Cowardice caucus crushed migrant reform (gag alert)

Roll Call ^ | 07/09/2007 | Morton Kondracke

[CyberAnt]

Well .. Mort’s opinion of me is one of the reasons I never watch his program on TV.

Secondly, I’m part of the “Loud and Proud” bunch so Mort can whine all he wants .. but it won’t change a thing.

[goldstategop]

Morton Kondrack exemplifies all that's wrong with the Beltway commentariat. They're out of touch with the American people.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Ben Ficklin]

what is a porch monkey?

[CyberAnt]

Exactly!!

[Altura Ct.]

Just one of the Beltway Barfs doing what they do best.

[RJL]

“Bush also should have made border enforcement a key priority of his administration far earlier in order to defuse criticism that promises to restrict illegal immigration were empty.”

That says it all. “Trust but verify.” Bush failed that test, as nobody believed his lies about the border security components of this bill.

And it's not like we haven't been telling Bush to "secure the borders first" for years, but he just wouldn't listen.

If Bush would get serious and busy, I believe that he still has enough time to call up the national guard, to of all things, guard the nations borders. After securing the border for the entire world to see for a year, I think that most folks would agree with, and Congress would gladly pass a guest worker plan of some kind and maybe a little more.

But that would disappoint Bush's best buddy, Teddy Kennedy, and the rest of the liberals, so I guess that's out of the question.

[RJL]

Just what exactly are demagogues with microphones?

With this column Mort proves that he is a demagogue with a computer and/or TV camera.

[bikerMD]

Porch Monkey: A lazy person who sits on the porch waiting for Chuck Norris to appear as if from thin air. Definitely NOT a waffle crapper.

I hope that clears it up for you. BTW Ben, you gotta stop flying that kite in bad weather Dude.

[Altura Ct.]

I think that most folks would agree with, and Congress would gladly pass a guest worker plan of some kind.

You mean like these guestworker programs?

Guestworker Programs

Hiring Foreign Workers

Foreign Labor Certification Overview

The Department of Labor issues labor certifications for permanent and temporary employment under the following programs:

Permanent Labor Certification
H-1C Nurses in Disadvantaged Areas
H-2A Temporary Labor Certification (Seasonal Agricultural)
H-2B Temporary Labor Certification (Non-agricultural)
D-1 Crewmembers Certification

Foreign labor certification programs permit U.S. employers to hire foreign workers on a temporary or permanent basis to fill jobs essential to the U.S. economy. Certification may be obtained in cases where it can be demonstrated that there are insufficient qualified U.S. workers available and willing to perform the work at wages that meet or exceed the prevailing wage paid for that occupation in the area of intended employment.

Foreign labor certification programs are designed to assure that the admission of foreign workers into the United States on a permanent or temporary basis will not adversely affect the job opportunities, wages, and working conditions of U.S. workers.

Employment based immigration is a complex process that may involve a number of government agencies within the Federal Department of Labor, the State Department of Labor, the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) and the Department of State. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) regulates the admission of foreign workers into the United States. The INA designates the Attorney General and the Secretary of State as the principal administrators of its provisions.

About the Foreign Labor Certification Process

Program Regulations & FAQs

20 CFR 655.0 - .99
FAQs

Compensation of Foreign Workers

Regulations require that the wages attested to on foreign labor certification applications must be the average wage paid to all other workers in the requested occupation in the area of intended employment. This average wage is referred to as the prevailing wage. See Prevailing Wages for more information.

The employer is not precluded from paying nonimmigrant(s) more than the prevailing wage.

Employer Compliance

The employer should be aware that in filing for a foreign labor certification, the employer is obligated to comply with all employment related laws and regulations. In the case of H-1B Specialty (Professional) Workers and "H-2A": http://workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/foreign/h-2a.asp Temporary Seasonal Agricultural workers, additional obligations also apply. The details on these obligations may be found in the sections detailing H-1B and H-2A. Failure to comply with the established laws and regulations may potentially result in penalties and possible legal action.

The Wage and Hour Division of the Employment Standards Administration (ESA) at the Department of Labor is responsible for investigating and determining an employer's misrepresentation in or failure to comply with the H-1B and H-2A program requirements and with employment laws, principally the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Non-DOL Employment Visas

For information regarding other employment based visas which do not require Department of Labor certification, see the U.S. Department of State's website or the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Service's website.

http://www.doleta.gov/business/gw/guestwkr/

[Ben Ficklin]

There are a large number of individuals at FR who share your views.

[BobS]

It doesn't matter who people fall in love with. This was not an ethnic squabble.

It was simply clear to even a scant observer of news that the senate democrats shoved through a bill that would make people vote either for illegal aliens or American Citizens.

This is after illegal aliens came out of the shadows waving Mexican flags a few times - and more than a few wearing ski masks.

So American Citizens came out of the shadows and disabled the Capitol phone system; which has never happened before. That's what happens when 80% of America is against the senate amnesty bill.

It's that simple. And it isn't ethnic. If you put a Mexican, a Guatemalan, a Brasillian and a Salvadoran in a ring, it would be a four-way brawl. They don't like each other. I can like them individually. Just finish the brawl elsewhere.

[bikerMD]

Don’t mess with Texas. (:^D)

[SpinyNorman]

“Sometimes intentionally, sometimes not, the talkers have stirred up anti-Hispanic racism and certainly anti-immigrant nativism.”

The only “talkers” that made this a racist issue were the supporters of the bill. As Brit Hume so aptly put it on Fox News Sunday last week (paraphrased), “....I didn’t see the words Hispanic, latino etc., on the radio and websites. The word I saw most was ILLEGAL.”

The feeble attempt to make this some sort of “latinophobe” issue was a red herring that liberals use to put their opponents on the defensive when the libs have no argument.

[gcruse]

I have no problem with Mort Kondracke’s ‘work’ and never have. He and Fred Barnes make a good team. That said, his take on immigration reform’s defeat is churlish. The only real standup guy for it was Charles Krauthammer....who may not be able to stand up at all.

But I won’t hold it against any of Brit’s team.

[gcruse]

“Mort’s seemed more cheerful lately...”

I notice he’s remarried after his wife passed away not that long ago. Maybe that’s caused a change in demeanor.

[BobS]

"The feeble attempt to make this some sort of “latinophobe” issue was a red herring..."

That was what those idiots tried to do. Everybody knows someone with some dialect of Spanish or Portuguese that is a naturalized citizen. Those are the people that got really worked up the most. Trust me on this point.

They have watched this kind of shit in the countries they left and have a low tolerance for it in their adopted country. Venceremos will not happen here. They will place the mines on the border if necessary.