Posted on 07/03/2008 5:28:44 PM PDT by Coffee200am
An immigration activist is questioning the White House decision to give foreign nationals with HIV/AIDS a special waiver to obtain short-term visas to enter the country.
At a recent White House press briefing, Press Secretary Dana Perino was asked if President Bush agrees with a call by Senators John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) and Gordon Smith (R-Oregon) for the lifting of a ban on immigration into the U.S. for those who have HIV or AIDS.
Perino said the president has directed the Secretary of State to request that the Secretary of Homeland Security initiate a rulemaking to propose a categorical waiver for HIV-positive people seeking to enter the United States on short-term visas, which will provide a more streamlined process.
William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), takes issue with the move. "Whether you feel that people with HIV should or should not be allowed into the country for treatment or short-term visas – regardless of how you feel about that – that should be debated by the American public [and] debated in Congress. And Congress should set that policy. Bush is playing king again," Gheen explains.
He says easing restrictions on AIDS visas will open the floodgates for those individuals to come to the U.S. "It says that the president is ordering a short-term visa – a blanket waiver – which means that people who might have been looking to immigrate to the United States can now actually use the HIV-positive status to obtain a short-term visa," Gheen contends.
The president, according to Gheen, overstepped his authority in issuing this directive. Gheen believes granting short-term visas, even for people with infectious diseases like AIDS, would be more tolerable if Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials were doing anywhere close to their job of deporting those who overstay their visas.
What is this all about?...When did it happen, if it happened?
“White House decision to give foreign nationals with HIV/AIDS a special waiver to obtain short-term visas to enter the country.”
“What is this all about?...When did it happen, if it happened?”
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Yep, long time ago, months at least. There were articles on FR about it. Yes, AIDS carriers get first pick. It may have been around the same time they gave amnesty to all the ‘domestic’ abuse aliens. Hard to keep track of all this nonsense, isn’t it?
What on earth is the possible ‘up-side’ to this?
I can’t see any. None at all.
“What on earth is the possible ‘up-side’ to this?
I can’t see any. None at all.”
Votes. The other night, Craig Ferguson talked about becoming a recent US citizen. Took the oath with 3001 new Americans....1 Scottish- American and 3000 Mexican Americans.
Look at just about any political article lately and it repeats that the Latino vote is worth a lot more than anyone elses in this election.
We better start learning our place.
Convince me that those we elect to run our government, aren’t trying to destroy our country.
They can afford to come into the country, but then they’ll be too poor to afford life saving drugs and need emergency (and long term care) here.
Gordon Smith (R-Oregon) is trying to gain the liberal vote for his re-election this this year. Do I vote for a wolf, or a wolf in sheep’s clothing?
That's an impossible task. The bigger question is why. I need a rational answer. For example, a rational answer to gun control is for it's proponents to disarm their political enemies, the people. It's an evil purpose but rational. Why would one destroy their own tribe? I would think the answer is one of power or wealth, or both. But how does a weakened America help the Bush family?
Good question.
Liberal Laura practicing a little pillow talk here?
How does the NAU help the Bush family?
If true, that clinches it, Bush is the worst (R) president ever.
cat·e·gor·i·cal –adjective 1. without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
I can remember a time when their job was to keep deadly, contagious, incurable diseases OUT of the country.
What the heck happened??
The answer is simple. Politicians are like trial lawyers, they want a dumbed down jury(citizens) so that when they spew their lies their will be no critical thinking to question them.
True.
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