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Bush: Americans will realize need for aliens
The Washington Times ^ | July 20, 2007 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 07/20/2007 6:17:46 PM PDT by Baladas

President Bush yesterday said Americans will soon realize they need the immigrants and foreign temporary workers that would have been allowed by his immigration bill, which was defeated in the Senate last month.

Mr. Bush, in a town hall session in Nashville, Tenn., also refused to say whether he will pardon two U.S. Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a fleeing drug-smuggling suspect, saying the prosecutor was a friend of his who made his case to the jury that convicted the agents.

If Mr. Bush was hoping the immigration issue would disappear after his bill's failure, those hopes were dashed, as he was asked repeatedly about border security during the forum — meant to highlight his commitment to cutting the deficit.

"The bill failed and I can't make a prediction to you at this point, sir, where it's going to head," the president told one questioner. "I can make you a prediction, though, that pretty shortly people are going to be knocking on people's doors saying, man, we're running out of workers."

Mr. Bush said there are workers who will do jobs Americans aren't doing in the agriculture sector in particular, and without them the jobs will go unfilled.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; borderfence; caca; crimaliens; digitdeeper; georgebush; illegalaliens; illegalimmigration; illegals; immigrantlist; immigration; tr; unemployment; useconomy
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To: Baladas
It seems that the President is more concerned of what the illegal Mexicans think of him then the American people. Has anyone ever heard if George has ever expressed an opinion if English should be Americas official language?
141 posted on 07/20/2007 7:30:52 PM PDT by hodaka (')
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To: bray
Dane---I see you're back with a new name!!

Just as big an OBL numbnut as ever though.

142 posted on 07/20/2007 7:31:30 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel-NRA)
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To: Baladas

The appalling part is George Bush could care less about the illegality of it all. About narcotics and Mexicans flooding across our border. Bush has laid it out for all to see. He has always been, will always be for open borders. He will do it surreptitiously like a thief in the night via non-enforcement. Or will do it legally via amnesty.

I’m disgusted beyond words by his arrogance


143 posted on 07/20/2007 7:33:11 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: bray

So let’s see, we have these new things called machines, 70% of agricultual workers are white and yet it’s all illegal migrant workers from Mexico? You’re a complete fool.


144 posted on 07/20/2007 7:33:23 PM PDT by NapkinUser ("The House will pass S1348 and the president will sign it into law. It's a done deal." -B. Chezwick)
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To: Spirochete
I thought communists loved proletarians.

Only if they can stand on their backs and look down proudly upon the worker class that supports them.
145 posted on 07/20/2007 7:33:34 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
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To: bray
Pray for the American people who are killed and raped every single day because of the incompetence of Pres. Bush and criminal Congress.
146 posted on 07/20/2007 7:34:09 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Pelham
it’s more that people in Bush’s social circle can’t imagine anyone doing it.

They, their children, their friends- they know absolutely no one who makes a living doing hard physical work.

This is true for the majority of the political hacks we elect to high office.

Pfft... Yeah no kidding. Tell me the last average Joe who later became a U.S. Senator? Much less a U.S. president. I'd bet you would have to go back to the frontier days. Now you need 7 figures in the bank and a law degree to even have a chance...NOT what our Founding Fathers envisioned at all.

147 posted on 07/20/2007 7:35:23 PM PDT by BureaucratusMaximus (Our national sovereignty and cohesion as a country is not for sale at any price.)
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To: dennisw

The very rich are insulated from all this in their gated communities and resorts so they don’t care.


148 posted on 07/20/2007 7:36:23 PM PDT by tommix2
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To: Diogenesis

Got that Right..,,Good Night Ya’ll


149 posted on 07/20/2007 7:36:25 PM PDT by silentreignofheroes (When the Last Two Prophets are taken, there will be no Tommorrow!)
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To: bray

What a maroon, you must be a greenie that plots against the American farmer, by stealing their land, and go for organic food. In mehico, no reason to go in the morning, we just drop it off in zee field, then, zee gringo will eat it!


150 posted on 07/20/2007 7:37:08 PM PDT by Issaquahking
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To: cripplecreek

“I read your story and thought you were here in Michigan. I’m not quite sure why we need illegals in the worst unemployment in the country.”

Well, no, I am not and haven’t been in Michigan. I suspect this is a familiar story in most, if not all states.


151 posted on 07/20/2007 7:37:33 PM PDT by mjaneangels@aolcom ("nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof.")
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To: bray

‘Where are you going to find law abiding people to pick crops?’

I think Colorado has a great solution! Put the prisoners to work to pay for their room and board.

“Farms get help from inmates”
Denver Post 7/11/07

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_6344387


152 posted on 07/20/2007 7:39:01 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: bray
You’re wrong. With all sorts of technological advancements there are really no crops that you couldn’t figure out how to harvest with machines. Developing new and improved ways in which to mechanize stoop labor is where the Dept. of Agriculture should have been spending the bulk of its money rather than crop subsidies.
153 posted on 07/20/2007 7:40:04 PM PDT by Cyropaedia ("Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principal of evil...".)
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To: Baladas

Yes, corrupt employers have a NEED for slave labor when they are too cheap to pay for real quality and educated labor.


154 posted on 07/20/2007 7:40:33 PM PDT by Mn_PatriotGuard
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To: Baladas

“President Bush yesterday said Americans will soon realize they need the immigrants and foreign temporary workers that would have been allowed by his immigration bill, which was defeated in the Senate last month.”

No problem with legal immigrants.

No problem with temporary guest workers.

BIG F’n problem when the POTUS wants to turn 12 - 20 million crimigrants into legal “guest workers.”


155 posted on 07/20/2007 7:42:40 PM PDT by Grunthor (Wouldn’t it be music to our ears to hear the Iranian mullahs shouting “Incoming!”?)
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To: doc1019
Think how great this country would be if we had excluded the Germans, Irish, English, etc.?

As of the late 1700's according to the first census taken, the most prevalent ethnicities in this country were in descending order (German, Scottish, English). When we first voted on establishing a national language, Germanic almost won. So you could not have excluded the Germans even if you tried. Apparently the best we could do back then was deny them their language !

156 posted on 07/20/2007 7:44:14 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: Baladas

“Bush: Americans will realize need for aliens”

I see the need for them now. Especially the aliens with the death-ray guns. They would come in handy in fighting off the invading hordes of foreign criminals.

Their invisible force shields would be mighty handy also!


157 posted on 07/20/2007 7:45:32 PM PDT by upsdriver (DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT!!!!)
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To: dennisw; bray
I’m disgusted beyond words by his arrogance

That's funny. I was thinking the same thing about the vast majority of posters in this thread.

158 posted on 07/20/2007 7:45:34 PM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: bray
If you ate Food today, Thank a Mexican.

LOL you are wrong. We are all eating Chinese excrement and wheat glutton. I personally am chugging a bottle of chinese wheat glutton right now thanks to Boooosh the genius.

159 posted on 07/20/2007 7:46:39 PM PDT by GinaLolaB
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To: bray

“If you ate Food today, Thank a Mexican.”

I’ll thank an American Farmer.


160 posted on 07/20/2007 7:47:17 PM PDT by Grunthor (Wouldn’t it be music to our ears to hear the Iranian mullahs shouting “Incoming!”?)
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