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 schools are so destroyed that I doubt our kids' future productivity as well.
Hello what world do you live in??Those ILLEGAL Immigrants are working OFF THE BOOKS they are not paying taxes and making them legal will not change that ..it just means they will not have to duck the immigration folks..
These folks are a net loss to our National budget..they suck up tax dollars in medical services and in the schools , other social programs..
$10.00 a head for lettace..well my clients used to go pick it for less than minimum wage .
I have no problem allowing seasonal labor into the country..tracked and returned home at the end of harvest..But I do not want them freely roaming the country, and sucking up our Social Services (which they will be able to do once they are LEGAL)
Nope---all this current crop has is the ability to forge documents, collect welfare payments, raise our automobile insurance rates (uninsured/underisured coverage), have ten million babies at taxpayer expense, etc. etc.
Based on her ramblings tonight it appears her prejudices don't extend to her tequila.
As long as Nations keep Sovereignty to any significant level, the Globalism won't work. The attack right now is from an overwhelming number of fronts --- The International Criminal Court, BioSpheres, WorldWide "PeaceKeeping Missions", ALL of the U.N. Programs, and more too numerous to list.
This is an interesting point. But for Globalism to work, it cannot rely just on carrots; it needs a stick - and so far, that stick has been the USA and its armed forces. For the time being the NWO types have to pretend that US armed forces are being used in the interests of the US - a difficult pretense to keep up, at times. Although the 911 was a godsend for them since they can pass off a lot of interventions now as "fighting terrorism".
The sh!t really hits the fan when/if the USA implodes or cannot fund its military commitments anymore, and when/if the UN starts keeping its own military assets, independent of any one country.
I was speaking of immigration in general in that comment. I doubt very much that FedGov will stand for an employer not taking payroll deductions on the wages of US citizens. Tax evasion is a major bust.
The problem with illegal immigration is not that labor costs too much; it is that growers compete in a commodity market. If one grower can outdo another by using illegal labor, then his profits will increase. Inevitably, all growers must do the same thing to survive. As recent studies show, illegal immigration is driving down the wages of millions of Americans, while at the same time increasing their taxes. To stop this downward spiral we must control the borders and police the work site as well.
Your $10 lettuce doesn't add up.
I'll say one thing though, you have a lot of energy (stubborn). How long have you been on this board?
It's no secret to me. I live above Silicon Valley as a fourth generation Californian. I worked in manufacturing there for years.
Talking to yourself again, Danevogado?
That's about where I'm at, too.
These guys might be worth a look: Constitution Party
Take a look at the immigration plank of their platform.
Before anyone asks, no I am not a member of that party.
We've never been asked if we agree to mass immigration. And they never will. They know what the answer would be. No one supports this but those in Washington and the illegal aliens pouring in.
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