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Chertoff promotes "Guest Worker Program"
The Brownsville Herald ^ | Posted on Mar 04 06 | SARA INÉS CALDERÓN

Posted on 03/04/2006 1:04:23 PM PST by Icelander

Homeland Security secretary says security of nation depends on it

March 4, 2006 — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Friday stressed the importance of a guest worker program for the security of the nation during a visit to Brownsville.

“We are in the midst of a serious discussion about a guest worker program,” Chertoff said Friday at Alice Walker Hope Park, which is on the bank of the Rio Grande with a view of Gateway International Bridge. “Not as amnesty, not a reward, but a constructive mechanism to allow migrants in the U.S. to assume a strong labor demand.”

A mandatory identification card and background check would accompany any such program, Chertoff said, as part of a comprehensive plan to address border violence.

A guest worker program would allow U.S. law enforcement agencies to spend more time focusing on “dangerous” elements “we really worry about,” rather than on the many thousands of people who come to the country seeking work, Chertoff said.

Chertoff was accompanied by Mexican diplomats to announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two countries.

Secretary of the Interior Carlos Abascal and Secretary of Public Safety Eduardo Medina Mora joined Chertoff to speak about the plan that aims to reduce border violence.

“Cooperation is what will allow us to resolve these issues,” Abascal said of the new agreement.

Abascal pointed to a 37 percent decrease in migrant deaths and a 27 percent decrease in illegal crossings along the Arizona-Sonora border as a shining example of binational agreements providing tangible results.

Two-thirds of all Mexican migrants cross through this region, said Pedro Espíndola Flores, the national director of the Mexican Border Patrol, Grupo Beta. Agreements between the two countries have reduced border violence and illegal activity along both sides of the border, Espíndola added.

There were fewer migrant deaths despite more crossings this year than in 2000, Espíndola said, and that is a prime example of a successful cooperation between law enforcement on both sides of the border.

Continued cooperation between the two countries will lead to new solutions to problems with border violence, Abascal said, but it would not “produce magic results.” Facing increasing violence by criminal and drug gangs requires a plan of action, Chertoff said. The recently signed memorandum of understanding will serve as the foundation for that plan, adding to the already budding relationship between U.S. and Mexican law enforcement agencies.

In December 2005 the Border Patrol held an academy in Mexico to train officials there on search and rescue techniques. U.S. Customs officials also spent time training their Mexican counterparts with the aim to secure the border for the benefit of both sides, Chertoff said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: 109th; aliens; bordersecurity; bushamnesty; chertoff; dhs; guestworker; hispandering; illegal; illegalaliens; immigrantlist; immigrationplan; invasionusa; rino
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To: Icelander

I'll support Bush's amnesty program when the Republican Congress passes legislation demanding reparations from Mexico for all the illegals they have allowed to sneak across our borders.


101 posted on 03/04/2006 8:27:37 PM PST by Holden Magroin
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To: EternalVigilance

I don't think Chertoff is being used to hawk amnesty. After six years of Bush, it's clear he will never give up on the amnesty plan. I still don't get why Big Business wants amnesty so bad, when the status quo seems to working just fine for them.


102 posted on 03/04/2006 8:35:09 PM PST by Holden Magroin
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To: STD; Admin Moderator

Admin, possible cleanup post 25 this thread?


103 posted on 03/04/2006 8:53:09 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Netizen

My first job at 15 was as a busboy. I had a blast.


104 posted on 03/04/2006 9:00:19 PM PST by SealSeven (Moving at the speed of dark.... Even "nothing" takes up space.)
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To: Icelander
I wish some of these idiots who are for allowing illegals into our country had to come live around them in the real world for a while. I guarantee you that their attitude would change. I never thought Chertoff was very bright and this just proves that I was right in my assessment of him.
105 posted on 03/04/2006 9:18:00 PM PST by NRA2BFree
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To: Icelander

I'm really tired of the doubletalk, "guest workers, not an amnesty." The former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt said recently that Germany's biggest mistake after WWII was to bring in guest workers (Gastarbeiter.)


106 posted on 03/04/2006 10:58:30 PM PST by Malesherbes
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To: Reagan Man
Clearly, Chertoff like Bush, are open border libertarians.

Clearly, Chertoff like Bush, are cheap labor disciples.

107 posted on 03/04/2006 11:05:54 PM PST by Euro-American Scum (A poverty-stricken middle class must be a disarmed middle class)
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To: Euro-American Scum

Sounds the same to me. ;^)


108 posted on 03/04/2006 11:08:14 PM PST by Reagan Man (Secure our borders;punish employers who hire illegals;stop all welfare to illegals)
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To: rottndog

they don't discuss it, because they know the general legal population will go crazy over the whole thing...


109 posted on 03/05/2006 1:14:46 AM PST by television is just wrong (Our sympathies are misguided with illegal aliens...)
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To: SUSSA
The only thing that will get through to them is a big loss in November.

Bingo! Screw the GOP--they're screwing us.

110 posted on 03/05/2006 1:17:42 AM PST by Uncle Vlad
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To: Icelander
I really wish that the dishonest little man in the White House would stop trying to abolish our country in favor of his dreamed-of "Amerexico".
111 posted on 03/05/2006 1:22:07 AM PST by dagnabbit (Vicente Fox's opening line at the Mexico-USA summit meeting: "Bring out the Gimp!")
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To: Rapscallion

A litany of good reasons to stay in bed. Thanks. I might add that there is no longer any reason to give anyone any money for political reasons.


112 posted on 03/05/2006 2:11:40 AM PST by nygoose
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To: Icelander
The Globalist marches on. He's doing everything he can to destroy our borders and our sovereignty.

You would think we elected him President of Mexico and/or Saudi Arabia. He's has never met an Arab or a Mexican he didn't like and want in the U.S.legal or otherwise.

To heck with the security of the American peasants, they don't know what's good for them, just keep the Arab oil flowing and the U.S. flooded with cheap labor to keep wages and benefits down.

He wants his global community run by the rich business elites and they want a planet with no borders stocked with slave or cheap labor to serve their needs.

113 posted on 03/05/2006 7:41:53 AM PST by mississippi red-neck (You will never win the war on terrorism by fighting it in Iraq and funding it in the West Bank.)
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To: rottndog
This is one thing I never hear the amnesty pushers discuss. The instant illegal aliens gain legal status they are then legally entitled to a plethora of public benefits. This will amount to probably hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars nationwide worth of services and benefits to which, of course, they will immediately avail themselves. Where is this money supposed to come from?

They will just dig deeper into OUR pockets. Meanwhile, our senoir CITIZENS can't afford their medications and us peons that are barely getting by now will have even less to get by on and eventually we will be filing for assistance, as well. Robbing Peter to pay Paul, doesn't work forever. Eventually, Peter won't have anything to be robbed of.

114 posted on 03/05/2006 8:11:08 AM PST by Netizen
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To: TexasKamaAina
This is a very narrow understanding of national security. The impact of millions of undereducated, unassimilating people is just as much a threat to our national security, considering their cultural and economic impact, as that of violent terrorists. Perhaps worse, in the long run.

This is a weapon of modern warfare. The people bomb. Very effective against a more powerful foe in a PC world.

The Muslims have used it very well around the world for years and the Mexicans have caught on.

You just flood the target country with your own people who do not assimilate but retain their national identity and remake the target country into their own.

A political correct superpower's army is effectively neutered. Especially one who is controlled by the business leaders of the country and who lust for all that cheap labor and increased profits.

Don't be fooled as we have been before.

If they want to stop it they'll take some type of physical action at the border.

If they don't want to, they will just talk a lot, have some meetings and pass some meaningless legislation that they have no intention of enforcing just so they can get through another election cycle.

We are so gullible.

115 posted on 03/05/2006 8:26:53 AM PST by mississippi red-neck (You will never win the war on terrorism by fighting it in Iraq and funding it in the West Bank.)
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To: SUSSA
BY ALL MEANS VOTE, BUT NOT FOR DEMS OR PUBS.

The REPUBLOCRATS are both implementing the NWO we need new blood.

To insure government by the people POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD BE ILLEGAL

Look at this to see how the wishes of the people are being ignored. DHS' EXPEDITED REMOVAL DECEPTION CONTINUES

EXCERPT: Unfortunately, as I’ve written again and again, the much loved (by real immigration reformers) but hated and feared (by the Treason Lobby) immigration bill, H.R. 4437, passed last year by the House of Representatives, actually undercuts the 1996 expedited removal authority already on the books. It only allows the summary removal of illegal aliens found within 100 miles of a land border within 14 days of entry...the same standard already implemented in limited regulations by the DHS.

116 posted on 03/05/2006 11:07:46 AM PST by eazdzit (Stop the bleeding All incumbrent politicians MUST BE VOTED OUT!!! DO NOT re-elect anyone!!!)
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To: Wiseghy
A verifiable, enforceable ID system and indemnifying employers so that they can accurately check validity could potential stop illegal immigration in its tracks.

I agreed with everything you wrote in your post but it still seemed like you missed my point.

The President and Chertoff keep talking about IDs for guest workers. That is not going to solve anything because if an illegal is not a guest worker they are going to keep on doing what they are right now which is using a fake Social Security Card.

Verifiable IDs for guest workers will not accomplish anything until the IDs of ALL prospective employees, including citizens, are verified. As you say, this is the secret to the whole illegal mess.

117 posted on 03/05/2006 12:12:23 PM PST by jackbenimble (Import the third world, become the third world)
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To: NRA2BFree

Can we outsource Chertoff?


118 posted on 03/05/2006 1:50:47 PM PST by chris1
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To: chris1
Can we outsource Chertoff?

Yes! Absolutely!! Where do you want to send him? Oh, no matter. Where ever sounds good to me. ;o) Would you like to serve him with an eviction notice? LOL

119 posted on 03/05/2006 3:15:44 PM PST by NRA2BFree
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