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.
That sounds like a good idea. I might do the same. I will never vote for GWB again.
I'll admit it. You were right, we were wrong.
This question was not directed towards me, but I'll answer it anyway. One word: NO
Seems to be the case. As Buchanan once stated, "the differences between the two beltway parties are inconsequential". I think that about sums it up.
Why don't you come on down here to Arizona and take it up personally with this grunt and my jarhead bro Marine Inspector?
You're proof positive that Arizona should close its northern borders to snowbirds as well. You know what we call you when you flock off to the north in spring? Cowards. You, piss ant, wouldn't last 48 hours in the Sonora Desert. Even in the winter time.
It is not widely voiced around, but the drug scum just a few miles south of my hacienda have a standing $250,000 reward for anyone who can prove they offed a Border Patrol, INS, or DEA agent. Anybody like Marine Inspector who stays in those jobs has big brass balls. Me, I just show the Army's shooters where to go to kill people and break things. You, on the other hand, are undoubtedly hung like a bull field mouse.
If you would like to make a rebuttal, feel free to come visit me in Cochise County. I'll give you the special guided tour of the OK Corral.
I didn't know breaking federal laws were a family value.
How about pushing congress to pass the ban on partial-birth abortion that you promised you would sign?
It's pretty clear, we are no longer being represented by these corrupt politicians that live in guarded, gated, secure, wealthy communities. All they see is the almighty dollar, cheap labor and business that loves both.
For our leaders and politicians to allow this to happen to our country is nothing short of treasonous. As they turn around and have the nerve to routinely, and incrementally raise our taxes and demand that tax paying citizens play by the rules and abide by the laws as they continue to regulate our freedoms away.
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