Bush's Amnesty Plan Triggers Jump in Illegal Immigration

HUMAN EVENTS ^ | January 27, 2004 | Joseph A. D'Agostino

[sarcasm]

Beginning two to three days after President Bush proposed a plan that would allow illegal aliens to stay in the United States on renewable three-year work visas -- a plan that critics describe as an amnesty in disguise -- the number of illegal aliens caught trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border jumped dramatically, says a spokesman for the union representing Border Patrolmen.

In the San Diego sector of the border "we have two to three times the number we had a few weeks ago," Senior Border Patrol Agent Shawn Moran told HUMAN EVENTS. Moran is spokesman for the local San Diego chapter of the National Border Patrol Council, the patrolmen's union.

"In one place, we have eight times," said Moran.

Asked if this could just be a seasonal increase, Moran replied, "We usually get something of an increase at this time of year, but nothing like this." The trend showed no signs of abating, he said.

Moran says he is certain Bush's plan is motivating the illegal aliens who have caused the spike in illegal border crossings. "Because 95% of the people we're catching say that's why," Moran said. "They say they're coming for the amnesty. A lot of these people have not been caught before. They have no immigration histories."

Moran also said the Bush proposal has caused a change in the urgency and demography of illegal border crossers. "We're catching them repeatedly throughout the week," Moran said. "They're desperate to get this amnesty even though we told them it's only a proposal. . . . We're catching more women and children than we have since 1999."

Moran said that he and his fellow agents oppose Bush's immigration proposal. "I have yet to find a single Border Patrol agent that thinks it's a good idea," said Moran. He noted that many illegal aliens transformed into guest workers are likely to have children while working in the United States. Those children, he said, would be American citizens, meaning their parents would almost certainly never be deported but would instead stay here for life.

He said that illegal immigration could be brought under control if the federal government wished to do so. "What's lacking is the political will to do it," he said.

Moran said the Border Patrol union is preparing a lobbying effort to stop the proposal.

[DLfromthedesert]

FYI

[glock rocks]

LOL. I'm the incarnation of Lazamataz's old tagline...

blindly responding to a post without reading the article.

DUH!

thank you.

[DLfromthedesert]

No, you didn't. I was pinging you to another thread with the info. I'm not proficient at doing it the other way around.

[glock rocks]

LOL! Oh dear. It's worse than I thought :o)

OMG, that's the best laugh I've had at myself in the last year! Oh boy, now, I'll read the article. after I catch my breath.

(In Orwellian, I feel double-plus stupid. LMAO.)

[glock rocks]

"illegal immigration could be brought under control if the federal government wished to do so. "What's lacking is the political will to do it,"

It's beyond focus groups and opinion polls. The public is set against amnesty of any ilk. Sadly, it's time to pull in the strings and hold the necessary feet to the fire.

...and Nixon went to China.

just damn.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

The essence of this argument is the dissolution of the United States as a nation. Surrendering control of borders has already handed the future of this country over to forces outside of our laws. I believe I read the flood of all immigration into this country has increased 70 per cent in about ten years. It is rapidly making the nation ungovernable because the cost to control the mess created by this invasion cannot be borne by taxpayers.

We are rapidly becoming an ungovernable country in which foreigners have every advantage and so-called "citizens" bear every burden.

Every American city in which illegal immigrants have congregated has nearly insurmountable social, criminal, educational and health problems because of it. The media won't talk about it but it's there and it's true.

If illegal immigration was good for this country, we'd be seeing its benefits in cities from El Paso to Los Angeles where the hordes congregate. The truth is, those places are becoming un-American, blighted, gang-ravaged and dangerous communities exactly like those of the third world.

If we do nothing, America goes away...SOON! Our patriots of old would be rolling in their graves to know they sacrificed so much so sovereignty would be surrendered by cowards of this era.

It is not "compassionate" to allow people to break the law. It is not "compassionate" to ask taxpayers to provide medical care for trespassers when the taxpayers cannot afford the same medical care themselves. It is not "compassionate" to turn American cities into third-world crapholes because the people in charge are being paid off by exploiters of human labor. It is not the president's job to be "compassionate" to those who break the law. He is the top cop and he should be throwing the bastards out of the country according to the federal law he has sworn to uphold.

Deportation is not only possible, it is the only solution to the problem. The moment a serious and massive deportation begins, many illegals will leave voluntarily and we will be on the road toward recovering a legal foundation and our sovereignty. Seventy per cent, or more, of the American people want illegal aliens thrown out. They would be glad to assist our government in enforcing this activity.

Illegal immigration is wrong, it's immoral, it's unlawful and it will ultimately and certainly destroy the United States of America if it is not stopped. There is simply no viable alternative to stopping it if we want to survive as a nation.

[lainde]

bttt

[taxed2death]

Dane, Dane, Dane.....where to begin......

How about the hundreds of small businesses (legit, I might add), that have been put out of business in my stat of CT in the last 3 years BECAUSE OF ILLEGALS!!!!!!
They don't count?....lets just "screw these taxpayers and reward scofflaws who hire illegals who pay no taxes".....nice plan.....


You might want to move south a country or two....seems you'd be better off on the other side of the border amigo.....

Try again....your true colors are showing now........

[taxed2death]

Some people here actually would prefer a country ruled by law....as opposed to your "selective law enforcement"....which is only fair to a a few....

Stop with the stupid euphamisms....stick to the facts.....oh, wait, but then you would have no argument....sorry....

[Mr. Mojo]

Gee, who could've predicted this?

[taxed2death]

THANK YOU!!!!!
Another small businessperson, who is getting the SHAFT, by NOT hiring illegals!!!

I "feel for ya", honestly....you're getting screwed by your own government for trying your darndest to obey the law....

See, Dane needs to stop by and visit planet Earth once in a while....then maybe he'd see the light......

[american spirit]

Thanks for the heads-up. It's getting pretty obvious that a lot of the people on this forum don't know the difference between a constitutional republic vs. a banana republic.

[RiflemanSharpe]

GWB and Rove (Wormtongue) did the think that this would be as big of a hornets nest as it is. We need to keep the pressure up.

[Wolfie]

Party before country.

Well put.

[rrrod]

i agree ...but if the RAT candidate hits this hard we may have a big problem....bush, while i support him could lose on this issue alone

[RiflemanSharpe]

We need to make them aware of the fact that this shamnesty is a show stopped for a good number of us.

[jimt]

The problem is, neither the businesses nor the immigrants pay the full costs of immigration - the massive increase in educational costs from the influx of non-English speaking and special-needs children, the increase in crime, the increase in uninsured people needing health-care, etc.. Illegal immigrants don't generally earn enough to pay significant amounts of state tax; which means the rest of us pick up these costs. Thanks, but I'd rather see the meat-packing industry and the hotel industry pay higher wages to hire native-born Americans, and pay the higher prices for meat and hotel rooms, than pick up the tab in my tax bill.

Perfectly said and exactly correct.

[jimt]

That's Amnesty.

Naw, it depends on what the meaning of "is" is !!!

What utter horsepoop the "not amnesty" folks are trying to sell. I thought we got rid of that with Klinton.

[JustPiper]

Ping!