Posted on 02/12/2004 9:41:24 PM PST by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:13:20 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The administration rolled out its top immigration officials and several senior Republican senators yesterday to endorse publicly a guest-worker program offered by President Bush that could give legal status to the 8 million to 12 million illegal aliens now in the United States.
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Tell me you're not getting your election year news from the Major Media.
Gee! I missed those numbers!
How about you source the quote or at least show me where he said what he was proposing to do to increase border security.
Last I heard, he left that wide open for debate.
If I used my links for that, I would be myopic like some here on the forum.
I wish I could have been at the meeting where President Bush and the GOP declared war on the middle class!
What the *ell is wrong with these people? Don't they feel any loyalty to their fellow Americans at all?
This will help Kerry get elected big time. This and what that free traitor lackey in the Bush administration said about how great it is that we are outsourcing our jobs to India and China!
I can only assume that the Bush administration has a death wish, and its gonna get what its beggin for in the fall.
Mr. Bush obviously doesn't give a rats *ss about the plight of unemployed Americans, maybe he will gain some understanding of them when he joins them in the unemployment line this fall.
Mr. Bush, your job has just been outsourced to John Kerry!
SMILE!!!!!!!!!!!!
I believe the major media would never report anything that reflected poorly on the current illegal immigration situation, even if it meant passing up an opportunity to bash Bush. Leftists love poor illegals.
They did the same thing in 92 - Bush 1 lost the base when he raised taxes, but the media intentionally never made the connection.
It can be an election issue of "minor proportion" in a close election. GW doesn't need to inject issues into the race that few people care about, except past supporters in critical states. Word to the wise.
No more so than in 2000.
I don't remember GW proposing amnesty in his 2000 campaign. Here's what the 2000 platform said with regard to immigration:
"As a nation of immigrants, we welcome all new Americans who have entered lawfully and are prepared to follow our laws and provide for themselves and their families. In their search for a better life, they strengthen our economy, enrich our culture, and defend the nation in war and in peace. To ensure fairness for those wishing to reside in this country, and to meet the manpower needs of our expanding economy, a total overhaul of the immigration system is sorely needed.
The [Clinton] administration’s lax enforcement of our borders has led to tragic exploitation of smuggled immigrants, and untold suffering, at the hands of law-breakers. We call for harsh penalties against smugglers and those who provide fake documents. We oppose the creation of any national ID card.
Because free trade is the most powerful force for the kind of development that creates a middle class and offers opportunity at home, the long-term solution for illegal immigration is economic growth in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. In the short run, however, decisive action is needed. We therefore endorse the recommendations of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform:
Restore credibility to enforcement by devoting more resources both to border control and to internal operations.
Reorganize family unification preferences to give priority to spouses and children, rather than extended family members.
Emphasize needed skills in determining eligibility for admission.
Overhaul the failed Labor Certification Program to end the huge delays in matching qualified workers with urgent work.
Reform the Immigration and Naturalization Service by splitting its functions into two agencies, one focusing on enforcement and one exclusively devoted to service.
The education reforms we propose elsewhere in this platform will, over time, greatly increase the number of highly qualified workers in all sectors of the American economy. To meet immediate needs, however, we support increasing the number of H-1B visas to ensure high-tech workers in specialized positions, provided such workers do not pose a national security risk; and we will expand the H-2A program for the temporary agricultural workers so important to the nation’s farms.
Now I didn't necessarily agree with everything in this platform, but on balance it promised a reasonable approach to the immigration crisis.
What we got instead were efforts by GW Bush to come to a sweetheart amnesty deal with Vicente Fox even before the end of his first year in office. And now we have the atrocious---some have termed it "treasonous"---January 7 proposal, which even if you don't want to call it an "amnesty," far exceeds anything even hinted at by Bush and the GOP in 2000---in fact, I would say it's in flat contradiction of what we were promised.
That's why I and others need to hear GW repudiate this proposal before we vote for him again. If he doesn't need our votes, fine. But I've never known a politician with any brains to trade off actual present votes for potential future votes.
Now that I know what you consider facts, I understand your assertions.
Bwahahahahahaha!
He believes what he believes.
Your vote, notwithstanding.
During the run up to the 2000 election he said much the same thing.
Your assertion is incorrect.
Sure sounds Socialist. Class warfare is for near-do-wells.
Your assertion is incorrect.
"Much the same thing"? Pardon if I don't just roll over on this ipse dixit of yours, Pythagoras. I gave you the pertinent text of the 2000 GOP platform that GW ran on. What's your contribution to this discussion?
Citations, please.
I'll admit to wishful thinking on the subject when I voted for GW in 2000, but I sho 'nuff would have remembered if he offered a plan involving 'legalization' of illegals.
Are those stats solid? [I don't know] But I've heard about that county having a bad Illegals problem.
4000 to 6000 Illegals/day times 1.7 times 365 = 3.1 million +/- Illegals crossing through Cochise County in a year. Wow, now that's a flood.
***an ex-Republican base voter***
Maybe you meant "ne'er-do-wells." However, with the Bush amnesty proposal, the American middle class will indeed become "near-do-wells." And you can then blame the "class warfare" on GW, safe in his country club, having immigrants refresh his drink.
They did the same thing in 92 - Bush 1 lost the base when he raised taxes, but the media intentionally never made the connection.
Excellent insight. The Dems are very much aware how GW has shot himself in the foot with his base by means of the amnesty proposal. Mickey Kaus made a point of mentioning it last night on Dennis Miller. But the last thing they want is for GW to make a mid-course correction, and reconcile with his base on the issue. They know that they can only benefit from Bush continuing to push the proposal.
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