Posted on 03/24/2002 5:56:20 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo
2002/2/16-17:44:6
The Bush administration is pushing Congress to make good on the president's promise to grant amnesty to millions of Mexican workers living and working illegally in the United States. Bush is preparing once more to take up the matter with Mexican President Vicente Fox in Monterrey, Mexico, on March 22.
James W. Ziglar, commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, for weeks has been insisting the issue is alive. 'Some believe that our migration talks with Mexico have been forgotten in the wake of September 11. I assure you that is not the case,' he told a gathering of pro-immigration organization leaders at the National Immigration Forum Conference earlier this month.
Mr. Ziglar outlined the administration's goals earlier this month at the immigration forum conference, where he said that ranking State Department and INS officials have been meeting with 'high level Mexican officials' on amnesty and related immigration issues. The 'amnesty' is more of a point based guest worker program that would provide legal status, with points being awarded for certain qualities in the applicant. Enough points would qualify a person for a visa.
Those who would be most eligible for the program would be illegal workers who have been in the country for a long time, are employed, have family connections here, have passed background checks and have no criminal record. One question is whether the visas should be temporary or permanent. President Bush wants them to be permanent, in the form of Green Cards.
Others want to see something more like the H-2 temporary work visa, renewable indefinitely. As a compormise, others suggest that Mexican workers be given renewable, temporary work permits. After six to 10 years, the workers could be made eligible for permanent residency. The administration argues that the nation needs foreign workers to farm and garden and to do the menial hotel, restaurant and hospital jobs that many American workers disdain. They say their cheap labor benefits U.S. consumers by keeping down the cost of food and services. Of course, it is also important to recognize and treat fairly the Mexican nationals who have taken up residence in our country.
They're governing like the illegals are holding their families hostage and Mexico has 'THE' bomb.
In my neck of the woods, the going rate for illegal alien day laborers is $8 to $12 per hour. Cash.
As it now stands, GWB will need 2 Hispanic votes merely to neutralize (1) my lost vote and (2) my new vote against him in 2004. And he'll need yet a third to get what he thinks he's getting, which is a net increase via Hispanic support.
Where did Rove learn to count?
A:If Gore had proposed giving away American citizenship to 3.5 million Mexican felons, the RepublicRats on this website would be screaming bloody murder and protesting in front of the White House.
Sadly, I must agree. The demographic momentum is now too great. We have stepped off the cliff, and unlike a Road Runner cartoon we can't turn around and run back to safety.
IMHO, we have two possibilities. Either a Brazil-like nation where a few rich whites live behind walls and bodyguards while the mestizo masses run the country into the ground, or Super-Yugoslavia. I can't see the Happy Prosperous Diversity scenario or the Great White Awakening scenario taking place.
Boy, do I know how you feel!
How many years before Hispanics start behaving like blacks, and play the victim card rather than work? After the Oscars, I saw a woman from some Hispanic lobbying group complaining that there aren't enough Hispanics winning Oscars.
I guess after the Hispanics stop working, we'll have to import Chinese by the millions....
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