Posted on 01/08/2004 1:10:01 PM PST by Happy2BMe
I just want to comment on a few of the things that jumped out at me as I read the text of Bush's speech about the horrendous new immigration legislation he is going to propose.
To begin with, this line just chaps me...
"As a nation that values immigration and depends on immigration, we should have immigration laws that work and make us proud. Yet today we do not."
No, our immigration laws don't work or make us proud. You know why? Because we don't make an effort to enforce them. It's like telling your kid to clean his room, having him watch TV instead, and then having him look you in the eye and say, "you know the system we're using to get my room cleaned up just isn't working".
Here's more from Bush...
"Many undocumented workers have walked mile after mile, through the heat of the day and the cold of the night. Some have risked their lives in dangerous desert border crossings or entrusted their lives to the brutal rings of heartless human smugglers.
BUSH: Workers who seek only to earn a living end up in the shadows of American life, fearful, often abused and exploited.
When they're victimized by crimes they're afraid to call the police or seek recourse in the legal system. They are cut off from their families far away, fearing if they leave our country to visit relatives back home they might never be able to return to their jobs."
Yes, that's pretty much what happens to criminals everywhere isn't it? I mean even though a drug dealer works hard and does dangerous work, he can't very well call the police and tell them someone stole his crack can he? Of course, if he were in an honest profession or if the illegal aliens obeyed our laws, they wouldn't have this problem would they?
Then Bush tosses off this whopper about the border...
"First, America must control its borders. Following the attacks of September the 11th, 2001, this duty of the federal government has become even more urgent, and we're fulfilling that duty."
No, the government isn't "fulfilling that duty". We still have illegals, drug dealers, and probably terrorists pouring across our border because the Bush administration even after 9/11, will not commit the necessary resources and manpower to get the job done.
Then this paragraph begs an obvious question...
"Employers must not hire undocumented aliens or temporary workers whose legal status has expired. They must report to the government the temporary workers they hire and who leave their employ so that we can keep track of people in the program and better enforce our immigration laws. There must be strong workplace enforcement with tough penalties for anyone -- for any employer violating these laws."
...and that question is, "why can't we go ahead and do that NOW"? If we did this today, most of the people who are here illegally would go home because they couldn't find jobs. So why do we have to wait until after we've made all these illegals who don't respect our laws into citizens to do this?
Then there's this...
"The citizenship line, however, is too long, and our current limits on legal immigration are too low.
My administration will work with the Congress to increase the annual number of green cards that can lead to citizenship."
Our population is growing as it is and isn't unemployment higher than we'd like as it is? So why do we want to INCREASE the number of people flooding into our country legally?
Last but not least, Bush hit this theme several times...
"Reform must begin by confronting a basic fact of life and economics: Some of the jobs being generated in America's growing economy are jobs American citizens are not filling."
As Mark Krikorian explained in yesterday's National Review, those jobs would be filled by Americans if the illegals weren't driving down wages.
Does that not make perfect sense? I mean people get all up in arms about companies going overseas to get cheap labor, but when the cheap labor COMES HERE, those same people just assume that Americans "won't do those jobs". Sure they will, just not at the same price.
I can only hope that Congress fights Bush all the way on this bill and stops it cold. Giving illegal aliens legal status is only going to cause even more of them to flood across our borders to fill up our prisons, our schools, and leech off of our social services. Our government should be doing everything in its power to stop them instead of rewarding them for breaking our laws.
So do the Bush-Rove Amnistia rules apply ONLY to illegal immigrants already on US soil up to and including 7 January 2004? Up to and including the date of the passage in Congress? Up to and including WHEN?
I.e., illegals that stream in tomorrow, or next month, or a year from now, next year, or during the Dean Administration, whenever, etc. etc., (since we are not going to close the border overnight), are THEY ALSO eligible for Bush-Rove's plans?
If not, then How the Hell we will know when an Illegal Came Into the USA, since they are "undocumented?"
How the hell can you match "willing workers" with "willing employees" when the "willing worker" needs a drivers license to buy a car to drive to work...and drivers licenses are not to be given to non-legal residents?
For a legal immigrant right now in the US going through processing and additional interviews with INS in order to be legal, get Green Cards, he/she may be called upon to present even more federal documents or pay more fees. These are documents, background checks and processing fees NOT required of ILLEGAL ALIENS. And yet the President lied to us and said "those who came illegally should have no more benefit over those that came through legally." There's a blaring inequity right there!
There is a WHOLE SLEW of things this retarded crew in the White House never considered before they went ahead with this.
...and that question is, "why can't we go ahead and do that NOW"? If we did this today, most of the people who are here illegally would go home because they couldn't find jobs. So why do we have to wait until after we've made all these illegals who don't respect our laws into citizens to do this?
bump for a truism so simple, you weep at the knowledge that some continue to overlook it.
bump ;)
balderdash (for next time). we don't gotta do anything, 'cept vote patriot and vote our consciences, next time out.
i for one will not soon forget 7 January 2004
And the names they would call you, too! Sometimes it's best to just keep your opinions to yourself around here.
The next time you have a caller on the phone who thinks it's alright for these illegals to keep comming into this country, interrupt them after they have spoken only a few words. Then ask them to hang on while you take a call that just came in. When you return to them, repeat what you have just done and keep interrupting them and asking them to hang on while you take a call that just came in.
When they finally get pissed off and start letting you know about it, you can simply say "oh, I didn't think you had a problem with people jumping to the front of the line."
Tom Tancredo is America's "Numero Uno Point Man ! " in Congress on Illegal Immigration !
And a few of those hard working mexicans just working their fingers to the bone
And a super industrious car mechanic hard at it fixing a broken fan belt i bet !
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.