Posted on 11/29/2005 5:25:04 AM PST by 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.
I see. So your answer is the same as John Kerry's?
Yes, it does.
And every day there are millions of bucks arriving at the President's desk, waiting to be paid.
The gist of this article, and some posters opinions, is that he is just talk.
His actions so far have resulted in zero AQ attacks on the homeland, and dealt with the wannabe's very efficiently.
None of you deal with the issue that the other side doesn't give a damn what we do to prevent them entering our country, they will find a way to overcome it, as long as the profit from crime is there.
None of you have come up with a plan, satifying the legal and commerce aspects of the issue, and it must include equality on all borders, not just the Mexican border.
THOSE WERE EMPTY WORDS.
I have seen the actions of the President.
I have heard only words from the posters here on this thread.
Action talks, BS walks.
Anyone have a workable plan they want to share?
**crickets**
Apparently what you hear is the activity inside your head.
As I said, get back to me when you have something profound or intelligent to say; you continue to miss the mark.
*crickets*
Gee, I didn't know that the 'other side' understood logic and common sense. I would have tried that sooner.
Good job.
Wow. Amazing to see so many ideas on how to resolve the border situation from you and those that might defend your position.
Now that's the sound of crickets.
As I said, days and days ago, get back to me when you have something either profound or intelligent to say. Your latest post is still no exception.
But thanks for playing bump the thread with your idiocy, which at least has the effect of causing ~15 more lurkers to educate themselves.
TRY AGAIN, MR. PRESIDENT -- THOSE WERE EMPTY WORDS.
Only to empty people.
Thanks for bumping the thread again.
Sure. Comes along with the 'love your enemies' plan.
Nice to see the "Man/Party over Principles" so willing to swallow for this administration, as it paves the way for a Hillary win in 2008 by alienating (Note, not ILLEGAL Alienating...then we Conservatives would be fawned over) the base!
Just what else are you willing to overlook/ignore for that "Cult of Bush" MNJohnnie? Just so we know how many more Americans you are willing to sell out!
But you're fooling only yourself if you belive you're inane comments are camouflaging your continued inability to riposte with anything intelligent or profound.
OTOH, lurkers increase by your playing bump the thread.
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It's great so many people are reading Boortz' and others' comments and have numerous links available for their perusal.
Bump!
Way to go Tancredo and gang, it's becoming more obvious by the day that without these guys the Senate and their cheap labor pals would give away the store to the lowest bidder:
No hike in H-1Bs, green cards now
NEW DELHI: It may be curtains for many an American dream. The provision for increasing the number of non-immigrant temporary-skilled worker (H-1B) visas and recapturing the unused employment-based immigration visas (green cards) is no longer part of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.
The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, as passed by the Senate , (S 1932) had provisions that increased the number of H-1B visas, issued every year, from 65,000 a year to 95,000 annually. It also called for the recapturing of the unused employment-based immigration visas from 1991 onwards. Hence, each year, a maximum of 90,000 employment-based immigration visas could be issued.
However, the version of the Senate bill S 1932, that has been agreed to by the US House of Representatives, does not include any of these provisions.
Anything that makes Fat-Boy RUN for his Chivas to drown his sorrows makes ME happy! And if the rest of "Dr Evil" Spector's hair falls out in dissapointment, I'm in Shadenfreude-land!
Good news indeed...
Funny, it seems Tom Tancredo has been more effective than Jorge Arbusto in dealing with the problem of Illegal Infiltrators in a manner consistent with US Law...I wonder how that happened, what with Tom being "persona non grata" according to Rove?
I guess Tom Tancredo's a better fit to reclaim La Hacienda Blanco than the current "occupado"!
Time to focus on LEGAL America...vote Tom Tancredo/Mike Pence! (Although I'd LOVE a Tancredo/Coulter/Malkin/Pence ticket in ANY combination..as long as Mark Levin is appointed Attorney General!)
Way to go Tancredo and gang, it's becoming more obvious by the day that without these guys the Senate and their cheap labor pals would give away the store to the lowest bidder...
Good news...and, you're right, Itzlzha....they'd sell the farm, if they could.
My guess is it's because Tancredo has the American people behind him, quite a force for Karl Rove and co. to marginalize. :)
That is for sure. Tom T. knows the meaning of sovereignty and will not kiss the rear of Vincente Fox by inviting him in for tea/barbeque/whatever and then turning on patriotic Americans.
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