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Bush Reforms Immigration
Minnisota Daily ^
| 11/19/04
Posted on 11/19/2004 8:57:23 AM PST by Independentamerican
Last week, President George W. Bush finally signaled his intention to push for the immigration reform plan he unveiled nearly one year ago. Thats good news for a proposal that offers a creative solution to a long-standing problem. The plan, designed to grant temporary legal status to millions of undocumented aliens working in the United States, met a chilly reception when it was announced in January. Bush did little to promote it during the presidential election.
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The measure is certain to face intense opposition. Republican members of Congress have argued Bushs temporary worker program rewards and therefore encourages illegal immigration. Members of both parties see immigration as a security threat in the post-Sept. 11, 2001, world. Some unions believe immigrants will undercut U.S. workers.
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Concern that immigrant workers compete with U.S. workers for scarce jobs is equally mistaken. Most immigrant laborers fill positions that U.S. workers pass over retail and service-sector jobs that pay low wages and require little skill.
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The Bush proposal takes a more enlightened approach. It sees immigration as a net gain for the economy and ties temporary legal status to gainful employment. It wisely stops short of amnesty by requiring immigrant workers to eventually return home
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; illegalalien; immigration; immigrationplan; immigrationreform
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To: Marysecretary
When you compare what American teens have against what most of the world's people have, they do just fine Oh, I see, so now you are comparing American young people to those in third world countries?
They have good clothes, usually a decent car to drive, they get an education
So these are the luxury items your referring to. Thanks for clearing that up.
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posted on
11/29/2004 9:12:30 AM PST
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: Joe Hadenuf
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:38:47 AM PST
by
Marysecretary
(Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
To: Marysecretary
283
posted on
12/01/2004 8:41:57 AM PST
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: NJ_gent
Could someone, maybe you NJ_gent explain to me what is going on with this apparent love-affair Bush has with Mexico? It is amazing to me that our president could witness such horrific devastation at the hands of men who could easily pass as Mexican immigrants (legal or no) and then go and make our borders more porous. This is not the political capital I expected Bush to spend.
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posted on
12/03/2004 10:34:03 PM PST
by
whenigettime
('scuse me but the mandate didn't include amnesty for illegals)
To: whenigettime
"Could someone, maybe you NJ_gent explain to me what is going on with this apparent love-affair Bush has with Mexico?"
I have and continue to point the finger at Rove on this issue. I believe Rove has convinced the President that it is in our interests as a nation (economically, no doubt) to have cheap labor pouring into this country from Mexico. I can only speculate about Rove's reasons here. I would guess he has some rather large companies who depend on cheap, illegal labor whispering in his ear.
"It is amazing to me that our president could witness such horrific devastation at the hands of men who could easily pass as Mexican immigrants (legal or no) and then go and make our borders more porous."
I know exactly what you mean. Personally, I'd rather see Walmart take a loss on the year than see Walmarts start exploding at random while packed with shoppers because we've allowed terrorists to pour across the borders alongside illegals. September 11th was shocking and horrible, but anyone who lived in the DC area understands that such extraordinary attacks aren't necessary. A couple guys with a rifle can scare more people for a longer period of time. When shopping malls and nightclubs start exploding at random, we'll see people as frightened of coming out of their homes as we saw in DC during the sniper shootings. Children literally begged their parents not to go to work, fearing that they'd never see them alive again. My nephew still sometimes has nightmares.
"This is not the political capital I expected Bush to spend."
Between this, the debt, spending, etc, you're going to see a lot of political capital blown on a lot of things you don't like. Our choices this time around were center or way left of center. Personally, I voted for David A. Keene, a man I know would be running things far differently.
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posted on
12/06/2004 2:27:19 PM PST
by
NJ_gent
(Conservatism begins at home. Security begins at the border. Please, someone, secure our borders.)
To: NJ_gent
Thanks for your infomative reply. Savage has also helped very much in understanding what might be going on with the less than conservative Bush.
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posted on
12/07/2004 9:50:22 PM PST
by
whenigettime
('scuse me but the mandate didn't include amnesty for illegals)
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