Immigration Reform on Bush Agenda

Washington Post ^ | December 24, 2003 | Mike Allen

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Lobbyists working with the White House said Bush is developing a plan that would allow immigrants to cross the border legally if jobs are waiting for them. The sources said the administration also wants to provide a way for some undocumented workers in the United States to move toward legal status.

Bush will try to make the plan more palatable to conservatives by including stricter entry controls, including increased use of technology at the border and steps toward better enforcement of current visa restrictions and reporting requirements, sources said.

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The White House plan is being designed by Bush's senior adviser, Karl Rove, in consultation with the domestic policy staff. Sources said the White House's biggest concern is that the new mechanism not penalize people who had followed the law and reward those who had not. McCain's plan, which was introduced in the House by Reps. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), tries to mitigate that problem by creating a new type of visa for previously undocumented workers who would be allowed to live in the United States legally for three years. Then the workers could apply for the temporary worker visa, which would be the path to a green card, or legal permanent residency. That would amount to a three-year advantage for those who entered legally.

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[azhenfud]

LEGALIZATION BY DEPORTATION, NOT BY LEGISLATION!

[Mr. Mojo]

plan that would allow immigrants to cross the border legally if jobs are waiting for them.

And just how would we know if jobs are waiting for these people unless we stop them at the border and they show us proof ......"proof" that could easily be forged. And since illegals rarely come in through the front door (where our border guards are situated) this "plan" will obviously not stop illegals from entering through their usual ports of entry.

[Finalapproach29er]

I wish he cared about me as much as he cares about Mexicans invading my country.

I'm tired of all the rationalizations for the invaders, and the total lack of respect for the law.

We should enforce our border exactly the way Mexico enforces their Southern border.

I wish there was an alternate candidate who would stand up to the invasion sympathizers.

[Mr. Mojo]

As long as companies bent on acquiring cheap labor fill the Republicrat coffers, and we have politicians all-too-willing to be bribed in this manner, nothing will change.

[Sabertooth]

Lobbyists working with the White House said Bush is developing a plan that would allow immigrants to cross the border legally if jobs are waiting for them. The sources said the administration also wants to provide a way for some undocumented workers in the United States to move toward legal status.

Here it comes.

For those playing at home...

"undocumented workers" = Illegal Aliens.

"legal status" = Amnesty.

Bush will try to make the plan more palatable to conservatives by including stricter entry controls, including increased use of technology at the border and steps toward better enforcement of current visa restrictions and reporting requirements, sources said.

If true, the President is either badly advised, or seriously deluded.

Amnesty for Illegals is absolutely unpalatable, not only for conservatives, but also for most Americans.

The White House plan is being designed by Bush's senior adviser, Karl Rove, in consultation with the domestic policy staff.

Who knew? Can we get rid of him yet?

Sources said the White House's biggest concern is that the new mechanism not penalize people who had followed the law and reward those who had not.

Simple solution (in Rove-thought): reward Illegals while not penalizing law-abiding immigrants.

Logical consequence (in harsh reality): more Illegals.

[azhenfud]

They're both prostitutes - political and corporate. They'll sell their souls for the moment's morsel.

[farmfriend]

Thanks, Sabertooth!

[azhenfud]

I will never vote for ANYONE who endorses criminal justification for Illegaliens. Including BUSH. PERIOD.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

Bush will try to make the plan more palatable to conservatives by including stricter entry controls, including increased use of technology at the border and steps toward better enforcement of current visa restrictions and reporting requirements, sources said.

Sorry, heard it all before, not buying

Can someone in the Republican party, preferably a conservative please step up to the plate and give us a choice to vote for?

[GeronL]

Gee, Mr President... Have you never heard of the H1B Visa Program?

[11B3]

The administration needs to spend some time reading these threads. And the president needs to be rid of Rove. (No, America needs to be rid of Rove, IMHO.)

The immigration issue is the one area that gets failing grades from me on president Bush. Another reply above touched on this: if there were a truly conservative candidate who would reduce the size of the FedGov, secure the borders, and bring this nation back to using the Constitution as the standard by which all laws are written, I'd vote for that person.

[Torie]

What you might be missing, is that if folks come in under some system, after which they leave, that leaves less jobs for the illegals. Even if the folks pre vetted south of the border, and in the US, don't leave, it at least might create a more rational system as to who gets the jobs that the economic imperatives demand go to Hispanics who don't speak English very well. In short, while not reducing the Hispanic influx, it might improve the quality. We shall see.

In any event, the idea that folks qualified to do "available" jobs in the US that live in Mexico, and can increase their wage by a factor of five, won't fill them, is in the end, an errant idea, whatever the laws, unless employers start going to jail in large numbers.

[Shermy]

Lobbyists working with the White House

Well, it's true. Lobbyists are writing the laws. Not even shy about it.

[GeronL]

Again. This and the spending spree is why I am not a Republican.

[GeronL]

Again. This and the spending spree is why I am not a Republican.

[Shermy]

Lobbyists working with the White House

Well, it's true. Lobbyists are writing the laws. Not even shy about it.

[mhking]

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Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[deport]

Can someone in the Republican party, preferably a conservative please step up to the plate and give us a choice to vote for?

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They best hurry as primary filing dates are fast approaching in some of the early voting states. Otherwise it's 2008.........