Posted on 03/15/2002 1:36:05 AM PST by JohnHuang2
U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday denied he was considering legalizing over three million undocumented Mexicans living in the United States, government news agency Notimex reported.
Speaking to reporters in Washington, Bush said he hoped to work with Mexico on the matter, but said he would follow the will of the U.S. people.
"I don't think the wish of Americans is for an amnesty," said Bush, who added he had spoken about the issue with President Vicente Fox.
Bush and Fox are to meet March 22 during the UN Conference on Financing Development in Monterrey, where they will discuss immigration and post-Sept. 11 border security.
Just days before the terrorist attacks, Fox reportedly had been close to inking a deal that would have granted legal status to an estimated 3.5 million undocumented Mexicans and worker visas to many more.
"We've been working very closely with Mexico," said Bush.
On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow thousands of Mexicans living in the United States to apply for visas without returning to Mexico. The bill now goes to the U.S. Senate.
Bush called the measure "a good step" and urged its fast approval as a show of good faith to its southern neighbor.
The hotel and restaurant industries had been pushing hard for the bill, arguing they would be short staffed if thousands of their Mexican employees were forced to return home to apply for visas.
"What we need to do is find a way to guarantee that the wishes of employers are in balance with those of the workers," said Bush.
Several Republican lawmakers, however, have voiced opposition to loosening any immigration laws before a top-to-bottom overhaul of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the U.S. Border Patrol.
Bush reiterated his administration's priority of achieving a safe and orderly border, and said he was confident he and Fox could agree on a plan.
"We've had a good dialogue and I don't think it's something that requires a law," said Bush.
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Some Jedi you turned out to be. What, now you're 'Emperor Fox's Hand'?
LOL.
Representative Tancredo was right in saying that Bush and the other pandering politicians were giving the law-abiding people that wish to immigrate to our country, LEGALY, are being given a slap in the face.
Bush, the other pandering politicians and fallen Jedi, like yourself, are literally calling them SUCKERS for not sneaking in, too.
Are you sure you're not a 'Nightsister' from 'Dathomir'?
LOL.
They are illegal aliens. They should be deported, not rewarded.
Speaking to reporters in Washington, Bush said he hoped to work with Mexico on the matter, but said he would follow the will of the U.S. people.
"I don't think the wish of Americans is for an amnesty," said Bush, who added he had spoken about the issue with President Vicente Fox.
It would appear that Bush has the facts and is beginning to feel the heat. But he has this big hang up with Mexico for some unknown reason.
We are going to have to hold him to his words. If he starts to sway on these statements, we need to contact him and our representatives and make him hold true to his words.
I'd sure like to believe it is possible. It certainly seems that he sees and acknowledges that this bill is against the will of the people:
"but said he would follow the will of the U.S. people. I don't think the wish of Americans is for an amnesty," said Bush."
I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Exactly what I was thinking. Let these restaurant owners that have been illegally hiring illegal immigrants have to compete with the restaurant owners that are hiring legal employees.
Ya got that right jorge arbusto, them's the breaks on that. The US people got no use for your buasiness as usual stealth amnesty word twistings.
And to the poor business owners who are basing their profits on exploting third world workers in this nation, guess you'll have to work smarter and harder then, and price yur goods and services more in line with a decent wage then using scared peons who will work for peanuts. Tuff ruck. I don't care about your mercedes payments and trips to monaco. I don't care if a hotel room costs 5$ more a night, or my chicken cost another 25 cents a bird, put americans to work first, and pay them a decent wage. And if ya can't figure out what some kinda very low level but livable decent wage is, open yuour local paper and look at what a very modest home costs, run some numbers online for a 20 year note, get those figures for payments, now what a decent running used car might cost, figure out some sort of nutrional monthly grocery bill, nothing extravagant, just enough food to eat on for a couple and two kids, add in some modest utuility bills and a few clams extra. Now do the math. THAT'S what a decent minimum "living" wage is in this nation, unless you really don't care about it., if you con't care if people are forced to live a dozen to a shabby apartment or live in their cars. That's the deal.
Now mr prez, how about you and dickie giving up using middle eastern islamic oil and quit those jobs and holdings you got and help get the US totally out of that region? totally as in buh bye raggyheads, have a nice millenium, c-ya later. And then mistah bush, what's up with enriching the chinese despots? Is this really a smooth move hauling all the US manufacturing to red china, including advanced IT high tech, and airplane high tech, and advanced machine tooling high tech, and stuff like that? so we can get what again, cheap crap at walmart? huh? Really mistah bush, that's 'smart'?
Sorry mistah bush, that ain't smart, it's short term profits traded for long term misery and disaster, you don't build up and enrich sworn enemies who have nuclear weapons and have vowed to oblitertate you when they can, and simultaneously destroy your own middle class with national policy. This is called 'stupid" mistah bush, lame when klintgula did it, just as lame when you do it.
We elcted an american president, a nations' business clerk - in -chief, not some lobbyist for internationally based big business as some sort of elected "super ceo" of profits at any cost. Consequences DO matter mistah bush. Hope you get to read this thread.
Lawful immigrants in a much slower and controlled manner-no problemskis! Zero, it's cool with me! Illegal lawbreakers by the millions annually? Federal government holding a gun to everyone's heads to steal money and then not do the job they are hired to do with said money, which is enforcing the laws on the books and defending the borders, and they don't do it? Nope, totally bogus.
And it has nothing to do with US racism, it has everything to do with rule of law, morals, ethics, oath of office, and national security.
Here'sa a thought, good ole george knows what so good for mexicans, why don't he resign, move to mexico, and run for office there? He can obviously do such a good job with them, then he can eliminate the middle man and get them to stayu home and "prosper' there.
Mexico is NOT a poor country, repeat NOT a poor country , it's a rich country with 99% of the wealth held in the hands of an hereditary oligarchy based on family and 'whiter' race castillian mexican heritage "lord and ladying" over the indian/mestizo heritage populations there.. THAT'S why mexico is in a shambles, THEIR ultra racism, totalitarian government, official corruption, officla incompetence in running their own affairs, and failure to acknowledge that the middle class is any nation's productive backbone, not to have just two classes of masters and serfs. Two class societies all suck, there has never been a decent two class nation. mexico has gone way out of it's official governmental way to NOT have a middle class in mexico beyond their bureaucrats and armed goons they have to keep the population cowed. It's not because we don't "allow" enough mexicans into this nation, in fact, that's making the obvious solution for mexican problems just be postponed, and three guesses what that solution is.. And the first two are not millions more into this country, or maintaining the status quo in mexico as it stands.
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