George W. Bush: No Amnesty for Immigrants - "There's going to be no amnesty"

Associated Press ^ | August 23, 2001 | By SANDRA SOBIERAJ

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[uncbob]

"There will be no blanket amnesty for illegals. I've said that point blank. I will say it as many times as I need to say it."

Is this his version of "READ MY LIPS NO NEW TAXES " ?

[america-rules]

Rush said earler that the bill passed yesterday wasn't amnesty and it was a visa extension because the INS is too inept to process the paperwork on time?

[Uncle Bill]

[KC_Conspirator]

Thank God. I don't mind some sort of work exchange program, but blanket amnesty is just rewarding law breakers. Becoming an American has to have some meaning and cheapening the process cheapens what it means to be American. I have many friends who immigrated here legally and go through all the pains of becoming American; such as dealing with lawyers, paying the damned fees, doing the mountains of paperwork, and working their duffs off. Its bunk that people would just step in front of line.

[Uncle Bill]

Yes.

[Uncle Bill]

Read the date of the article.

[Shermy]

I guess the Repub establishment is responding to our e-mails.

No blanket amnesty. Oh, I see.

Asked about his pending decision, Bush told reporters he was consulting with Mexican officials on a worker program ``that will legalize the hard work that's taking place now in America.''

Oh, the "hard" work. Goodbye middle class construction workers, truckers, etc. You were just another blip in history.

[ThinkLikeWaterAndReeds]

Is this his version of "READ MY LIPS NO NEW TAXES " ?

This is a new Bush. I have faith in him more than any president we've had in recent years.

[Shermy]

I guess the Repub establishment is responding to our e-mails.

No blanket amnesty. Oh, I see.

Asked about his pending decision, Bush told reporters he was consulting with Mexican officials on a worker program ``that will legalize the hard work that's taking place now in America.''

Oh, the "hard" work. Goodbye middle class construction workers, truckers, etc. You were just another blip in history.

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

"So long as there's somebody who wants to hire somebody and somebody willing to work, it seems like to me it's in our nation's interests to make sure the two go together," he said

I believe that the unemployment rate measures the percentage of natives willing to work. At last count it was over 5%, meaning that around 6,000,000 of our own were actively looking for work. Let's give work to our fellow Americans. It's good for America and, above all, it's good for the environment AND the children.

[Sabertooth]

George W. Bush:

"There will be no blanket amnesty for illegals. I've said that point blank. I will say it as many times as I need to say it."

Depends on what the definition of "blanket" is.

Clinton Redux.

13,000,000 - 1 = "no blanket amnesty."

[KC Burke]

FYI

[mattdono]

Response from Illegal Immigrants: "We don't need no stinkin' amnesty!"

[jimt]

Bump for an excellent article by Feder.

[AMERIKA]

retro-active?

[Sabertooth]

"No blanket amnesty."

The transparent talking points are coming straight from the top.

Spin Cycle II

[glc1173@aol.com]

""There will be no blanket amnesty for illegals. I've said that point blank. I will say it as many times as I need to say it."

"Is this his version of "READ MY LIPS NO NEW TAXES " ?

245(i) isn't "amnesty" - at least not for the typical illegal alien!

First of all, the average illegal - a Mexican border-skipper - just doesn't legally qualify. (How many of them are married to dumb gringas anyway?) 245(i) is a boon for Asians who overstayed student visas and married dumb Americans - but not to Mexicans who entered illegally to start with and also lack the required family ties.

IMMIGRATION resource library - with public-health facts of immigration!

[slouper]

ditto