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Privately, Bush Says He Favors Citizenship (for Illegals)
AP ^ | April 26, 2006 | DAVID ESPO

Posted on 04/26/2006 5:20:12 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative

President Bush generally favors plans to give millions of illegal immigrants a chance at U.S. citizenship without leaving the country, but does not want to be more publicly supportive because of opposition among conservative House Republicans, according to senators who attended a recent White House meeting.

Several officials familiar with the meeting also said Democrats protested radio commercials that blamed them for Republican-written legislation that passed the House and would make illegal immigrants vulnerable to felony charges.

Bush said he was unfamiliar with the ads, which were financed by the Republican National Committee, according to officials familiar with the discussions.

At another point, Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada and other members of his party pressed the president about their concern that any Senate-passed bill would be made unpalatable in final talks with the House.

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second-ranking Democrat, said the lawmaker who would lead House negotiators, House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, had been "intractable" in negotiations on other high-profile bills in the past. Bush did not directly respond to the remark, officials said.

The Republican and Democratic officials who described the conversation did so Wednesday on condition of anonymity, saying they had not been authorized to disclose details.

Bush convened the session to give momentum to the drive for election-year immigration legislation, a contentious issue that has triggered large street demonstrations and produced divisions in both political parties. Senators of both parties emerged from the session praising the president's involvement and said the timetable was achievable.

"Yes, he thinks people should be given a path to citizenship," said Sen. Mel Martinez., R-Fla., a leading supporter of immigration legislation in the Senate.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; bordersecurity; bush; bushamnesty; bushhaters; citzenship; illegalaliens; illegals; immigrantlist; immigration; invasionusa; openborders; sellout
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To: Reaganwuzthebest

arrggghhhhh!


101 posted on 04/26/2006 6:17:50 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Somebody important make The Call.....pitchforks and lanterns.!)
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To: West Coast Conservative

They have a path to take to citizenship and the path leads south of the border, not here. It's called the legal immigration pathway and so says the law of our land. I can't understand why Bush is pushing citizenship for 20 million or more illegals. The nation cannot allow this to happen, yet it seems that Bush, some RINOs and the RATs are determined that it will. Call your reps and senators and tell them to oppose this ghastly idea or lose our votes. Agitate and get their attention just like the illegals did. I joined an anti-illegal council in town and we are working hard to get the message out. You all can do the same in your cities.


102 posted on 04/26/2006 6:17:58 PM PDT by Paulus Invictus
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To: Mo1
Hate? I have no hate for Bush. I voted for the man twice. But I also understand the world of the elites and the limited view of the world they see. The elites do not see illegal aliens the same way as you or I do. They relate to them in the way that they experience them. For Bush it happens top be his in-laws and nephew. They have a benign view of them as their gardners and housemaids. They don't see them threatening their jobs or security. In the rarefied limited world the elitesw live in they have more in common with the king of saudi arabia than they do with you or I.

Sorry, but Bush is not beyond being inperfect. He is not a potentate whose word is infalable. Onn the issue of immigration he is wrong, wrong, wrong.



103 posted on 04/26/2006 6:18:02 PM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: Howlin

Wow...just a quick glance through the active threads and I forget just what this site claims to be about.


104 posted on 04/26/2006 6:18:03 PM PDT by CWOJackson
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To: samadams2000

"I live in a sea of illegals."

Me too, I live in Las Vegas. It is well beyond an inconenience, it is a fullscale invasion.


105 posted on 04/26/2006 6:18:26 PM PDT by FastCoyote
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To: tabsternager

You are right; I was thinking 2004. Still "normalization" with illegal mexicans is a far cry from calling for amnesty


106 posted on 04/26/2006 6:19:06 PM PDT by ARCADIA (Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
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To: CWOJackson

Immigration R Us!


108 posted on 04/26/2006 6:19:16 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Acts 2:38
Mary ,apps, is that you?

The papers may be forged, but the content is true?

109 posted on 04/26/2006 6:19:37 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: John Jorsett

And Bush wonders why his job approval ratings are headed toward the floor.

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Boy I think you are on to something here!!!!


110 posted on 04/26/2006 6:19:43 PM PDT by Halgr (Once a Marine, always a Marine - Semper Fi)
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To: Acts 2:38
Mary Mapes, is that you?

The papers may be forged, but the content is true?

111 posted on 04/26/2006 6:20:03 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Sam the Sham

Idiot.


112 posted on 04/26/2006 6:20:07 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: West Coast Conservative

What are immigrants called before they become US citizens? "Legal immigrants" or do people call any and all immigrants "illegal immigrants"" anymore?


113 posted on 04/26/2006 6:20:13 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: CWOJackson
just a quick glance through the active threads and I forget just what this site claims to be about.

I thought this forum was about Conservatism.

114 posted on 04/26/2006 6:20:19 PM PDT by Cagey (You don't pay taxes - they take taxes. ~Chris Rock)
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To: FastCoyote; nygoose

The Minutemen are looking for a few good people to help the government seal the border, I'm sure you're packing right now?


115 posted on 04/26/2006 6:20:32 PM PDT by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: Gordongekko909

LOL


116 posted on 04/26/2006 6:20:33 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: samadams2000

The problem didn't start with him and he is the only president who's been willing to even address or deal with the problem

And he has

Do we need more to do .. you bet we do .. but it won't happen over night

As for the base??

I'm to the point I don't give an damn

Let them vote for the Democrats or stay home

They will be worse off then they are now


117 posted on 04/26/2006 6:20:58 PM PDT by Mo1 (DEMOCRATS: A CULTURE OF TREASON)
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To: Cacique
By stating the obvious that any one can see?

So obvious the mods felt compelled to remove it...

118 posted on 04/26/2006 6:21:08 PM PDT by wireman
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To: BlueAngel
Fortunately, we have his public comments to fall back on.



119 posted on 04/26/2006 6:21:16 PM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: goldstategop

You're against granting citizenship to LEGAL immigrants?


120 posted on 04/26/2006 6:21:24 PM PDT by nopardons
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