No kidding. 70% to 80% also know that Bush is pushing a plea bargain, not an amnesty.
Posted on 11/10/2004 12:51:19 PM PST by VU4G10
(Washington, DC—November 10, 2004) It wasn't quite "Read my lips," but in the last presidential debate in Arizona, George W. Bush clearly stated that he would not support amnesty for illegal aliens. One week after being narrowly returned to office, the president has reneged on that pledge. Bush has dispatched Secretary of State Colin Powell to Mexico City to open discussions with the Mexican government about the size and scope of amnesty for illegal immigrants and for a massive new guest worker program.
"President Bush and Karl Rove have seemingly missed the message of their own, and the Republican Party's, success at the polls last week," said Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). "In spite of a poor record on jobs, further erosion of the middle class, and staggering budget deficits, the people returned the GOP to office because they believed that the Republican Party was more in tune with them on values and respect for the law. One of those gut issues that led voters to ignore the administration's poor record in other areas was the belief that Bush and the Republicans would enforce laws against illegal immigration, not reward illegal immigrants and auction off every job in America to the lowest bidder."
The immigration plan being dusted off in Washington and Mexico City is essentially the same one the administration introduced last January, which proved to be so wildly unpopular among voters that they were forced to shelve it. "Who is the president seeking to reward by reintroducing his amnesty/guest worker proposal?" asked Stein. "Not middle class workers who made it very clear that they are feeling squeezed. Not the millions of families who have lost their health insurance benefits because their employers no longer feel that it is necessary to offer such benefits to attract American workers. Not Hispanic voters, whom polls indicate do not consider this to be high priority and who voted in significant numbers in favor of an Arizona ballot measure that bars illegal aliens from receiving most public benefits.
"The only interest group, besides the estimated 10 to 12 million illegal aliens and their families who could be in line for legal U.S. residency, are cheap labor employers who have come to believe that it is their right to have workers who will work at whatever wages they wish to pay," Stein said.
The latest White House announcement will touch off yet another surge in illegal immigration and further compromise homeland security, predicted FAIR. Last January, when the president first proposed this plan, the U.S. Border Patrol reported a marked increase in the number of people attempting to enter the U.S. illegally in order to benefit from the proposed amnesty. "Aside from betraying the interests of millions of people who voted for him because they believed the president shared their core values, this irresponsible renewal of talk of amnesty will betray those who voted for him because they believed the Republicans were the party that could be entrusted to protect homeland security. You cannot have homeland security and chaos at the border. You cannot have homeland security while granting amnesty to millions of people with only minimal background checks. And you certainly cannot have amnesty and unlimited guest workers, and preserve a solid middle class," asserted Stein.
While the Bracero program was in effect, workers came, worked, got paid, and went home.
We decided to stop the Bracero program, and the workers simply stopped one aspect of their routine...they stayed here out of fear of not being able to get back in if they went home.
What is he calling for?
As I understand it, a Mexican wanting to work in the US can presently wait 10 years for a non-existant green card or cross over illegally. Under a work program a Mexican wanting to wotk in the U.S. Would apply for and receive a work visa so that he could be investigated, tracked, and taxed while he is here and sent home when his work is done. Any Mexican found to be working here after such a "work visa" is implemented will be deported as an illegal.
I don't think you got the new talking point. Since President Bush was "selected" in 2000, he gets to run again.
Saw it here today, and I can't wait to run it past the first whiney-assed liberal who brings up Florida with me.
"Are you still claiming to know what most Americans want better than the President who just won more votes than Reagan?!"
70% to 80% wants corrective measures on our borders, not some amnesty plan. King Bush glosses over that fact.
BUSH II ... Pandering to Pedro
The Tancredo plan is no plan.
It fails to address those who are already here.
Kerry's amnesty was blanket amnesty for all illegals here now. THAT is more conservative?????????
Check this article by Phyllis Schlafly
Not even a bleep in the radar these past elections.
What do you think of Tom Tancredo's guest worker plan?
"Kool Aid." = Democrat Party
Party Punch = Republican Party
No kidding. 70% to 80% also know that Bush is pushing a plea bargain, not an amnesty.
"I thought Bush heard us loudly earlier in the year and that he'd dropped this stupid and very unpopular plan."
Read the tagline
Don't despair, I'm sure they're sanitizing old Jebber for his turn on the throne....gotta give Hillary some competition don't they?
Not necessarily. One part of the plan is for them to go back to Mexico and apply from there.
Well......
We've come to the conclusion, what the majority of American's want no longer matters. You and I will be forced at the point of a gun to pay for this madness, and your kids will live in a freakish, balkanized country where the terms, borders and sovereignty are just quaint old words...
Watch them go after AZ prop 200 go the same way as CA prop 187. Their plans and agendas cannont be any clearer.
Secretary Colin L. Powell
Mexico City, Mexico
November 9, 2004
I worked hard for the president too and I am still thrilled that he won.
Bush never gave any indication that he wouldn't continue to pursue his guestworker plan. You just didn't pay attention. And now you have buyer's remorse.
We all knew that we had a choice between a Bush guestworker plan and Kerry's choice of open borders. Next time pay attention.
For most of us this was NOT the defining issue of the election. If it was for you then maybe you should have supported Kerry because he was your ONLY other choice.
I'm really tired of the whining. Anyone with an ear and an eye knew what we were getting on this issue with a Bush vote.
It's time to quit whining and do what we can to toughen the proposal through Congress.
"Where did Bush "Call For Illegal Alien Amnesty"? He didn't. "
EXACTLY ! ... and where is this "latest Bush Announcement" ?
...all I see is a quote from the president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform - these guys are as bad as the nuts on AirAmerika
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