Posted on 03/08/2002 1:24:33 PM PST by sarcasm
Friday, March 08, 2002 - WASHINGTON - Rep. Tom Tancredo takes credit for thwarting the Bush administration's last effort to offer partial amnesty to thousands of illegal residents, but Thursday the outspoken immigration foe said he may have been outmaneuvered by the White House.
President Bush has struck a deal with the House leadership to place legislation that offers an extension of amnesty on its consent calendar before Bush heads to Mexico for a state visit next week, the Colorado Republican said. That action should ensure quick House passage of legislation that Bush has repeatedly sought from Congress. It would allow an undocumented person to receive legal standing, such as a valid green card, by filing a declaration with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. It presumably also would require the person to have been in the United States by a certain date and have filed a declaration with the INS from an appropriate sponsor, such as a relative or employer, and pay a $1,000 penalty. "The terms are still up in the air," said Dan Stein, executive director of the Federation for American Immigration, a group that has been allied with Tancredo. "We've heard to the effect that the president wants something to bring down to Mexico." The initial Bush proposal, designed exclusively for Mexicans, once was high on the president's legislative wish list, but it was delayed after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. However, as the president noted Wednesday in a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, he now is pushing for the extension of the amnesty program known by the section of immigration law that covers it, Section 245I. The president hailed it as a way to reunite family, separated by the border. "If you believe in family values, if you understand the worth of family and the importance of family, let's get 245I out of the United States Congress and give me a chance to sign it," Bush told the chamber members. Tancredo, the head of a congressional caucus on immigration issues and proponent of halting virtually all immigration, said he had blocked a previous attempt by Bush to push an extension of the amnesty program through the House. But this time, he said House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., had agreed to place the issue on the suspension, or consent, calendar, making it difficult to defeat the proposal. The Senate might be more favorable to the bill than the House, expanding the numbers of individuals who can apply, Tancredo said.
You'd be one of the loyalist's if this were then, defending the king.
I quit eating out as well. I don't eat at McDonald's and I don't buy Tyson Chicken because they both hire criminal illegal aliens
I'm hoping it's for show only but I don't think so, I think Bush is very serious about annointing these criminals.
Also, GHWB lost in part due to breaking his own word on "no new taxes"; GWB, on the other hand, never made any promise not to grant amnesty to illegals. On the contrary, he gave plenty of clear signals what his true intentions were on this matter.
Finally, GWB does not need to fear another Perot, nor do the Dems appear to have any candidate waiting in the wings who is anywhere near as charismatic as W.J. Clinton (Hillary will melt like the proverbial Wicked Witch of the West, if exposed to a national electorate, IMO), and, also, GWB can ride the "war on terrorism" indefinitely, whereas GHWB ended the Gulf War far too quickly for any effect of it to least until the 1992 election. "Perpetual war for perpetual peace" means that the President can milk his war powers perpetually, rather than for limited duration.
I'm not saying that GWB won't suffer for his amnesty stance, I'm just saying he has more positives going for him than we give him credit for.
What about O'Reilly people? Can someone let O'Reilly know as well???
I thought O'Reilly was pretty much outspoken about the amnesty issue. Or at least that is what I have been reading. This is a suprise.
Retroactive laws....sure, why not.....the year my husband died they retro'd on taxes!
On the contrary, one of the pre-election things I heard from him is that he told LULAC and La Raza that "there won't be any amnesties, but we will push for some sort of guest worker program" and "Oh, I'll pertect the borders".
Read my lips, Jorge: No new amnesties!
He lied just like his father did.
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