Posted on 09/26/2002 9:00:02 AM PDT by Tancredo Fan
Laura Bush confident in Mexico-U.S. immigration agreement
EFE - 9/26/2002
U.S. First Lady Laura Bush said she was convinced an immigration agreement could be reached between Mexico and the United States, because their leaders want it.
Mrs. Bush, who participated in the 11th Conference of the Wives of Heads of State and Government in Mexico City on Wednesday, said, "I do see a solution to this problem."
In statements to the Mexican press made in Washington and published Wednesday in Reforma daily, Laura Bush explained she and her husband had lived in Texas for many years and have a special sensitivity for the problems of the U.S. Hispanic community.
"There are so many stories about immigrants and the children of immigrants in the United States. Our whole country is made up of immigrants who were able to overcome poverty and obtain good jobs. There are many examples in my husband's administration," the first lady noted.
Mrs. Bush acknowledged that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks had set back the agenda between Mexico and the United States, but insisted that Presidents Bush and Fox "are going to meet again to try to revitalize and refocus the issue of immigration."
The first lady said she felt "a special bond with Mexico" and recalled the couple had spent their honeymoon in Mexico City and the Caribbean resort of Cozumel. The first lady is expected to focus on childhood poverty as she participates in this summit.
I wish they'd take these mindless invaders with them, too.
Every time some U.S. official, or someone perceived as being one (like Ms. Bush) spouts off like this, further invasion is not discouraged. Wanna-be illegals know full well that the present administration has absolutely no intention of doing the will of the people by defending the borders and deporting illegals. The message these officials send d to these invaders and the hostile Mexican government is this; Make it past the border and you're home free.... we won't enforce our own laws and will let you trample all over us. There's a word for that, but I can't use it here.
That's exactly what's happened here where I live, with the two poultry plants in town (honeysuckle white and tyson's) now almost exclusively hispanic. And the white and black area workers didn't quit , they were forced out by a combination of ways which included acts of violence against nonhispanic workers.
When I was in HS, you either went to college, or you went to the poultry plant-and you were very likely to wind up with better pay and benefits than would your average BA major. That changed in the early 1990s. Now all those poultry workers (who most certainly were NOT "too proud" for those jobs ; they were delighted to get hired on there) are working 2-3 walmart/mcdonalds/gasstation jobs just to (barely) survive.
May every American, including any freeper, who repeats that smug little mantra, "They just do the jobs Americans are too proud and lazy to do" burn in H-LL. And that goes triple for our politicians.
I agree---but that logic is lost on some....we hear cries of "BUY AMERICAN", but don't hear "HIRE AMERICAN" now, do we? As far as schools go---our kids end up being taught in portable trailers. Hello 3rd World.
First, this is an excellent post even though I can't completely agree.
I honestly think the great majority of Americans would calmly accept the moderately higher prices that would result from not having illegal immigrant labor which can be paid sub-minimum wages. Plus, most Americans (though, I know, not all here) support allowing in a fairly large number of legal immigrants, rich and poor, who have a good work history in their home country and have passed criminal background checks after spending time on a waiting list. No hypocrisy there. What is a little hypocritical, perhaps, is favoring an end to illegal immigration without accepting the privacy compromises that need to happen to make this work. There is a need for tough employer sanctions, which in turn means accepting the need for much better means for employers to easily tell who is a citizen or permanent resident. So long as illegal aliens can easily get work here, the INS will be overwhelmed by the numbers of people it needs to catch.
We now have the first lady speaking on behalf of the President. I agree, since when was she elected?
I'm skeptical about any tightening of America's borders and the elimination of the illegal immigration flow. Far too many times Bush has revealed himself to working for globalism interests and not US sovereignty interests.
I'm sure that many of you are thinking the same thing, and it's a shame that things have gotten to this point.
God Bless America
As has been posted many times on this thread, most of us, for now, were born here from parents that were here legally.
That being said, I pose this question to the FR:
Can we expect the same level of success in the USA with a flood of immigrants from 3rd world garbage heaps as was achieved by the initial wave of immigration from Europe? The various cultures in the latest wave of immigration have not progressed in centuries. We not only are faced with one group that is too lazy or stupid to learn English but also are expected to have a bunch of Islime dumped on our shores with the sole intention of destroying us.
Did the Irish, Germans, Poles, British, Italians etc come here with the intention of changing our language or killing all of us? No of course they did not and yet we are to embrace this latest flood of human debris with open arms!
I am sure you are right in that statement, however, the solution is not to allow more illegal immigration but to reduce the government redistibution of wealth to those in this country that have done nothing but leach off the producers.
If we were to reduce or eliminate the handouts, I am sure there would be plenty of hungry American workers lined up to do these jobs.
After all, this is America, and we believe in the rule of law. Right?
My opinion is that some elected officials are bought off by big business, pro-illegal immigration campaign contributions. Others see the new "Citizens" as potential votes. Still others, high up in the chain of command, seek global interests such as "free trade", the free flow of populations, the "Trade of the Americas", a "Pax Americana", etc. The latter refers to the president, it appears.
I held off for a long time on saying that these things were deliberate, but I can no longer say that they're accidental, or the result of ignorance. There's too much going on to claim that.
Because they are misguided, or they have an agenda.
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