Posted on 05/21/2006 4:13:45 PM PDT by notes2005
President Bush has always been drawn to stories of Latino immigrants who came up by their bootstraps, and he has one inspiring example close to home, report Senior White House Correspondent Richard Wolffe, White House Correspondent Holly Bailey and Assistant Managing Editor Evan Thomas in Newsweek's May 29 issue (on newsstands Monday, May 22).
Mexican-born citizen Maria Galvan, 53, has worked for Bush, looked after his daughters, befriended his wife and won the affection of the first family for her loyalty, decency and hard work. As governor of Texas, Bush encouraged his housekeeper to become a U.S. citizen.
Galvan got a job at the Texas governor's mansion just as Bush moved in with his family in 1995. (The White House last week refused to comment on Galvan, except to say that she is a U.S. citizen; White House aides were silent on how she entered the country and what her legal status was at the time.)
The Bushes liked Galvan so much that they brought her to Washington, D.C., in 2001. She lives in the White House, travels with the first family and looks after their beloved dogs. She is said by White House insiders, who refuse to be identified discussing first family matters, to be "part of the family," which is unusual for staff in the formal, institutionalized Executive Mansion.
Bush recognized early on that inspiring Latino family stories could be a boon to the Republican Party. "He appreciates how close Latino families are with each other," says Israel Hernandez, an early campaign aide whom Bush hired after hearing his family story. "For a long time, he's talked about how these are the qualities he thinks the party represents. He has always talked about immigration in a very compassionate way."
But the president's willingness to help illegal immigrants on the path to citizenship sets him apart from many vocal conservatives in the Republican Party and the divide could paralyze the effort to bring much-needed reform to the nation's immigration laws.
"Maybe Hemingway was right. The rich are different from us."
Yes, they are. They have little tails about 6-7" long covered with fine, downy fur.
Mr. HR prefers for me to wax mine.....
My little one starts wagging when I see/smell money in a cash register.
Where in the hell is the %*@damned BARF ALERT!?!
I wonder what Social Security this housekeeper used all those years? She must have had a paycheck in her name when she worked at the governor's mansion in Texas, even before Bush got there. Hmmmm? If she was illegal she must have used a fraudulent or stolen social security number.
Now I'm wondering if Jeb Bush's wife is here legally.
Florida Gov. Bush Calls Tone of Immigration Debate `Hurtful'
"My wife came here legally, but it hurts her just as it hurts me when people give the perception that all immigrants are bad," the Florida governor wrote in an e-mail exchange with The Times.
Yeah, and I get "inspired" when I eat refried beans too!
More baloney.
There's a whole lot of assuming going on here tonight.
I fail to see what this little story has to do with anything. It does come from Newsweak via Newsmax so that tells me it is an attempted hit piece.
"...befriended his wife .."
The METHODIST connection.
My post never suggested such a thing. I have not even commented on the story. I didnt even read the story yet. I commented on a comment about the media's "1000 cuts" to try to destroy Bush and I added that lately the Bush WH has been cutting themselves. Please do not add words to my posts. You lose credibility that way.
Bookmark for later.
We didn't ask, she didn't tell?
Actually, that's not how it works (Assuming she drove or flew over here, not swam). You're not considered "illegal" unless you file the proper documentation, which is only done when you cross a proper U.S. port of entry and give the border guards correct documentation, or if you came before 1986, when the last amnesty bill was passed.
We'll let this story develop. Bush is clearly on defense in this situation. The question is, if it turns out to be much ado about nothing (If the immigrant in question fits in the last 2 criteria), is he blitzing using the 46 defense or just playing prevent using the quarter defense?
If she's married to him, she's legal, no matter how she came inside the country.
Look newbie, you're really spewing crap with comments like that.
Amen to that.
Can't she just be appointed to the Supreme Court or something?
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