Thread: Bush says border solution includes swinging door

Bush says border solution includes swinging door
'Temporary worker program' to let people cross boundary needed

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Posted: March 10, 2008
11:07 pm Eastern

© 2008 WorldNetDaily

The solution to security issues on the United States' border with Mexico will need to include some sort of swinging door so that workers can come and go as they want, according to a spokeswoman for the White House.

The response came from spokeswoman Dana Perino, who answered a question from Les Kinsolving, WND's correspondent at the White Hosue.

He asked:

"Reuters reports that our Customs and Border Protection Commissioner admits that the U.S. may not meet the goal of essentially stopping illegal immigration from Mexico by 2011. And my question: What does the president believe would help most in this effort, more border security personnel, more miles of border fence, or more enforcement of immigration regulations nationwide?"

"The president thinks that all of those issues are important, but he would add another measure, which is a temporary worker program so that we could have a legal mechanism for people who want to cross the border and work in America, but also want to go back home," she said.

The Reuters report cited an admission from Ralph Basham, commissioner of the U.S. Customers and Border Protection, who said in 2005 the government projected having "operational control" of the border within five years.

However, in testimony before Congress, he said the Secure Border Initiative included several assumptions, and some of those underlying events have not happened.

"We're going to be pushing to meet those goals … but I cannot with any assurance tell you right now that we'll meet them," Reuters reported he told a meeting of the House of Representatives Appropriations subcommittee on homeland security.

One congressman, Kentucky Republication Hal Rogers, said the bottom line has to be, "We are going to secure our borders and end illegal immigration."

But Basham said one of the factors on which the protection was based was the assumption about a comprehensive immigration reform package, dubbed an amnesty program by opponents, which failed in Congress.

Officials also said the "virtual fence" that has been built along a 28-mile section of the border in Arizona has been delayed by technical problems, and opposition from landowners along the border also is delaying plans for 670 miles of fencing.

In a second question, Kinsolving asked, "Gov. Rick Perry of Texas has just written a new book entitled, 'On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting For.' And my question: Does the former governor of Texas who is now president agree or disagree with this title?"

"I don't know if he's even aware of the book. And Gov. Perry was around last week and talked to him. I'm going to move on," said Perino.

Kinsolving followed with the question that: You don't want to leave the impression the president opposes both Perry and the Boy Scouts, do you?

"Of course he doesn't," Perino said.
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No, that door should be sealed shut and the key destroyed!

No more!

"The solution to security issues on the United States' border with Mexico will need to include some sort of swinging door so that workers can come and go as they want, according to a spokeswoman for the White House."

In a world full of asinine statements by the current administration, this ranks among the top.

I need to put a swinging door in my house so anyone who chooses can come and go as they want. Puhllleeeze!!! What is wrong w/Bush and company??

It is the most sweeping statement to confirm his belief in a North American Union that he has mede so far. I guess those jelly beans he joked about are on the countertops of all American homes for the taking.

Adios Jefe Jorge, you have done your damage, stop trying to do more harm before you leave.

And to think I voted fro you twice>>>>>>>>

I sick and tired of Bush and his love affair with mexico and his quest for cheap labor, while completely destroying this country in the process. Bush has always been nothing more than a spoiled elitist, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He's never worked an honest day in his life!

Every single decision this clown makes is to benefit his follow ultra-rich elitest, corporate friends, while to the detriment of America and its citizens. What does the average citizen gain by adopting a "swinging door" policy with mexico?

The further damage this guy could do to this country over the next year may be insurmountable.

Guess he was afraid to say NAU cause that is exactly what he wants and that is why he wants a revolving door so he can slowly destroy our sovereignty.

No Bueno wrote

Every single decision this clown makes is to benefit his follow ultra-rich elitest, corporate friends, while to the detriment of America and its citizens.

That's exactly why the powers that be stole the 2000 election and got this baffoon into the White House.

The Federal Government, The President and the Congress leadership, refuses to secure our National Borders and enforce our Immigration Laws leaving the States to PROTECT their Citizens! Oklahoma and Arizona have both implemented bills that enforce immigration laws resulting in ILLEGALS leaving their states and returning to their home country or moving to another state in the United States to drain their resources. The Chamber of Commerce always claims to follow Immigration Laws but continuously become confused about the interpretation of the law.