TRY AGAIN, MR. PRESIDENT -- THOSE WERE EMPTY WORDS [The Presidnet's Amnesty Program]

Neal Boortz ^ | Nov. 29, 2005 | Neal Boortz

[conservativecorner]

Yesterday, George W. Bush strode to a podium in Tucson, Arizona (I love Tucson!) and against a backdrop of law enforcement officers, announced his latest plan to crack down on illegal aliens. There was nothing in his speech we haven't heard before, and his new immigration policy is just as contradictory as the old one. Among the initiatives announced:

We should build more jail cells to hold illegal aliens. Good idea. The speeding up of deportations, a crackdown on fraudulent identity papers, and a hardening of the border with more surveillance. So far, so good. Then the nonsense started to flow. The president urged Congress to pass his guest-worker amnesty program and repeated the nonsense that the illegal aliens are here "to fill jobs that Americans will not do."

Same old, same old. It is impossible to stand there and say you're going to crack down on illegal immigration while at the same time say that you are going to reward people who broke our immigration laws. The president says it's not amnesty. Ok, now we've finally caught the president in a lie. OF COURSE it's amnesty! When you tell someone who has broken the law that you are not only going to ignore their illegal conduct, but you are actually going to reward them for it, then you have more than plain old garden variety amnesty, you have amnesty with perks!

As for the oft-repeated line that the illegal aliens fill jobs Americans won't, that's also a load. Companies may not be able to fill those jobs with Americans at the same low wages they pay Mexicans, but there are plenty of people in this country that would do the work at the right price. OK .. so the price of headless chickens, landscaping and construction might go up, but at least the people receiving those paychecks would be law-abiding residents of this country, most of whom would be citizens. There is something wrong with the idea of celebrating lower home prices when those lower prices are brought with disrespect for the laws of our country. It gets worse than that. We are threatening our very security by singing the praises of illegal aliens in our workforce. Just two weeks ago we were interviewing a Texas congressman who was telling us that U.S. intelligence agencies have knowledge that Al Qaeda terrorists have moved to Mexico, adopted Hispanic identities, learned the Spanish language, and then moved right into the United States across our porous borders.

George Bush failed to address the problem appropriately yesterday, but this isn't strictly a George Bush issue. There is absolutely no willingness on the part of either political party to crack down on illegal immigration. There are simply too many votes to be had in the Hispanic community. So as a result, our security as a nation is threatened and our cities and states are overrun with illegal aliens.

I'm sure representatives of Al-Qaeda are preparing to apply for their guest-worker permits as we speak.

[TomGuy]

If he thinks the public believes his "guest worker" program is not an "amnesty program", he's dumber than I have come to realize he is.

He raised the issue in 01, and shortly after 9-11-01, Senator Byrd tabled it.

Every 18 months or so he raises the issue again. And he gets hammered for it. Talk about a glutton for punishment. He does seem to be clueless.

[wtc911]

Apologies extended for mis-interpreting your intent. I blame mu lunk-headedness on pre-caffiene posting.

[worst-case scenario]

As a self-employed small business owner who can't find affordable health insurance, your comment - certainly accurate - raises my blood pressure. And that's gonna make my monthly payments cost even more!

[pollyannaish]

Thank you. Yours is the first post that takes a REALISTIC look at the problem.

I think many people do not grasp the enormity of the problem and how difficult it will be to turn around in one fell swoop. It has to be done incrementally.

Kicking out millions of people who participate in our economy suddenly would put many of us out of work immediately, raise our cost of living and burst the housing bubble instantaneously.

It sounds good, but it would hurt like heck and would damage the economy for a long period of time.

Personally, I like the sound of making some of these people pay back taxes, learn English and clear various other hurdles to become citizens. Then with guest worker cards, we know who they are and—as long as it is enforced—we can send them home if the do not comply. In addition we need to start actually enforcing the laws we do have.

Part of the problem is a capitalist one. There is a high demand for something that is illegal. It is exactly the same phenomenon that creates tensions regarding the WOD. Think of it as the WOI.

We have to be really careful here or we will end up with a France like problem of an underclass, or a drug like problem of illegal trafficking.

Until I see someone come up with a better non-hysterical, completely unenforceable, realistic and plausible plan, I'm willing to look further into the Presidents. And someone needs to start with anchor babies.

[Mr. Jeeves]

It isn't really Bush's fault, it's ours. We aren't going to the polls and firing Republican representatives who refuse to address the problem.

[Buffettfan]

More smoke and mirrors. Unless we dry up the demand for illegal aliens they will keep coming. I have already reported a few local employers who are using illegals. Let's see if the government now gets serious about cracking down on employers. I'll beleive it when I see it.

[Dane]

As a self-employed small business owner who can't find affordable health insurance, your comment - certainly accurate - raises my blood pressure. And that's gonna make my monthly payments cost even more!

I find it interesting that you guys never say a word about the trial lawyers, who are the real reason why health care is so expensive.

[ZULU]

After the Miers Fiasco, I have come to realize that, like Kerry, Bush really deserved that cumulative average he earned in college.

[sam_paine]

Posted by worst case scenario: I'd be perfectly happy to pay an extra..if...American citizens were getting paid a living wage....

Posted by Russ: It's an issue we don't have to worry about the Dems co-opting...

Yeah, right, Russ. The friend of your enemy is NOT your friend.

[Dane]

It isn't really Bush's fault, it's ours. We aren't going to the polls and firing Republican representatives who refuse to address the problem.

Yeah and have nancy pelosi as Speaker of the House.

You guys are real Einstein's there. You do know that you have a brain, how about using it once in a while.

[ThePythonicCow]

a couple of high profile companies (e.g., Walmart).

Bull hockey. It's not Wal-Mart - it's Washington that is causing the wage discrepancy.

People complain about Big Oil gouging us on gasoline, when its the government taking 50 cents off the top of every gallon, compared to Big Oils 10 cents.

Similarly people complain of Big Business gouging illegal immigrant workers for low wages, when its a socialist government (Big Government) that's creating the larger proprotion of wage difference between illegals and citizens, through payroll taxes for Income, Medicare, Social Security, Minimum Wages, Disability insurance, insurance liability, and labor protection laws.

The biggest difference in cost to an employer between an illegal and a citizen is mandated by the leftist greed, not business greed.

[sasafras]

" I'm from Philly and 98% of the crime here is committed by legal residents"

Whats your point? Ok, so you think its not happening here, in the southwest?

[rhombus]

The biggest difference in cost to an employer between an illegal and a citizen is mandated by the leftist greed, not business greed.

No argument there but a cost is a cost is a cost.

[TomGuy]

'Legalizing' for 6 years and then asking illegals to leave reminds me of this:

[Mr. Jeeves]

Is it possible for you to post on FR without insults? I've never seen a post of yours here that didn't resort imediately to that incredibly weak debating technique.

If the public doesn't care enough about illegal immigration to vote out its advocates, then it must not be that big a deal to them.

[ThePythonicCow]

A cost is a cost, yes. But the remedy varies, depending on what the cause of the cause is.

[Dane]

Is it possible for you to post on FR without insults? I've never seen a post of yours here that didn't resort imediately to that incredibly weak debating technique

Uh you were the one who originally posted the insulting to normal intelligence reply.

[TXBSAFH]

I know what you mean. I hav ebeen up since 0230 feeding babies and getting ready for work.

[TomGuy]

Unless we dry up the demand for illegal aliens they will keep coming.

Exactly. And yesterday's speech added another 2 or 3 million who will try to get here before this current plan might become effective. It happens every time 'the plan' is brought up in a speech -- another few million rush in to be here if/when it takes effect.