Bush Would Give Illegal Workers Broad New Rights

The New York Times ^ | January 7, 2004 | ELISABETH BUMILLER

[christiankungfu]

Thank you George Bush.

Thanks for pandering to the Hispanic vote for the upcoming election at the expense of national security and the welfare of our children.

Thanks for slapping legal immigrants in the face...thisewho did their paperwork, waited their turn, and came to this country legally to make a better life for their families.

Thanks for rewarding criminals who cut ahead of law abiding people, sneak into our country, steal education and medical benefits from citizens who pay for them, avoid taxes themselves, and send our money back to Mexico.

Thanks for allowing another loophole certain to be exploited by those meaning harm to the U.S., similar to the Saudi immigration loophole which allowed 15 of 19 9/11 hijackers to illegally enter the country.



Besides the obvious slap in the face to those entering legally, it is also estimated that this move will add an additional 350 billion dollar burden to Social Security over the next 20 years.
So you can look forward to our PonziScheme Congress resolving this problem by RAISING your retirement age again....OR by raising the tax ceiling on income.

Our kids will be so proud of us!

Thank you so much George Bush. And additional thanks to all the blind sheep conservatives clamming up and going with the party.
Democratic Lite....raise a glass and ring in the dangerous socialist state!

[searchandrecovery]

Amnesty for illegals de-values American citizenship even more. Why not just start paying welfare and providing free healthcare directly to people living in Mexico? Shoot, throw in some retirement income, too.

[hedgetrimmer]

If they are going to combine countries and erase borders then the constitutional thing to do would to have a bill introduced in Congress to make Mexico the 51st state. That way it is legal, we can have some public discourse on the topic with our representatives, and Mexico will have to assume some responsibility for its people. It will make their abundant resources available to all Americans(including the newly minted citizens). And they can open schools in their own towns, collect property taxes in their own towns and maybe Mexico will clean up a bit.

[hedgetrimmer]

We could also begin to send their sons and daughters to Iraq to help defend us all against international terrorism.

[Mamzelle]

I get requests for money almost every day from GW--wonder if these envelopes could be used ...

Like, "Please forward all campaign contribution requests to your new constituency-- Illegal immigrants"

[Beck_isright]

"It's funny, but great nations usually commit national suicide. Rome did it; Greece did it; France (and at on time France WAS a great nation) did it; Britain did it; and we are now doing it. The only nation that has not done it, in its long history, is China."

Well said.
At 2:45 p.m. today, Nero begins to fiddle.

[Beck_isright]

"We could also begin to send their sons and daughters to Iraq to help defend us all against international terrorism."

We already have been doing that. The citizenship for military service program has been in effect for a couple of years now.

[Centurion2000]

Bush, say goodbye to my vote if this passes. Republican party say goodbye to me if you are idiots enough to get this pass.

[Centurion2000]

The only nation that has not done it, in its long history, is China."

They just have bloody civil wars

[Wolfie]

On the other hand, it is stunning that there is a whole economy that the Feds aren't trying to get their hands in somehow. How hard can it be to match jobs to willing workers? Don't minimimum wage laws apply everywhere in the U.S.?

[expatguy]

Bush might as well strap on a TNT belt and walk into RNC headquarters and blow himself up if he follows through with this act of stupidity.

Vincente Fox must have convinced him that he has 8 million Latina virgins waiting for him upstairs.

[expatguy]

"Laws?? We don't need no stinkin laws."

[searchandrecovery]

We could also begin to send their sons and daughters to Iraq to help defend us all against international terrorism.

Yep.

Too many obligations to being a U.S. "citizen" - income taxes, inheritance taxes, social security contributions, etc. It's almost like there's more benefits to being illegal.

I wonder how hard it would be to be an expat in one's own country? Lose the ssn, make up a new name, get a matricula card, open a bank account, get a drivers license, goto the hospital for free, get welfare, start working under-the-table. Doesn't sound too hard.

[Reactionary]

I'm so angry about this proposal I can't see straight.

If playing by the rules gets you so little, and breaking the law gets you so much, I can't think of a single reason why my participation in such a corrupt system is worthwhile.

If citizenship is to be extended to people who have done nothing to deserve it, citizenship is meaningless.

I will not vote for the Republican Party if they do this. Being an American citizen is not something to be granted to lawbreakers and opportunists.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Yet another step towards the coming Social War. "In declining states the leadership intuitively choses the most harmful course of action."-A Great Historian 1888