Posted on 06/23/2007 11:15:50 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Bush vows permanent ban on future illegal migrants Jun 23 01:49 PM US/Eastern President George W. Bush promised Saturday to permanently bar future illegal immigrants from the United States as he renewed his push for immigration reform, a centerpiece of his domestic agenda.
A revised reform package was reintroduced in the Senate this past week after its predecessor failed on June 7 to garner enough votes to cut off debate and move for final passage.
The collapse of the first proposal has prompted a personal intervention by the president, who went to Capitol Hill to plead for giving the bill a second chance.
But while he has succeeded in putting the proposal back on the Senate agenda, the legislation is facing strong opposition from both Republicans and Democrats, who argue that granting legal status to an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants will only encourage more people to sneak across the poorly guarded border.
In his weekly radio address, Bush sought to address these concerns, revealing for the first time that under the revised proposal, people crossing a US border illegally will not only be deported, but never allowed to enter the United States again.
"Under this bill, those caught crossing illegally will be permanently barred from returning to the United States on a work or tourist visa," the president stated.
He went on to assure Americans the new bill puts border enforcement first.
The measure contains 4.4 billion dollars to help the US Border Patrol hire more agents, build additional fencing, purchase infrared cameras and other technologies that help intercept illegal aliens.
"Only after these enforcement tools are in place will certain other parts of the bill go into effect," Bush said.
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Is there anyone here who believes a word of this?
Just say NO to Illegal Alien Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!
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BUSH IS A LIAR!
Reminds me of the Monty Python skit where he says he is really, really, very, very sorry. Too little too late amigo, the people don’t trust their gov’t anymore, dem or republicam. The gig is up Jorge
"STOP! Or I shall say STOP again!"
It would be funny if it weren't so frigging pathetic....
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Well, this really is a great idea! Let’s make a law forbidding illegal immigration.
Ah, there's the rub. They won't be caught and without a FENCE and some security on our side they'll keep on coming.
That said, he has no credibility on any subject, let alone immigration.
If Bush said the sun was in the sky I would have to go look. He's another KKKlintoon.
ROFL!!! Is this Scrappleface?
Just what I thought. Another bone.
A wall sounds like a permanent ban to me. Jorge has drank too much DC tap water.
No sale. Not on this issue.
Liar.
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There will have to be a significant effort made to deport the 12 million (20 million?) illegals already here before anyone will believe in and endorse any legislation from this President and Congress. Since that will never happen and they know it, the Federal Government Party is just going to have to force the bill through with no public support and thake their chances that they have the 2008 elections rigged well enough to deliver the results they want.
The "08" elections should be veeery interesting.
Good!
Don't let up now!! Keep the heat on the worms in the Senate.
That’s “permanent” or 18 months, whichever comes sooner.
No, Mr. President, you’re not a king.
...As soon as he waves his magic pen and turns all the current ones into "citizens"!
Bush is a liar and a traitor.
Its sad but true; nobody believes President Bush anymore when he says such things. Everything about his past actions and rhetoric says that he supports pretty much open borders with Mexico. I mean, does anyone expect the guy who coined (or at least made popular) the new platitude ‘family values don’t stop at the Rio Grande’ to follow through on such a promise?
After 7 years, its just too late. All of his credibility on the issue vanished a long time ago.
When Bush says he is going to bar “illegal immigrants FROM the Unites States” I can only assume that he means that Americans will not be permitted to escape by immigrating to other countries.
So it appears that once he finishes turning the country into a third-world craphole, no one will be allowed to leave.
The operative phrase here is "those caught crossing illegally", which means that once they get across without getting caught, they're home free just like the 20 Million already here.
Mr. President, you're playing word games with us and you shouldn't be playing a game you're not too good at..................
Until the next Democrat in charge orders the laws to be NOT enforced....
When you shut down a sancuary city, let me know, K?
Ditto.
He's lost it on the illegal issue.
If he could run for election again he'd not get my vote.
This fence should have been built 9/12/2001 before we went to war. I really wonder how stupid he thinks we are.
He has woken me up, I really don’t even want to argue, I just want to be part of the change. Impeach Congress and start over.
They said similar things about the 1986/87 amnesty...those provisions were not enforced...why would these be any different. GWB is grasping at straws now.
The Great Wall of China worked...the Berlin Wall worked....so could the American Wall.....if our so called reprsentatives wanted it to work.
All you illegals go to the front of the line, then we will call it quits.
From this point on the term "illegal" will only be referenced in respect to legal citizens.
Could someone ask either Bush or one of his creatures why and under what authority did they choose to allow at least 4 million illegals into my country during their watch?
Never said they would be deported, so as long as they never leave...
If walls don’t work, why is there a serious fence around the White House?
"The measure contains 4.4 billion dollars to help the US Border Patrol hire more agents, "
What good will this do if you put them in prison when they enforce the law?
I must maintain my position that the existing laws be enforced first and the fence/wall be built first, and the boarder(s) enforced first,before I am ready to agree to any discussion about guest workers, amnesty for those already here or Z-VISA's.
Also, IF a new bill is needed, divide it and separate the enforcement part from the immigration part as they conflict with each other.
WRONG. He’s lying. Plain and simple.
We are told how the low income worker of today is needed because others don’t want to do the work.
Then we are also told how these people represent the future of America and will work their way up in society.
Well which is it? A permanant under class of cheap labor? If it isn’t then we will need to “import” more cheap workers in the future?
And we expect that they will all be legal immigrants, that those paying thousands to coyo-teees will stop? That those walking through the desert will stop? That the Mexican Government will stop providing them maps and training on how to cross the border?
Right. Repeal the minimum wage law. It requires that cheap labor work in this country illegally.
Mexicans can go to any municipal Vital Statistics office, and come up with a tale that they have NEVER been registered, get 2 people to sign as witness, and go register as Paris Hilton, turn around in 24 hours and apply for a Mexican passport with a legitimate birth certificate. Got to get some DNA and put muscle to anything you do these days, finger prints, and lie detector tests, and people who fail need to be set in a row boat off shore of the border of Mexico and Belize. Word will get out, and they will stop coming.
Talk is cheap,Senor Presidente, actions speak louder than words..and I don’t like my Nations security being held in extortion for amnesty its a crime or should be. Why don’t you and Ted Kennedy work on that bottle of Scotch and dream up some other ways to screw America.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au1ZOA9iH3I&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHSiqQpg7Uc
Worth a copy and paste for the future to promote the fight against Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
I just want to be part of the change. Impeach Congress and start over.
second that!
How stupid does he think we are?
Stop talking about immigration..... BUILD THE FENCE....
Then evaluate the problem. Most people correct the first problem before fixing the next problem to determine what other issues need to be handled. The President and Congress are really to ignorant to pass any laws.
I remember hearing all the same lies in 1986. They are less believable now than they were then.
Watch out! Like father, like son. When they move their lips they are lying! Come on, Jorge, how stupid do you think we are anyway? LOL!
They weren't allowed to enter the first time but that didn't stop them. And how many are deported, one percent?
I AM a former Bush Bot....
We need a Constitutional Amendment FIRST to end the policy of “anchor babies”.
Second we need to resolve the “safety net” for immigrants. They do not pay into the system. They did not fall on hard times, they CAME into “hard times”. Additionally, wire transfers are the second largest source of $$$ in the Mexican economy. Plenty of “poor” workers are sending their paychecks home to extended families. Why should they sponge off of federal, state, and local taxes when they are sending PERFECTLY GOOD MONEY back home? They are “poor” by choice and we subsidize it. The $$$ they send back home benefit the Mexican economy, not the US economy.
Trickle down doesn’t work when those at the bottom aren’t putting the money back into circulation.
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