Posted on 01/12/2005 12:50:36 PM PST by GOPXtreme20
Republican to Lead Immigration Revolt Against Bush
By Alan Elsner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican member of the House of Representatives vowed on Wednesday to lead a revolt against President Bush (news - web sites)'s immigration reform proposals and predicted that up to 180 party members would support him.
Bush in an interview with the Washington Times published on Wednesday said he plans to force a debate in Congress this year on his proposal that would allow some illegal immigrants to obtain legal work permits in the United States.
Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo, who heads the House Immigration Reform Caucus, said he was determined to block the legislation. The caucus, which had 71 members in the last Congress, argues for stronger action to stop illegal immigration and a reduction of legal migration.
"Why is this so important to the president?" Tancredo said. "Is it just the corporate interests who benefit from cheap labor? Do they have such a strong grip on our president so that he is actually willing to put our nation at risk, because open borders do put our nation at risk?
"Is it petulance, because we were able to stop it in the last Congress? Why is it so important to give amnesty to people who have broken the law?" Tancredo said.
"I'm willing to lead a fight against this and I would say there are at least 180 members of our Republican caucus who are willing at least to stop amnesty for illegal immigrants," he told Reuters in a telephone interview.
Bush has repeatedly said he views immigration reform as an important issue for his second term. In the Washington Times interview, he said it was near the top of his agenda.
"Look, whether or not you agree with the solution or not, we have a problem in America when you've got 8 million undocumented workers here," he said.
BUSH CONFIDENCE
Bush expressed confidence he could win over opponents, as he did in passing tax reform during his first term. "Initially out of the box, some people said, over my dead body would they pass tax relief ... If I listened to all that, I'd just quit, you know. But that's not the way I think."
But analysts agree that immigration reform could be much more divisive for Republicans since growing numbers of rank-and-file voters are becoming concerned at the continued influx of illegal immigrants across the Mexican border.
"No issue, not one, threatens to do more damage to the Republican coalition than immigration," said David Frum, a former White House speech writer in Bush's first term.
"There's no issue where the beliefs and interests of the party rank-and-file diverge more radically from the beliefs and interests of the party's leaders," he wrote in the National Review last month.
Bush insists he is not offering amnesty to illegal immigrants but Tancredo said that was a "manipulation of language, the kind of thing (former President) Bill Clinton would have done. There is an issue of integrity here and an issue of honesty," he said.
OBL= Osama Bin Laden ? If so, we agree on something.
OBL. Open Borders Lobby.
>" I'm so used to exchanges with tin foil headed kooks that seem to think (wink wink) that shuttin down the Meheeco border to them dark lookin folks somehow woulda stopped dem Aye-rab boys from blowin up our buildins."<
I gave you good info, from reliable news sources, about the threat of an open Mexican border and you come back with an obtuse nasty liitle smear.
You are too ignorant and obtuse to waste time with.
That briliant post of yours would be a *gem* at DU.com
Goodbye
As for the coke...supply and demand.
Maybe all those American drug addicts should take gardening jobs.
You gave me junk. Stuff on little or no substance, which is how I would describe your theory. Until you can show me that Mexico played a role in Atta's attack on America, I will continue to dismiss your silly theories as just that - silly theories.
A massive invasion by millions of illegals and the total failure to deal with it are an omenous portent for our future. No other event in our lifetime seems so dark as our country's refusal to defend itself. The barbarians are about to sack Rome once again.
As my granddaddy said, "don't confuse 'em with facts, there mind is made up.
New poll up (short time left!)
Do you believe legalizing illegal workers will take pressure off U.S. borders, as President Bush suggests?
Yes 7% 371 votes
No 93% 5320 votes
Total: 5691 votes
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/
bump to your post. ^
LOL! I wasn't trying to be sarcastic, honest, Osama Bin Laden was the only thing I could work out of those initials at the time, I was fairly certain that was wrong.
I am also against the Open Borders Lobby-their agenda is insane.
I'll decline your job offer because I'm not interested in being pushed off a roof by one of your 3000 desperate and lawless employees.
Yes I think that's likely ---- remember --- illegals tend not to get counted in the census --- hispanics now outnumber blacks and likely by quite a lot. In many areas of the USA they outnumber everyone --- here they're 90% of the population.
Vicente Fox claims there are 25 million of his citizens in the USA. That's the figure I use.
The problem with your suggested approach, F.J. Mitchell, is that it is precisely what not to do.
This issue isn't about Democrat vs Republican or liberal vs conservative because there are OBL's in both parties and patriots in both parties. It is about the Party of Money vs everyone else. It is about the Party of Cheap Labor, be it New Democrat or WSJ Republican. It doesn't win at the ballot box because its agenda is hostile to the wellbeing of this country. It wins in the smoke filled room. It wins in the shadows where deals are struck.
If you try to fight its agenda by quietly criticizing it as you say, you will be steamrollered by money every time. If you don't loudly hold their feet to the fire, calling attention to their schemes from the rooftops, most of your elected representatives WILL quietly sell you out.
You're clearly talking about your big labor, protectionist, anti-capitalist, socialist agenda. Because as far as I can see, the agenda for free trade, global competition and open borders consistently wins at the 'national' ballot box, whether during the Clinton era or the Bush era.
That's enough to make a good WASP queezy.
And this nugget comes from your reading of Lenin or Stalin? Or are you just reciting the text of the poster in your union hall?
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