Posted on 10/26/2006 10:33:21 AM PDT by IntelliQuark
There ya go, that's how out of touch this president is. I'm not an immigrant, how about you, janetgreen, are you an immigrant? In fact there hasn't been an "immigrant" to this country in my family since the 1600's.
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Secure Fence Act Signed by the President
"I just left the Roosevelt Room of the White House, where President Bush signed the Secure Fence Act of 2006, critical legislation that authorizes at least 700 miles of two-layered fencing along our southwest border.
The American people demand action to stem the tide of illegal immigration and Republicans have responded by dramatically increasing physical barriers
by adding 3,736 new Border Patrol agents
by building 9,150 new detention beds
by hiring 1,373 detention personnel
by ending catch-and-release
and by more than quadrupling spending on border and immigration enforcement over the last five years.
Although Im leaving the Senate in fulfillment of the pledge I made 12 years ago, Ill be fighting to ensure that every inch of the fence authorized today is funding fully and constructed promptly
and so should my fellow conservatives throughout America. And Ill be fighting for better interior enforcement of our immigration laws. We simply must provide tamper proof, biometric identification cards that will enable employers to hire only legal workers. And we must authorize strict penalties for those employers who willingly defy our immigration laws.
Securing our borders is not an insurmountable problem. But it is a problem that House and Senate Democrat leadership who voted against the Secure Fence Act irresponsibly ignore." - Senator Frist
http://www.volpac.org/index.cfm?FuseAction=Blogs.View&Blog_id=502
I feel sorry for every miserable last one of them.
"Now remember how little media coverage was extended to the Senate approving of all things a House of Representatives Border Security Bill, remember Hillry accused the House of making Jesus illegal if they got the chance.
Remember what we awoke to, the next day, sure wasn't the overwhelming number voting YEA for a border fence, it was the gushing, whispering, faux outrage.... that prefabbed captured - internet communications regarding a Republican legislator. Why, cause unless these liberals can retake the House of Representatives they will have to watch that fence get built!!!!"
THE TIMING IS SUSPICIOUS, EH?
Anything to deflect away from the real Democrat record.
Message to border security freepers: Do what you can to save the GOP Congress, the fate of immigration laws depends on the fate of the House ... polls are looking bad and we need all the GOTV and internet/grassroots help we can get to mak a difference ...
Broken-glass time, Republicans! Save the Congress!
A special thanks to conservatives in the U.S. House for holding firm on border security first before other immigration measures are enacted.
There is no way I can sit out the upcoming election now, withdraw from this fight, or cede any advantage to the Democrats who view illegal aliens as an endless source of fraudulent voters for their sordid, liberal philosophy and a means to obtain power over our lives.
I RESPECTED Reagan. I ADMIRED Reagan.
I just wish you would do the same.
Conservatives don't support amnesty and conservatives don't vote for liberals!)
Completely agree. This is a big step, and those who wouldn't back down needed to be lauded by all of us who really care about national security and securing the border.
You are ABSOLUTELY correct.
Carter, Reagan, Bush41 and Clinton aren't President today. Bush43 is President, and he hasn't properly addressed the immigration issue for over five years. Employing 20-20 hindsight is a weak debate tactic. And taking cheap shots at Reagan solves nothing. Reagan's great challenge was fighting and winning the Cold War. The WOT was 18 years away. While the Beirut bombing took place on Reagan's watch, the attacks of 9-11 took place on Bush`s watch.
"Congratulations to Duncan Hunter, the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and to all of the others who worked so hard to make this a reality.
Now it's our job to make sure it is fully funded, and that the next bill builds the other 1300 miles of fence."
Dittos on this .... I also want to give credit to Frist and senate leadership who grew unusual spine in last month on this.
After the CIRA fiasco in May, I felt it was a long-shot 'best case' that we would get something stripped down ... yet that is what happened.
And to all the sourpusses who get half a loaf and then whine about it: This is the best we can get ... You are whining you way to a Democrat majority, shame on you.
"Carter, Reagan, Bush41 and Clinton aren't President today. Bush43 is President, and he hasn't properly addressed the immigration issue for over five years."
BS. He signed a bill TODAY.
"Reagan's great challenge was fighting and winning the Cold War."
And Bush's great challenge is the GWOT. If we let the Democrats win in 2 weeks, that challenge will go off the rails. HELP US and stop being a shameful whiner on the ONE DAY YOU SHOULD BE CELEBRATING A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION!
mega dittos
You know Reagan Man, if what you say has any merit---if he's just doing this now because it's 2 weeks before the election---I don't really mind.
It's an improvement, it's progress in the right direction, and it might elicit a few extra votes for the Republicans.
It also suggests the President continues to give a damn about the base.
So where's the problem?
I don't care WHY he signed it. It's THAT he signed it that I'm grateful for.
Baby steps...grasshopper.
Exactly! And once the elections are over, Congress will revert to listening to their REAL constituents -- Big Business -- and send Jorge Bush an amnesty/guest worker bill he will be much more happy to sign than this fence bill.
Oh, yeah, they'll stifle any funding for the 700 miles of fence already approved, too!
Because those tossing the figures low-balled their estimates.
"Sorry. Bush deserves zero credit for signing this bill. "
That is completely unfair, ungenerous and narow-minded, but go ahead and give the lion's share of the credit to the Republican Congress if it makes you feel better.
What is absolutely NUTS however is giving in to the Democrats call for "status quo has to go." ... I guees you'll just *love* Speaker Pelosi, because that's what's on the plate for those who want 'change':
http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com/
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