Posted on 01/12/2004 9:37:51 AM PST by Happy2BMe
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:
President Fox won't rest until Canada, US, Central and South America are one nation.
I have tried to address this whole problem with balance (yet with a firm determination to discuss frankly the ethnic questions which the Left in Academia has been trying since the 1920s to suppress), in order to put the essential factors before the student debater, in Chapter 15 of the Debate Handbook: Immigration & The American Future. It is packed full of points that the President refuses to acknowledge even need be considered at all. While mankind has throughout history often followed leaders that ignored reality; reality always emerges in the end with terrible consequences. Frankly, I do not believe that we dare continue to support this type of "leadership."
William Flax
Fear?
1) The loss of American jobs to illegal aliens who will work for less, bringing down wages in most industries.
2) American workers in the construction jobs and other similarly paid industries will have to compete with illegals who will work for minimum wage, so they won't be hired.
3) Bush's proposal will encourage millions more to come.
Anger?
1) American taxpayers have to pay for medical care, welfare, schooling, etc. etc. for illegal aliens. The employers won't help with medical coverage when they know the state will pay it.
2) More American cities will resemble Mexican colonias, with all the mess they bring with them. This has already happened in many California communities.
3) Loss of sovereignty of the U.S. - We have a President who doesn't respect U.S. laws and refuses to enforce existing immigration laws. Americans have to obey the laws, but illegal aliens don't.
4) Any kind of amnesty, no matter what they call it, is an insult to those immigrants who cared enough about our country to apply legally and waited their turn.
I find it strange that you don't have any of the same concerns about America.
Pat did, too.
And of course Pat was right. He got crucified for being right. No one is supposed to speak the truth anymore, it's not politically correct.
Umm, Bush tried to ram 245(i) amnesty through Congress and it was defeated in committee after a firestorm of public opposition. That btw was modest compared to what's being proposed here.
Not saying nothing will pass eventually, but it won't be anything near this monstrosity.
I believe the horror of this illegal problem transcends politics, and I agree with you we can't support a President who refuses to see the danger to the American way of life if open borders continues, and amnesty is given out like Popsicles.
However, I will not vote for a Democrat.
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