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.
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.
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.
"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."
I'm all for that right after they are forced to leave the country and re-enter it legally. No visa = no guest worker. Otherwise, it's just semantics and hair splitting.....+
"I want to talk about another subject that's incredibly important for not only the border states, but all of America. And that's relations with our neighbors to the south, Mexico.
Mexico is a friend of America. Mexico is our neighbor. And we want our neighbors to succeed. We want our neighbors to do well. We want our neighbors to be successful. We understand that a poor neighbor is somebody that's going to be harder to deal with than a neighbor that's prospering. And that's why it's so important for us to tear down barriers and walls that might separate Mexico from the United States. And that's why it's so important for us to stand strong when it comes to free trade with our neighbors to the south.
NAFTA has been good for New Mexico, and it's been good for Mexico. And that's an important relationship that I pledge to continue on. I ask -- I ask for the Congress -- I ask for the Congress to give me trade promotion authority, so that we can not only have free trade with our neighbor to the south, so that we can have free trade throughout the hemisphere.
Oh, I know there's some voices who want to wall us off from Mexico. They want to build a wall. I say to them, they want to condemn our neighbors to the south in poverty, and I refuse to accept that type of isolationist and protectionist attitude. (Applause.)
And let me say one other thing, one other issue that's important. It speaks to the spirit of our nation. It speaks to whether or not we're going to be true friends with the neighbors to the south. And that's the issue of trucking. There are some people who say we shouldn't allow our friends to the south to send their trucks into the United States. I say that's discrimination against Mexico."
When Bush says he is not in favor of “amnesty” it does not mean he is not in favor of the current bill that passed the House that has been referred to as “amnesty”. “Amnesty” in immigration laws refers to a blanket granting of immigration status to those who have no basis for an immigration status. When Bush says he is against “amnesty”, this is what he refers to. Bush is in favor of the recently passed bill that has been called an “amnesty” but is actually a temporary extension of INA s.245(i). When someone has a legal basis for obtaining their residence (through employment or family relation) and a visa is available to them, they either adjust status under s. 245 or process at the consulate. If they ever had any kind of status violation, including having their visa lapse while the INS took forever in processing their paperwork, then they could not adjust and had to process at the consulate. 245(i) was on the books for many years without complaint of it being an “amnesty” but was permitted to lapse. 245(i) permitted someone who had a legal basis for immigration, but could not adjust status because of a status violation, to adjust anyway by paying a penalty and avoid having to go through the consulate. The lapsing of 245(i) would have just meant that these people would have had to process at the consulate back in their home country. However, they still had a legal basis for immigrating to the US. It was the lapsing of 245(i) together with the 1996 law changes on excludability that have created the problems. Under the excludability rules, a person who was out of status for 6 months could be excluded for 3 years. A person who was out of status for 1 year could be excluded for 10 years. Because of this, you have people who qualify for their residency but are unable to adjust status and if they processed at the consulate could be excluded for 3-10 years. The temporary extension of 245(i) allows these people who would otherwise qualify for their residency to legalize their status.
Yes, it is a matter of semantics. But this is why Bush will both state he is against “amnesty” yet be in favor of what the press is reporting as an “amnesty”. Personally, I think the estension of 245(i) is not an “amnesty” as has previously been granted since no new legal category is being created and those benefiting by this law change must have an already existing legal basis for being granted residency. 245(i) is vastly different from what Luis Gutierrez has proposed which truly can be considered an “amnesty”.
This businessman was concerned that Nixon had been SAYING that he was cooling to the idea of an opening to Red China to quell the uprising within the then very much more America-First rank and file Republican Party.
As reported years later, Nixon told the businessman
“DON’T LISTEN TO WHAT WE SAY: WATCH WHAT WE DO!"
It is my strong memory of THAT event which prompts me to post this graphic!
AS YOU READ THIS, IT APPEARS THAT BUSH, DASCHLE AND OTHERS ARE WELL DOWN THE ROAD TO USING THIS PAGE FROM THE NIXON PLAYBOOK!
Look, America – the IDEA not the PLACE – can only continue to exist if we heed the advice of the founding fathers (paraphrased here in the current vernacular for residents of Rio Linda), to wit:
“The Founding Fathers have determined that failure to WATCH politicians – ALL POLITICIANS (even those you may worship!) – is dangerous to the security of this nation and to the freedoms we paid such a heavy price to TRY to leave you and your children.”
“Government is not reason. Government is not eloquence. It is FORCE. And, like fire, it is a DANGEROUS SERVANT AND A FEARSOME MASTER.”
That from that notorious tinfoil hat wearing, radical wing-nut, George Washington.
