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.
There's lots more but I know you're still busy ironing your sheet and reading American Patrol.
Yes, when you're inside the crate of apples its easy to ignore your worms when you're surrounded by so many other with the same affliction.
Without defined citizenship, sovereignty means nothing.
Without sovereignty, your vote means nothing.
Without citizenship and sovereignty, your rights mean nothing.
We should consider granting amnesty only to those who have filed an income tax return (proving they paid taxes) that Americans are required to do and who have obeyed every other law including those requiring auto insurance. I don't think very many will be able to produce a tax return for every year they lived and/or worked in America.
There was no date when it was published but even the most "optimistic" forecast was that "maybe" that 10% of the Washington state apple crop would be automated in 8 years(2010).
Who picks the other 90% of the crop or would you let it rot on the tree?
Wow...a pro-illegal immigrant, who has run out of arguments, pulls out the race card in a debate!
I'm SHOCKED!! SHOCKED, I tell you!
My "worms" are illegal immigrants---and they make it completely difficult for me to ignore them. Maybe if they would stop throwing dirty diapers in the street and spoke in English, I could ignore them.
Let tell you, I'm Roman Catholic and I'm not the least bit offended even if it's true. This country was founded and made great by the principles of British Protestant heritage. Like it or not, that's a fact. I thank them that they let my ancestors in. But if they want to preserve the culture they created, I don't blame them one bit. Immigration is one thing, but every nation has a right to its way of life, and the rule of law is ours, as well as speaking English. It's been said a million times to you and every other illegal alien bleeding heart, what part of illegal don't you understand?
Are you on drugs?
No, but based on all of your postings, I am willing to bet that you have had your fair share in your lifetime.
Uh the article you posted basically stated that "maybe" that 10% of the Apple crop could be totally automated. I guess it is alright with you if the whole crop rots on the trees.
Yep, but I stopped a long time ago.
You sound like I did a long time ago, especially with your reply #609.
Erm..no. But Americans would be harvesting these apples if they could only get hired...problem is, we are flooding this country with cheap labor and driving wages down. Companies won't pay Americans when they know they can entice cheaper labor to make that swim across the Rio Grande.
Yeah, that's right. Do these poor Mexican chaps a favor by letting pick your fruit for pennies on the dollar. After all, they're happy and we're happy, right? That is the condescending attitude which has, among a plethora of other problems, perpetuated the rift between Mexicans and Americans. Then they have children on our soil who grow up not understanding why their parents are treated like second class citizens when they work just as hard as any legal American. I can't blame some of them for despising us. It's not worth cheap apples.
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