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.
This always sticks in the back of my mind. I sometimes feel our two parties are selling us down the same river doing a divide and conquer.
How can you give a long speech on the mexican border and not say the word "wall" one time?
If Bush proposed to Congress- "1. Immediately round up all illegals and deport them 2. Build a 2000 mile fence along the border 3. Immediately Prosecute all employers who have illegals in their employ
What would happen in Congress? This seems to be the outcome many want, so how does it happen this way in reality? Critics of Bush's plan should have the solution.
Neither the President nor 100% of Republicans agree with you on every issue or principle. Expecting ideological purity in one of the two political parties in a nation of close to 300 million is not rational.
Yeah we will until Bush gets it right.
If you don't care about the security of your family, shut up and get out of the way of those who do.
Or could it be you are just one of the many "Business Owners" that populate these threads that insist on putting money and greed over the Security of our nation?
mine too. I have called my congressman's office. the response I get on many issues is that they really don't want to be bothered with me, but they pay staff to pacify me and other parties wanting to voice an opinion.
The posts seem to become so incredibly hateful , it sounds just DU!!!
Nice example!
He is not doing what WE want. This is not optional it is USA law!!! Upholding this nations law is one of the duties of a President. Doing otherwise is not one of the privilages of the Presidency. You have a lot of fetching up to do Jeorge. Get after it!!!
Hey, enforcing the law is not politically expedient, doncha know.
Regardless where anyone stands on this issue, there is now enough national noise that politicos will have to act. This is a good thing. Now we have the pols attention and must continue to let them know how we feel to help craft their solutions to this issue.
They complain he doesn't address the illegal problem
And when he does .. they complain about that also
You have a valid point about our gift from France. If you think it says "Bring me your illegal aliens with no desire to assimilate and a wish to take advantage of the citizens of this country" Then maybe it is time to box it up and send it back to France. We have legitimate paths to citizenship in this country. Far more are taking the illegal path. We are a soverign nation and have let our borders turn into seives. Shame on those government officials who accomadate this!!! Shame on all in this country who do not oppose it's being over-run.
Well brain surgery is different from removing illegal aliens from a country.
This nation needs in some ways to develope a proper work ethic in our young. No legal job should be shameful. Deport all illegal aliens. Govt check status and bus/fly them home to their nation of origin.
It is not our problem if their country doens't want them back. We do not want them here.
End anchor baby syndrome. Review all recent people receiving and applying for citizenship who are here illegally. Strip citizenship from those who have committed any crimes. Illegal immigration IS A CRIME...
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,
That is Constitutional law and it isn't optional! English only is the other demand - "you don't speak the language - you can't go to school or work in the United States." Warm and fuzzy words are not the answer, Demands of your elected are; call, Fax or e-mail your elected and don't let up.
Quit trying to throw out that old non-starter: If we disagree with him on a very specific issue, it's "100% hyper criticism".
Critics of Bush's immigration policy (which is really a LACK of an immigration policy) are very specific in their concerns and aren't just throwing weak attacks.
And you don't speak for "Most of us Freepers".
You speak for YOU.
Good. Hopefully it won't be more than 25 cents a pound on chicken parts but then once you calculate what FICA will cost... chickens just might get expensive. :-)
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