Thread: WILL BUSH CHANGE HIS MIND ON IMMIGRATION REFORM?

WILL BUSH CHANGE HIS MIND ON IMMIGRATION REFORM?
Jim Kouri, CPP
July 6, 2006
NewsWithViews.com
As the House of Representatives' Republican leaders prepare to embark on a series of nationwide hearings that could determine the fate of the Senate "comprehensive" immigration reform bill, President Bush is indicating a new willingness to negotiate with House Republicans in an effort to revise the stalled legislation before the November elections.
Republicans both inside and outside the White House say Mr. Bush, who has long insisted on comprehensive reform, is now open to a so-called enforcement-first approach that would put new border security programs in place before creating a guest worker program or path to citizenship for people living in the United States illegally.
"He thinks that this notion that you can have triggers is something we should take a close look at, and we are," said Candi Wolff, the White House director of legislative affairs, referring to the idea that guest worker and citizenship programs would be triggered when specific border security goals had been met, a process that could take two years.
When the House Republicans pushed through a tough immigration enforcement bill, they were lambasted by the Democrats, some GOP senators and the news media. They were condemned as being meanspirited and criticized for wishing to criminalize illegal alien workers. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) told a crowd of immigrants that the House Republicans are attempting to create a "police state."
Not only are the House Republicans in favor of enforcement-first, several Democrats are calling for the government to first stop the flood of illegal aliens before considering other measures such as guest worker programs and pathways to citizenship.
Political analysts believe the President's almost sudden change of heart is based on the groundswell of criticism of his "amnesty" plan by American citizens. Thousands upon thousands of e-mails, telephone calls and letters continue to flood the White House and the offices of key GOP members calling for real action on the US borders.
In May the Senate passed immigration legislation that appeared weak on border security, but would create a program permitting illegal immigrants who had resided in the United States for five years or more to "earn" their citizenship after paying a fine and back taxes, learning English and holding a job for six years.
But conservatives began digging deeper into the bill and discovered a grab-bag full of goodies -- social security, wage regulations, etc. -- for people viewed by many as lawbreakers. The Senate bill also would allow illegal immigrants who have resided in the United States from two to five years to apply for a guest worker program.
President Bush strongly supported the Senate's "comprehensive" approach to immigration reform. Many conservative Republicans, especially those in the House, said the Senate's approach amounted to "amnesty" and vociferously oppose any legalization program before border security has been strengthened.
Then when the Senate "amnesty" bill arrived in the hands of the House leadership, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert proposed that GOP congessmen would hold citizen hearings all across the country in order to get citizens' input.
Many senators at first complained that the House's call for hearings was their way of stopping the immigration bill, but now they seem more receptive to the House enforcement bill as does President Bush.
Speaker of the House, Denny Hastert says that the "top thing needed is to secure the borders and we need to have the law enforcement to go along with that.
Immigration is the most important issue for the Republicans and conservatives, a House Republican aide said, and will drive conservatives to the polls -- unlike the recent Senate debate on gay marriage or the upcoming vote on an amendment to ban flag burning.
As evidence, House Republicans point to the victory by Rep. Brian Bilbray in a special election in California earlier this month. Bilbray ran against the approach favored by President Bush and the Senate and argued that the borders must be secured first. His opponent lost the election partly because she was recorded telling illegal aliens they didn't need "papers" to vote.
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No, he won't. He may go along with the security first deal, but he'll only do that if a guest worker and amnesty program is approved as an addendum to "security first." He views "security first" as a means to the end (eventually getting what he wants).

Thousands upon thousands of e-mails, telephone calls and letters continue to flood the White House and the offices of key GOP members calling for real action on the US borders.

You reckon those are coming from the illegals?

This is Mr.Bush's MAKE BELIEVE, FAIRY TALE, he wants us to believe and stop the pressure so the House can compromize and pass the AMNESTY. This is one of the goals of his goverment.

Bush changing his mind on illegals.....HA!!!!!

Don't be fooled! Bush will never change his mind on immigration. This is just more window dressing from our dirt bag president.
Same thing as sending the National Guard to the border.
Why would a president send un-armed soldiers into a hostile territory?

Enforcing the border would go against the North American Union plans.
Visit www.spp.gov for more info.

Bush is also doing this because he knows if he loses this battle, there will be no face to save, and politically he will be destroyed.

Please keep flooding everyone in Washington with emails, faxes, etc.
We cannot let up. We must continue to keep the pressure going.
Its time for us to rise up and get rid of this evil government.
Let's vote in members who are for what is right, and not what is popular by the liberal pukes. Regardless of what party people are, we should be voting them in by their values, not their party.
The near future fate of our great country depends on us RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW (good Van Halen song BTW) but its a good message. "Turn this thing around."

If we fail, our children and grand children will inherit a nightmare of grand proportions, and the US will join the "dustbowl" of great civilizations which have vanished from the Earth.

Read up on the history of the fall of the Roman Empire. The similarities from then to what is happening now is astonishingly similar.

My opinion is that we definitely could take the reigns now, because we've come so far. We need to push harder now. Now that so many Americans are aware because of the marches.....NOW is the time for a petition to GWB. We did that a little prematurely, I think.

NOW is the time to take back control and to get him to surrender his idea.
He may not change his mind, but we COULD make him give up his idea....if we're willing to WORK like we've never worked before on this.

That's my opinion. I think we've been slacking off because we're under the impression that now that they're "talking", we can sit back and watch.

BIG MISTAKE. We need to stop wasting time on trolls and get busy. I sincerely believe this.

How many things could we have worked as a group on today regarding some contacts, posting letters we've written to the Reps, GWB, posted on line at other places etc. Instead we're playing with the trolls. Maybe this is THEIR goal.....to distract US.

Originally Posted by LegalUSCitizen

How many things could we have worked as a group on today regarding some contacts, posting letters we've written to the Reps, GWB, posted on line at other places etc. Instead we're playing with the trolls. Maybe this is THEIR goal.....to distract US.

It's always a part of their goal, ILLEGAL.

We already know Bush is not changing his mind. We also know we will never trust him again. Fool me once shame on YOU Mr Prez, fool me twice 'NO CHANCE'!