Posted on 06/23/2007 11:15:50 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Bush vows permanent ban on future illegal migrants Jun 23 01:49 PM US/Eastern President George W. Bush promised Saturday to permanently bar future illegal immigrants from the United States as he renewed his push for immigration reform, a centerpiece of his domestic agenda.
A revised reform package was reintroduced in the Senate this past week after its predecessor failed on June 7 to garner enough votes to cut off debate and move for final passage.
The collapse of the first proposal has prompted a personal intervention by the president, who went to Capitol Hill to plead for giving the bill a second chance.
But while he has succeeded in putting the proposal back on the Senate agenda, the legislation is facing strong opposition from both Republicans and Democrats, who argue that granting legal status to an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants will only encourage more people to sneak across the poorly guarded border.
In his weekly radio address, Bush sought to address these concerns, revealing for the first time that under the revised proposal, people crossing a US border illegally will not only be deported, but never allowed to enter the United States again.
"Under this bill, those caught crossing illegally will be permanently barred from returning to the United States on a work or tourist visa," the president stated.
He went on to assure Americans the new bill puts border enforcement first.
The measure contains 4.4 billion dollars to help the US Border Patrol hire more agents, build additional fencing, purchase infrared cameras and other technologies that help intercept illegal aliens.
"Only after these enforcement tools are in place will certain other parts of the bill go into effect," Bush said.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Probably better than temporarily permanently disabled.. ( which a guy here in town is designated, By the SSA.) Shheesh.
You been brainwashed...
Repeat the same lie over and over...
Tien!
During the 1950s, however, this "Good Old Boy" system changed under Eisenhower - if only for about 10 years.
In 1954, Ike appointed retired Gen. Joseph "Jumpin' Joe" Swing, a former West Point classmate and veteran of the 101st Airborne, as the new INS commissioner.
Influential politicians, including Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D) of Texas and Sen. Pat McCarran (D) of Nevada, favored open borders, and were dead set against strong border enforcement, Brownell said. But General Swing's close connections to the president shielded him - and the Border Patrol - from meddling by powerful political and corporate interests.
One of Swing's first decisive acts was to transfer certain entrenched immigration officials out of the border area to other regions of the country where their political connections with people such as Senator Johnson would have no effect.
Then on June 17, 1954, what was called "Operation Wetback" began. Because political resistance was lower in California and Arizona, the roundup of aliens began there. Some 750 agents swept northward through agricultural areas with a goal of 1,000 apprehensions a day. ,b>By the end of July, over 50,000 aliens were caught in the two states. Another 488,000, fearing arrest, had fled the country.
By mid-July, the crackdown extended northward into Utah, Nevada, and Idaho, and eastward to Texas.
By September, 80,000 had been taken into custody in Texas, and an estimated 500,000 to 700,000 illegals had left the Lone Star State voluntarily.
Now, to me, that's in the neighborhood of 1,200,000 in three months.
By my cyphering, we can get rid of the mere 6,000,000 claimed by the doofuses --- in about 12 months!
Of course, not if we keep buying into the mindless "It's impossible!", "Can't be done!" --- and never try.
Isn't that called a self-fulfilling prophecy in the universe of the real?
FR *bookmark*
Impeach Congress and start over.
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RE-ELECT NO ONE!
(except Hutchison and Cornyn...we’re proud of them here in Texas!)
His contempt for the intelligence of the average American is staggering. When you include the extended family members of the 20 million illegals he's going to amnesty it's a five-for-one deal. That's 120 million which is great for Mexico since their population is only 90 million including the 20 mil that are already here.
How exactly is he gonna bar future illegal immigrants without a real border fence??
What credibility he may of had is completely gone. Only a fool would buy into any of this.
Bush vows permanent ban on future illegal migrants
Lying sack of Sh!t
There's also no caps on Z visas so 500 million illegals could slip by the border patrol with phony documents claiming they've been here for years and get one. Then they could legally bring in their families and use our social services. And that doesn't include the doubling of legal immigration and massive increases in H-1B visas along with their families.
The bottom line is if this bill isn't stopped the USA will sink into the ocean eventually it'll get so overwhelmed.
NO AMNESTY... NO COMPROMISE... NO WAY!!!!!!!
I love you Mr. President... but I can no longer trust your word on immigration.
LLS
Call folks....make it hurt! Bush is desperate and he is lying thru his teeth. Why he has sunk this low is up for debate but what matters is we stop this bill.
Dear President....I love yah—you know I do...but actions (on existing legislation) speak louder than words.
Even assuming he is being honest, which I don’t for one second, this is not a vow he can make. In less than two years he will be just another citizen with no direction over the federal government whatsoever. The next Congress and President will not be bound in the slightest by what an ex-president said years ago.
Same here
maybe, maybe not. But whatever the case, he won't be around to insure enforcement.
Other countries won't have such thorough coverage but each immigrant here now will still be on the Family Plan. Slide a cheek, Bro, we need to make room.
If he won’t enforce the laws we have and won’t build the wall then he won’t do anything about any future illegals. Hell, he won’t even be in office.
No amnesty, not now, not ever. If they can catalog and issue cards to all of the illegals here now then they can round up all of the illegals and deport them, seize their illegally acquired property here and also send their anchors with them. The anchors can decide when they are 18 if they want citizenship or not, but they can never bring their parents and non-citizen relatives with them.
Ah, there’s the rub. In a nutshell. Enforcement is everything. Lacking that - meaning bucks and bodies - it’s all a sham.
A Passport is now required to re-enter the country. - Check.
The State Dept. is having trouble issuing Passports. - Check mate.
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