Posted on 04/01/2006 9:31:11 AM PST by stm
Ex-president Bill Clinton offered a partial endorsement of President Bush's guest worker immigration reform plan Friday night, saying his successor had some "good idea[s]" on how to solve what he described as "an exceedingly complicated" problem.
"I think the president has a good idea in terms of wanting to give people a path to citizenship and have increased border enforcement," Clinton told CNN's "Larry King Live."
"That's also the idea behind the bill sponsored by Senator McCain and Senator Kennedy in the Senate," he added.
Clinton criticized the Bush plan as too lax in one regard, saying: "I don't think this guest worker program that the president supports should be totally unlimited . . . I think if there's just no limit on it then it's going to be very difficult for us to enforce the existing labor laws."
The former president blasted HR 4437, the immigration reform plan passed by the House that would build a border fence and deny some benefits to illegals already in the country. "I think the House provisions have by and large been too punitive," he told CNN.
Clinton did, however, warn that lax border enforcement posed a national security risk, contending that the current policy "does give people an opportunity to disguise themselves if they're terrorists and also to run drugs across, which does happen."
Coincidentally, Clinton seems to agree completely with Hillary on this issue.
I wouldn't let that freak behind me.
Yippee - bill clinton's support. Great. Just fan-freaking-tastic.
Internationalists, all.
well. so much for that proposal, the kiss of death has been applied.
So what's so surprising.
They are "brothers" after all.
Clinton did, however, warn that lax border enforcement posed a national security risk, contending that the current policy "does give people an opportunity to disguise themselves if they're terrorists and also to run drugs across, which does happen."
Question for Bill: What did you do about this when you were President? Nothing? Then shut up!
.....wonder how this sits with the k00laid krowd.
Oops, does that mean the RATS are going to have to come around to more sensible thinking?
If Bubba is for it, it's no good for America!
Of course he does. Seems all the self-absorbed, self-proclaimed elite, who infest our political processes, have one thing in common in their panic to satiate their greed and lust for power over others and that is the destruction of this republic.
We have the Stupid Party and the Corrupt Party joining hands to sing Feliz Navidad. The Stupid Party brings in more illegals in the retarded hope that they'll vote Stupid Party.
The Corrupt Party cheers on the morons in the Stupid Party in order to actually gain the illegal votes of the
Illegals.
Stupid is, as Corrupt encourages.
THAT is proof illegal immigration is wrong!!! Just knowing that Clinton and Bush are on the same side, is bad news for Americans!!
Bill wants to get them in the field..especially the
females...wonder why?????????? Jake
Don't ya just love it when a plan comes together?
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