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.
BS and you know it. You are the one who supports tax evasion by keeping these workers underground.
Sad, but true. Jorge Bush is betraying the people who worked so hard to elect him. White males overwhelmingly voted for Bush and this is how he repays us.
Complaining and moaning that hard working people and a vibrant Mexican economy is bad for America and for the American economy.
Hell no, that is why criminal background checks are part of the bill coming up for a vote on Tuesday.
Well gee if they are not working underground they are paying taxes.
Bring in local police as Florida is asking.
When a government no longer cares what its citizenry thinks, it has become a TYRANNY
Whatever happened to the battle cry of, "No taxations without representation"? The Demopublicans and Republicrats tax us plenty, and then ignore our wishes. How is that different than 1776?
Really? You are the one who is naive and alarmist, IMHO.
Huh, you never answered the question in reply #366, what is wrong with people working and having a vibrant economy south of the border?
If Mexicans are such hard-working people, why isn't Mexico a paradise? If Mexicans are such hard-working people, shouldn't they stay home and improve their homeland? If the Mexican economy is so vibrant, why are 18 MILLION of them in the USA cleaning toilets?
Try to use your head, please.
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