Posted on 03/08/2002 1:24:33 PM PST by sarcasm
Friday, March 08, 2002 - WASHINGTON - Rep. Tom Tancredo takes credit for thwarting the Bush administration's last effort to offer partial amnesty to thousands of illegal residents, but Thursday the outspoken immigration foe said he may have been outmaneuvered by the White House.
President Bush has struck a deal with the House leadership to place legislation that offers an extension of amnesty on its consent calendar before Bush heads to Mexico for a state visit next week, the Colorado Republican said. That action should ensure quick House passage of legislation that Bush has repeatedly sought from Congress. It would allow an undocumented person to receive legal standing, such as a valid green card, by filing a declaration with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. It presumably also would require the person to have been in the United States by a certain date and have filed a declaration with the INS from an appropriate sponsor, such as a relative or employer, and pay a $1,000 penalty. "The terms are still up in the air," said Dan Stein, executive director of the Federation for American Immigration, a group that has been allied with Tancredo. "We've heard to the effect that the president wants something to bring down to Mexico." The initial Bush proposal, designed exclusively for Mexicans, once was high on the president's legislative wish list, but it was delayed after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. However, as the president noted Wednesday in a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, he now is pushing for the extension of the amnesty program known by the section of immigration law that covers it, Section 245I. The president hailed it as a way to reunite family, separated by the border. "If you believe in family values, if you understand the worth of family and the importance of family, let's get 245I out of the United States Congress and give me a chance to sign it," Bush told the chamber members. Tancredo, the head of a congressional caucus on immigration issues and proponent of halting virtually all immigration, said he had blocked a previous attempt by Bush to push an extension of the amnesty program through the House. But this time, he said House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., had agreed to place the issue on the suspension, or consent, calendar, making it difficult to defeat the proposal. The Senate might be more favorable to the bill than the House, expanding the numbers of individuals who can apply, Tancredo said.
The straw has fallen.
Wall, Hell. What we need are guard towers and razor wire w/land mines.
I say to them, they want to condemn our neighbors to the south in poverty, YES!! and I accept that type of isolationist and protectionist attitude.
Damn straight!!
They are too good to be prosecuted, they are too good for our law, and to question them is "bigotry" and "hatred".
If you don't belong here, then get out! Go fix your own godddamned country and stop whining you stupid mexicans!
Protected class my butthole.
My sentiments exactly. For Californians this has been a hot button issue for a long time. And I simply will no longer vote for politicians who aid and abet this Politically Correct treason.
I mean, that's against the law.
"WE" will have to take those..
Anything, just tell me.. green, purple..?
You name it!
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Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus Working Toward Sound Immigration Policies for America Chairman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) |
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Immigration Reform Caucus' Background and Agenda "Its not a crime to be in the U.S. illegally. Its a violation of civil law." Immigration Reform Caucus Members for the 107th Congress Sovereignty of American borders resolution Congressional Immigration According to the Current Population Survey (CPS) conducted in March 2000 by the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 28.4 million immigrants living in the United States. This is the largest number of immigrants ever recorded in the nations history. It represents an increase of 43 percent just since 1990. Immigrants now account for 10.4 percent of all residents the highest percentage in 70 years. Of greater concern, is the documented estimate that more than 1.2 million legal and illegal immigrants combined now settle in the United States each year. (more) |
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Immigration Reform Caucus Fifty Members Strong (November 2, 2001)
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The goal here (as others have eloquently stated) is to turn the US into a third-world country, like all the other nations are (or soon will be).
Then the tyrants can have their UN standing army, UN taxes, and global domination. Right now, the only thing standing in their way is the US Constitution and millions of armed Patriots.
By importing foreigners with no loyalty to the Constitution, the traitors are diluting the support of that Constitution. Their objective is to achieve a numerical majority of "domestic enemies of the Constitution".
Their plan also expects those of us who will be in the minority (on the side of the Constitution) to simply roll over since "majority rules, right?". When that day comes, the choice will boil down to what is always has: "are we resolved to die as Free men or live as slaves"? How things turn out is anyone's guess.
Will I matter then?
Will you finally value my vote if I am a different color?
If that's the criteria, hell I will buy the paint tomorrow..
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