the “catch and release” policy by instituting fines and jail time for repeat offenders.
- Require stiff prison sentences for convicted “coyotes” and felons who return to the U.S. after deportation.
- Accelerate the implementation of the “USVISIT” biometric identifier program for all foreign nationals entering the country through our ports of entry.
2. Establish a Genuine Guest Worker Program
- Enact a genuine Guest Worker Bill (HR 3534) to allow any foreign national to enter the US legally to work for up to one year in a job that cannot be filled by a citizen.
- Require employers to advertise all jobs on an internet bulletin board and for two weeks before hiring a Guest Worker.
- Require illegal aliens already in the U.S. to first return home and apply for jobs through the legal processes.
3. Improve “Interior Enforcement” of Immigration Laws
- Provide adequate resources to the “Detention and Removal” branch of the Bureau of Customs and Immigration Enforcement (BICE) to allow apprehension and removal of all criminal aliens.
- Enact the “CLEAR” Act (HR 2671) to give local law enforcement incentives and reimbursements for participating in immigration law enforcement.
- Establish stiff fines and tax penalties for employers who violate the law by hiring illegal aliens, and devote adequate resources to identify and prosecute those employers.
4. Remove Incentives for Illegal Immigration
- Employers who hire illegal aliens should face stiff fines and tax penalties (see#2 above).
- Federal and State agencies should be prohibited from recognizing the Mexican Government’s “Matricula Consular” ID card.
- States that grant driver’s licenses to illegal aliens should suffer loss of federal highway funds.
- Children born to illegal aliens should not be given citizenship status (HR 1567).
- Federal court rulings and other policies that require health and educational services to illegal aliens should be overturned.
- Amend Social Security Act to deny credits for wages earned in illegal employment or to self-employed engaged in illegal activities (HR 1631).
- Insist that the Government of Mexico extradite felony criminals who retreat into Mexico.
- Encourage the Government of Mexico to repeal its Dual Citizenship law.
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