Posted on 05/19/2006 6:46:23 AM PDT by Irontank
I see. Another example of the Perpetually Pissed hysteric Validate-my-emotional-feelings-about-Immigration-don't- bother-me-with-facts-and-reality daily rants. That it is utter nonsense doesn't matter. It validates the Perpetually Pissed and that is all that matters. So what is it going to be Monday? 250,000,000? 300,000,000? 350,000,000. The number has all ready doubled THIS week. The ONLY thing going up faster then Education spending is Illegal Immigrantion guesstimates
I was out and about this morning and saw a printed small sign on a car next to me: "Immigration Bill -- Blame me I voted for Bush -- Sorry". I fear the driver isn't alone on in his feelings.
Amnesty is an automatic path to citizenship.
This is not an automatic path to citizenship.
This is a comprehensive pathway that will bring millions out of the shadows and into the light.
YUMA, AZ -- "First of all, in this debate there should be -- nobody should be given an automatic citizenship -- that's called amnesty. I oppose amnesty. Amnesty would be unfair to those who are here lawfully, to those who have played by the rules. Amnesty would undermine the rule of law. And amnesty would invite a further wave of illegal immigrants."
-- Pres. Bush
5/18/2006
BS
It is amnesty.
It is allowing illegals to continue their activities unabated, until they pay a fine. It removes none of them. It grants them rights and privileges. Thusly, it pardons their illegal actions. And that is amnesty.
You can parse and nuance and use 'linguist precision' (the new WH buzz phrase) but that is just lipstick on this pig.
Robert Rector, who authored the Heritage Foundation's study was with Senator Sessions at his press conference. Rector has said 217 million immigrants is unlikely over the next 20 years because he doesn't believe the guest worker caps will be hit every year (thereby triggering the automatic increases). This is an undeniable fact though...the way the Senate bill was set up (since amended), 217 million immigrants could be admitted over the next 20 years...this is not an estimate...it is the maximum number that could have been realized under that bill. Whether or not it was realized is where the estimates come in
Would it be much better if only 1/4 of the potential immigrants come to the US over the next 20 years? Would you be happy to have 50 million more low skilled aliens in this country? Exactly how does that benefit the American people as a whole?
I do get a chuckle out of people that do not learn from history. When the 1965 Immigration Act was passed (radically altering the low immigration policies the US had in place since 1924), Congressmen and Seantors assured the American people that the high estimates of immigrants should not concern them...they would never come to pass.
First our cities will not be flooded with a million immigrants annually. Under the proposed bill, the present level of immigration remains substantially the same…Second, the ethnic mix of the country will not be upset…Contrary to the charges in some quarters, [the bill] will not inundate America with immigrants from any one country or area, or the most populated and deprived nations of Africa and Asia
--Senator Ted Kennedy in advocating passage of the 1965 Immigration Act
Could this prediction have been more wrong on every count...and there are many more such quotes in the Congressional record. Don't be naive and don't get fooled again
My other post was sarcasm. I agree with you on this.
Heather Mac Donald: Bush's "illegals-must-wait-at-the-end-of-the-line" line is a con: by remaining in the country and jumping into the citizenship line, rather than the visa line, illegals have catapulted way ahead of law-abiding intending immigrants waiting in their home countries for a visa.
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George Borjas: ...illegals being granted relief will have to "wait in line behind those who play by the rules." As of last night, some Filipinos have been waiting since November 1, 1983. Somehow, I suspect that Bush's amnesty does not include a 23-year queue. In short, an untrustworthy and depressing sales pitch.
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