Posted on 11/10/2004 12:51:19 PM PST by VU4G10
(Washington, DC—November 10, 2004) It wasn't quite "Read my lips," but in the last presidential debate in Arizona, George W. Bush clearly stated that he would not support amnesty for illegal aliens. One week after being narrowly returned to office, the president has reneged on that pledge. Bush has dispatched Secretary of State Colin Powell to Mexico City to open discussions with the Mexican government about the size and scope of amnesty for illegal immigrants and for a massive new guest worker program.
"President Bush and Karl Rove have seemingly missed the message of their own, and the Republican Party's, success at the polls last week," said Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). "In spite of a poor record on jobs, further erosion of the middle class, and staggering budget deficits, the people returned the GOP to office because they believed that the Republican Party was more in tune with them on values and respect for the law. One of those gut issues that led voters to ignore the administration's poor record in other areas was the belief that Bush and the Republicans would enforce laws against illegal immigration, not reward illegal immigrants and auction off every job in America to the lowest bidder."
The immigration plan being dusted off in Washington and Mexico City is essentially the same one the administration introduced last January, which proved to be so wildly unpopular among voters that they were forced to shelve it. "Who is the president seeking to reward by reintroducing his amnesty/guest worker proposal?" asked Stein. "Not middle class workers who made it very clear that they are feeling squeezed. Not the millions of families who have lost their health insurance benefits because their employers no longer feel that it is necessary to offer such benefits to attract American workers. Not Hispanic voters, whom polls indicate do not consider this to be high priority and who voted in significant numbers in favor of an Arizona ballot measure that bars illegal aliens from receiving most public benefits.
"The only interest group, besides the estimated 10 to 12 million illegal aliens and their families who could be in line for legal U.S. residency, are cheap labor employers who have come to believe that it is their right to have workers who will work at whatever wages they wish to pay," Stein said.
The latest White House announcement will touch off yet another surge in illegal immigration and further compromise homeland security, predicted FAIR. Last January, when the president first proposed this plan, the U.S. Border Patrol reported a marked increase in the number of people attempting to enter the U.S. illegally in order to benefit from the proposed amnesty. "Aside from betraying the interests of millions of people who voted for him because they believed the president shared their core values, this irresponsible renewal of talk of amnesty will betray those who voted for him because they believed the Republicans were the party that could be entrusted to protect homeland security. You cannot have homeland security and chaos at the border. You cannot have homeland security while granting amnesty to millions of people with only minimal background checks. And you certainly cannot have amnesty and unlimited guest workers, and preserve a solid middle class," asserted Stein.
Too late. The time for conservatives to signal their displeasure was BEFORE the election. He should have been scared right into securing the border.
But no, Bush is the salvation of the world and he cannot be criticized.
Well, I was shocked to find out that I am "feeble minded" but to hear you have dementia puts me into quite a tailspin.
Is there no end to your mean-spirited and nasty rhetoric?
It's astounding how you lash out at posters who disagree with you.
Why don't you try presenting some facts or at least attempt to address the issue, instead of your mindless insults and vitriol.
Just a suggestion!
I have a one word definition for Howlin: HYPOCRITE
I did hear a Congressman from Iowa last night on the Savage show. His name is Tom King. He is in the immigration reform caucus and sounded like they're not surprised either. I believe they have a game plan to stop this but the problem is that the President just won't enforce our immigration laws or stop these intruders at the borders.
When it comes to these threads, sanity is not allowed. All people do is become knee jerk reactionaries even if the facts don't support their opinions. No where have I heard Bush call for amnesty. In the minds of most in this thread, the only thing that will make them happy is if Bush orders the rounding up and execution of anyone who has entered this country illegally.
Hell, I'm still trying to get out of the working-class.
One word you can't back up.
"If you admit you are doing, have done or will do those types of jobs, either type will sneer and say you deserve to lose out to an illegal alien.
Wage busting clowns, the lot of them."
Exactly....notice, though, that none of them will go up to a gang of American construction workers or carpenters and spout this crap. They say it in the safety of an anonymous MB. Notice that they're also very careful not to ever let on that they are personally profiting off the use of illegal alien labor.
My whole family is blue collar. My friends are blue-collar workers - construction, carpentry, welders, skilled trades, etc. My husband is a crane operator. This **it is personal for me. If they think we're all going to skip happily off to the poorhouse while they buy up our assets for pennies on the dollar, they're going to be in for a big surprise.
LOL, you've never been anything but a hypocrite.
Huh? What are you talking about?
I don't take any drugs, let alone "drug cocktails".
You sound like you need some pain killers girl!
He's a fool, but not a moron. He'll never utter "amnesty", but he'll call it everything but, even all the while amnesty is just what it is.
In the minds of most in this thread, the only thing that will make them happy is if Bush orders the rounding up and execution of anyone who has entered this country illegally.
Oh yeah? Great job with the over the top rhetoric. I'd be perfectly happy with the simple deportation of the illegals and prevention of any more coming in.
Of course if this had come out the last week in October, Kerry would be President. Its small comfort he would have done exactly the same thing. <sarcasm
I don't agree with President Bush's plan, but it isn't a blanket amnesty plan. He wants all these "workers" to be registered, as far as I can tell.
Protease Inhibitors?
Did your daddy work in a mill?
No. He wanted to give them all green cards and then citizenship.
They're not calling it an amnesty but if it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, its a duck. Basically, its a reward for breaking the laws of the country. And they're not enforcing sanctions on miscreant employers today. So tell me again how they're strengthening homeland security by weakening border protection.
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