A FReeper's Guide To Immigration Reform

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The President's Speech on Immigration Reform given on January 7th, 2004 has many far reaching proposals which if enacted into law, will shape the future of America for generations to come.

It is the first such immigration reform initiative by any president since Ronald Reagan granted amnesty to illegal immigrants living in the United States in 1986.

President Bush's immigration reform initiative would provide immediate and significant legal protections and rights for any illegal immigrants now living in the United States providing they inform the government of their presence here by legally registering it with the .

Significant benefits and privileges, including an opportunity for U.S. citizenship, would be granted to these immigrants as a result of their cooperation.

Since at least ten million illegal immigrants already living in the United States are eligible for the president's proposal, and since deporting that large of a population back to their home countries is largely considered physically impractical, this solution is seen as the "best-case" solution to the immigration problem by many Americans.

Also embedded into the president's proposal are far reaching changes that are considered by many Americans to be "giving away the farm." The cost of absorbing millions of illegal immigrants all at once and the impact and precedent it could create for future illegal immigrations are believed by many other Americans to far outweigh the benefits of legitimizing these millions of immigrants.

The political, economic, and social impact of President Bush's initiatives will affect the United States for at least the remainder of the 21st Century.

The crisis of illegal immigration affects each and every American, and the longer the crisis goes unanswered, the worse it will become.

It is for this reason that the nation must now put their differences aside and work together for the combined good of all Americans, from all walks of life, and from all political and economic persuasions.

Current FR link reference on President Bush's Immigration Reform Initiative will be update on a regular basis.

President George W. Bush's speech on immigration delivered on Jan. 7, 2004 follows:

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I am a Desert Minuteman with the New Mexico Border Watch.

NM FReepers don't do nothing about nothing, but just diddle with their keyboards.

Any out-of-staters with hanging nads insead of hanging kidneys, Come on down!

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Teen jobs & illegals

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Fox sends more troops into violence-torn Nuevo Laredo (Mexico)

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Democrats focus on Latino partnerships

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(Illegal) Alien roundup provokes Huckabee scolding

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Mexicans pose Social Security drain

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DNC leader Dean addresses Texas Hispanics

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Stop hiring illegals

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Washington's Failed Latin America/Caribbean Relations

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Picket Expected For Newspaper's Alleged Anti-Immigrant Cartoon (Updated)

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Border Patrol Agents Blast Politicians' Strategy - California Checkpoints Questioned

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Bush: 'Guest worker' plan will benefit U.S. employers

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Immigration reform seen as a tough sell for Bush

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Day labor center proposal stirs national debate - Illegal Alien Labor At The Center

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NAFTA, CAFTA, and the WTO

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Kilgore backs detention of illegal aliens - denounces funding for immigrant day laborer centers

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Illegal Immigration Costs Florida $4.3 Billion a Year, Report Says

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Costs of Illegal Immigration to Texans[Senators Threaten Immigration Amendments to War Bill]

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THE COSTS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO CALIFORNIANS

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The costs of illegal immigration are huge

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Costs of illegal immigration should show Americans the need for reform

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Cost of illegal immigration in California estimated at nearly $9 billion (VERY INFORMATIVE!!!)

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Idaho County to Use Racketeering Law to Recoup Illegal Immigration Costs(FINALLY)

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Top court okays mass deportations

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Citizenship Reform Act of 2005 HR 698 IH - to deny citizenship at birth to children whose parents are not citizens

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U.S. court won't block Ariz. immigrant law that denies some public benefits to illegal immigrants