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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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Knock knock...Who's there?

OMG, full employment could be reached?

You're going to be sorry THEN.

1 posted on 07/20/2007 6:17:50 PM PDT by Baladas
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To: Baladas

According to Drudge....”18 Months Left At White House”...

Can’t come soon enough.


2 posted on 07/20/2007 6:19:17 PM PDT by rottndog (Government is a necessary evil, but as with all evils, the less of it the better.)
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To: Baladas
"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."

And people will be saying "What do you pay man, i'm a precious commodity man. It's called supply and demand man".
3 posted on 07/20/2007 6:20:37 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
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To: rottndog

Let him go to mexico n take his workers with him...


4 posted on 07/20/2007 6:21:06 PM PDT by angelcindy (Where's the Fence?????)
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To: Baladas

Bush,”American’s will realize the need for aliens” Yes, Mr Bush, LEGAL ALIENS NOT ILLEGAL ALIENS!


5 posted on 07/20/2007 6:21:16 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (I'd rather be hunting with dick than driving with ted)
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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..."

The guy doesn't know when to shut up.

6 posted on 07/20/2007 6:21:42 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: rottndog

Unless you think Hilary will win. Then it will come to fast.


7 posted on 07/20/2007 6:21:57 PM PDT by Brimack34 (Congress "Go Home Now")
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To: Baladas

He’s right and he’s wrong. We need immigrants and we need more citizens or our social security system will collapse. However, his bill was not the answer.

How many illegal aliens are not working in the U.S. now because the Senate failed to pass his bill? None, I think.


8 posted on 07/20/2007 6:22:30 PM PDT by Tall_Texan (Global warming? Hell, in Texas, we just call that "summer".)
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To: Baladas

OMG, who is this PodBush????


9 posted on 07/20/2007 6:22:38 PM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --Soccer Mom, Bible Thumper and Proud to be an American! RUN, FRED, RUN!!!)
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To: Baladas

10 posted on 07/20/2007 6:22:40 PM PDT by Perdogg (Cheney for President 2008)
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To: angelcindy

You gave me this image in my head....Bush the pied piper leading the hordes back across the border...


11 posted on 07/20/2007 6:22:54 PM PDT by rottndog (Government is a necessary evil, but as with all evils, the less of it the better.)
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To: angelcindy

We may need LEGAL aliens someday Mr. Bush, but right now build the damn fence!!!!

We could do away with some of the need for aliens in this country if we would stop paying some of our citizens not to work, but to sit at home on their asses and collect welfare checks.


12 posted on 07/20/2007 6:23:34 PM PDT by Plains Drifter (If guns kill people, wouldn't there be a lot of dead people at gun shows?)
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To: Baladas

“coyotes”


14 posted on 07/20/2007 6:25:33 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (sing after me......de-por-ta-tion cha-cha-cha)
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To: Baladas

“President Bush yesterday said Americans will soon realize they need the immigrants...”

Don’t hold yer breath, there, pal.


15 posted on 07/20/2007 6:26:11 PM PDT by RepublitarianRoger
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To: Baladas
He must not have ever seen the show "Dirty Jobs"
16 posted on 07/20/2007 6:27:03 PM PDT by mom4kittys (If velvet could sing, it would sound like Josh Groban)
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To: Baladas

If you ate Food today, Thank a Mexican.

Pray for W and Our Troops


17 posted on 07/20/2007 6:27:15 PM PDT by bray (Member of the FR President Bush underground)
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To: Plains Drifter

You hit the nail right on the head,stop the welfare and the lazy bums will work or starve.


18 posted on 07/20/2007 6:27:39 PM PDT by TLEIBY308
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To: Baladas

Too bad the title was butchered to bias. But oh well.

The amnesty provisions were wrong, but the President is right about the basic need for immigrant labor. Its just a fact. We have a robust economy and a job surplus. We do need more ~legal~ immigrant labor in this country.


20 posted on 07/20/2007 6:28:08 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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