Posted on 11/14/2004 11:08:06 PM PST by goldstategop
It didn't take long for President Bush to betray those who returned him to office for another four years.
The first big insult to his base came this week when he moved to resurrect his ugly plan to relax rules against illegal immigration – as if they weren't relaxed enough.
Bush reportedly met privately in the Oval Office with Sen. John McCain to discuss re-igniting his badly misguided initiative to grant legal status to millions of immigrants who broke the law to enter the United States.
McCain is one of the Senate's most outspoken supporters of expanding guest-worker programs and has introduced his own bill to offer a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants – in other words, another amnesty program like those that have failed so badly in the past. It's time for the American people to rise up, once again, and denounce this plan as vociferously as possible – not just to defeat it, but to put a stake through its heart once and for all.
The leader in Congress on this issue is Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., who characterized Bush's plan for what it is:
An amnesty by any other name is still an amnesty, regardless of what the White House wants to call it. Their amnesty plan was dead on arrival when they sent it to the Congress in January, and if they send the same pig with lipstick back to Congress next January, it will suffer the same fate.
Let's hope he is right. But, more importantly, let's be sure he is right by lending him the nationwide support he needs to ensure defeat of this dangerous proposal.
Why dangerous? Because this nation is at war. It is an unconventional war waged by monsters who have in the past used our lax immigration policies to attack us here at home – and they are certain to do so again.
As astonishing as it is to believe, U.S. borders actually became more porous following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists attacks and the incorporation of immigration enforcement agencies within the Department of Homeland Security.
It should surprise no one that illegal immigration into the U.S. has accelerated in the last year, since Bush proposed a temporary worker program that amounts to a limited amnesty program that would allow millions to remain in the U.S. legally.
In the coming 12 months, some 3 million more illegal aliens will enter the country – "enough to fill 22,000 Boeing 737-700 airliners, or 60 flights every day for a year." According to Time magazine, this year's influx of illegal aliens is the largest wave since 2001, and illegal immigration now represents triple the number of immigrants who enter the country legally.
While new security procedures guard our airports from illegal entry, thousands of aliens walk across or drive across the Mexican border with impunity every day.
The illegal immigrants include a growing number of people categorized as "other than Mexicans," including many from nations with populations hostile to the United States – Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran and Iraq.
Americans overwhelmingly want to crack down on illegal immigration, but the government elite don't seem to want to fix the problem. Even those caught violating the border multiple times are not punished, according to the report.
Besides the security nightmare this invasion creates, illegal immigration is driving up the cost of living for American citizens and making our communities less safe.
Why does this trend continue without any real national debate? Why are our laws ignored not only by the criminal invaders but by our elected officials? Why do both political parties pretend there is no problem?
The response from the American people should be this:
Let's try enforcing the old laws before we pass any new ones.
Let's try beefing up the Border Patrol.
Let's try pressuring the companies hiring these illegal aliens to hire legal Americans.
Let's try denying taxpayer-supported social services to lawbreakers.
Let's try deportations.
Let's try enforcing criminal laws against illegal aliens just as we prosecute American citizens.
Let's encourage states and local governments to cooperate with immigration to uproot the illegals – especially those who continue to break the law.
Let's try putting the National Guard at our borders.
Let's try bringing home more than 100,000 American troops currently guarding Germany from some unknown threat and place those troops where they can make a difference – protecting America from an ongoing invasion.
Maybe the president, living in his ivory tower, doesn't realize the effects this national plague is having on ordinary Americans. It's about time he heard from us.
"Big deal, so am I and support legal immigration in moderation. "
as long as it's moderation according to the Law of Reaganwuzthebest ?
but you interest me.... just why do you support legal immigration at all ?
Your arguments all seem to be against it.
"Someone is doing the work, who could it be Luis, ..."
Ever hear the term migrant workers ? They have no need to hang around and freeze their butts off with no work - a lot of them probably go home for the winter. What do you think the people who do the work do in the off season - starve ?
Kind of like an illegal "guest worker" program...
No I'll let you tell me what it's to be, how about the law of RS?
In the 1980s we took in 500,000 a year and the economy did just fine. I'd be more than happy to follow the recommendations of the Jordan Commission, which suggested going back down to those numbers.
Anyone with even a brain the size of an ant can see what we're taking in now is far more than what most communities can absorb.
There's nothing more permanent than a guest worker. That was proven in the 1950s when Eisenhower had to show millions of "guest workers" the door.
Burger King, McDonalds, Jack in the Box, Dominos - they all advertise in Spanish in the US. They didn't 10 years ago. They're marketing to capture illegal alien demand.
"I'd be more than happy to follow the recommendations of the Jordan Commission, which suggested going back down to those numbers."
but why ? Your agruments suggest that we would be better off with ZERO immigration - don't you really believe in what you are saying ?
from - http://www.imminfo.com/iv.html
"Immigration into the United States is limited to 675,000 persons per year. "
You are saying that dropping legal immigration by 175,000 will cure all the ills ?
"That was proven in the 1950s ...."
How many other things were "proven" in the past that are not true ? C'mon, you seem to be more intelligent then that ...
( everybody sing ! Monday, Tuesday, Happy Days !... )
That was never said by me and is fully understood that to a certain degree immigration, or population growth helps to expand the economy and keep inflation in check.
The question is how much are we going to take in to both assist the economy while factoring in the burdens on communies? Present levels are way too high but more importantly it needs to be legal only.
Bush's guest worker plan would literally open the doors and flood this country with guest workers who'll never leave, no thanks.
You must have never heard of Operation Wetback then I take it? Many of those illegals were "guest workers" brought in by the Roosevelt administration during WW2 who refused to leave.
You bet, and that's the economic equation that Luis and others refuse to recognize. They've convinced themselves all these illegals are coming in only to service lazy Americans and do the jobs "no one wants to do".
"Oh, I know there's some voices who want to wall us off from Mexico"...."...it's so important for us to tear down barriers and walls that might separate Mexico from the U.S." -- George W. Bush before Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Albuquerque, NM, 8/15/01
Challenge accepted! (I voted for him)
"Many of those illegals were "guest workers" brought in by the Roosevelt administration during WW2 who refused to leave."
...and that proves what in this day and age, when we have much more control over legal workers ?
Would they try and stay illegally if we ever decide to kick them out again ? ... Obviously, but will will have much more of a paperwork trail, and we might even have a hold over them by making the law so that we can legally withhold SS payments if they don't leave when their time is up.
".... and is fully understood that to a certain degree immigration, or population growth helps to expand the economy and keep inflation in check. "
So 500,000 good 675,000 bad - I didn't realize our economy was on such a knife edge - what do you think will happen to our economy when we toss out 10 million at one time ?
When thousands of Americans lose their businesses ... hotels, motels, and restaurants ? Unless you think those businesses are all owned by the illegals ...
The best mechanism for maintaining immigration is through the legal system as we currently have in place, which means no illegal immigration, no guest workers, and full enforcement against visa overstayers and sham asylum cases.
Explain by what means that would be accomplished and who is seriously proposing the implementation of those means, and you might get an answer.
Think again, due to chain migration and the Immigration Act of 1990 legal immigration is over 1 million a year. And that doesn't include illegal immigration.
500,000 is not an arbitrary number dreamed up out of thin air. The Jordan Commission did a detailed study on what levels would be most beneficial and least disruptive for the country and that's what they came up with.
You appear to believe that in order for the US to survive as a nation we need to take in the world, no thanks.
Would you pick tomatoes for a living?
Like I said previously Luis, the answer is farm mechanization. You keep ignoring my responses and then pose the same questions.
The biggest opponents of increased farm mechanization are the illegal alien lobbies. They need to keep that sector of the economy manual as it provides the excuse for illegals to enter.
Once they're in the real goal is to expand the presence of illegals into every other sector, including construction etc then preach endlessly how the US economy can't survive without them.
"Think again, due to chain migration and the Immigration Act of 1990 legal immigration is over 1 million a year.from your Jorden commision -"
http://www.fairus.org/ImmigrationIssueCenters/ImmigrationIssueCenters.cfm?ID=1169&c=12
"The CIR recommended capping all three categories and implementing an overall annual cap of 550,000.
Prioritize immediate family members over extended family: The CIR recommended limiting family-sponsored immigration to only the spouse and minor children of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents and the parents of U.S. citizens-with a ceiling of 400,000 per year. "
about 950,000 - not too far from your million current number considering the commissions study was between 7 and 10 years ago.
"... And that doesn't include illegal immigration. "
Are you proposing to somehow include illegal migration in your caps ?
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