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    President Fox's Nation?? .. this wasn't supposed to be

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    President Fox's nation
    This wasn't supposed to happen here
    [Reprinted from Issues & Views January 19, 2004]

    This month, President Bush announced a new "guestworker" system which, in effect, would grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. There already was plenty of vigorous dissent in the country over immigration, but debate on the subject has intensified since the stunning announcement.

    Columnist Sam Francis, in "Mexican Fox loose in the U.S. henhouse," describes a prior event that helped pave the way to the Bush announcement. That is, the November visit of Mexico's president Vicente Fox, who strutted through three southwestern states, where he openly lobbied American elected officials. In the course of his tour, Fox pushed his agenda for amnesty and aggressively urged his millions of Mexican countrymen to do the same. Francis writes:

    It is the pretense of the Mexican government, at least slyly and covertly, that the territory of the states Mr. Fox visited this month really belong to Mexico, that the United States stole the territory during the Mexican-American War in 1848. Today, the migration of millions of Mexicans into these states -- Mexicans who are able to vote in Mexican elections -- makes the absorption of these territories by Mexico a real possibility.

    By parading around these states as the president of Mexico and visiting the state governors, legislators, and local bigwigs, Mr. Fox engaged in a not-very subtle propaganda campaign to suggest -- to Mexicans, to the states he visited and to this country -- that he was merely touring the states of his own nation. He was furthering the myth that these states really belong to Mexico -- and the political leaders of the states and the nation stupidly allowed him to do it and get away with it.

    Indeed, Mr. Fox was almost explicit in what he was doing. Addressing the legislature of the state of New Mexico, he stated that the United States and Mexico are really united "by nation and language." Huh?

    Mexico and the United States are two separate nations and speak two different languages. How can they be united by "nation and language"? They are united by language because millions of people who live in this country now speak the language of Mexicans. And they are united by "nation" because it is Mr. Fox's conceit that they are really the same nation -- his.

    Dan Stein of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) offers some details of the new immigration plans:

    Under the president's plan, current illegal aliens would be given guestworker status for up to six years and be eligible for Social Security numbers and driver's licenses. It is absolutely not credible to believe that under the circumstances any of these people will ever leave, or that they will not be granted permanent residence. In addition, because it allows them to bring family members to join them, amnesty will be extended to countless millions more.

    Under the 1996 immigration reform legislation (again, never enforced), people who violated our immigration laws were supposed to be made ineligible for legal immigration status in the U.S. President Bush's plan will inevitably lead to citizenship for millions of immigration cheaters. It's just going to take a little longer.

    This proposal amounts to a death-knell for upward mobility in the U.S. After employers have made "every reasonable effort" to find an American worker at a wage they wish to pay, they will be free to offer that job to anyone anywhere in the world, rather than have to bid for the services of American workers.

    Employers who have been illegally hiring foreign workers get a free pass. No one will have to pay the consequences of having hired people illegally and who also often violated tax laws and labor laws. Employers will not be held accountable for the countless billions of dollars their low-wage illegal workers have cost states and local communities over the years. Why should anyone believe that the government will start enforcing these laws, and if they have the capability, why aren't they doing it already?

    All history indicates that "temporary" residency programs result in permanent U.S. residence. Current illegal aliens know, as do prospective "guestworkers" outside the country who want to come here, that once a foothold is established, the system inevitably yields and no one is ever required to leave. The administration also contends that guestworker status will give these people bargaining power with employers. Not so long as employers can simply bring in new guestworkers if the workers already here are not willing to accept the wages and working conditions being offered.

    The president's plan also includes eligibility for Social Security benefits for people who have worked in this country illegally. If they come forward, it appears they may be eligible to collect for the years they worked illegally under false identities and documents.

    In "Immigration Policy: The Last Straw for Conservatives?," the Free Congress Foundation's Paul Weyrich writes about a potential impact of the Bush amnesty plan on the November presidential election. Here are excerpts:

    Some time ago I was asked by the Washington Post if I thought concern by conservatives over the spending issue would effect the 2004 elections. In other words, would conservatives be so angry over discretionary domestic spending -- which is twice the rate under President Bush than it was under President Clinton -- that they would consider voting for a third party candidate or even staying home. I said such a revolt, if it occurred, would probably not happen in time for this year's election.

    Now, however, the President has come up with a policy decision that may cause enough of his coalition to vote for a third party or to stay at home. I believe his re-election is endangered if the race turns out to be close.

    The greatest concern of his base is over national security. They see this as a way for our enemies to be here legally - so long as they have a job. The illegals can use the time here to complete their plans to cause havoc and chaos. "I don't understand how," writes a Republican county chairman from the Southwest, "that a President this smart can produce something this ill-conceived."

    And while I said there was not enough of a revolt on the spending issues to cause a revolt, it could be that immigration in addition to spending may push some voters over the cliff.
    "This country has lost control of its borders. And no country can sustain that kind of position." .... Ronald Reagan

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    President Fox's Nation?? .. this wasn't supposed to be

    http://www.issues-views.com/index.php/s ... icle/21074

    President Fox's nation
    This wasn't supposed to happen here
    [Reprinted from Issues & Views January 19, 2004]

    This month, President Bush announced a new "guestworker" system which, in effect, would grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. There already was plenty of vigorous dissent in the country over immigration, but debate on the subject has intensified since the stunning announcement.

    Columnist Sam Francis, in "Mexican Fox loose in the U.S. henhouse," describes a prior event that helped pave the way to the Bush announcement. That is, the November visit of Mexico's president Vicente Fox, who strutted through three southwestern states, where he openly lobbied American elected officials. In the course of his tour, Fox pushed his agenda for amnesty and aggressively urged his millions of Mexican countrymen to do the same. Francis writes:

    It is the pretense of the Mexican government, at least slyly and covertly, that the territory of the states Mr. Fox visited this month really belong to Mexico, that the United States stole the territory during the Mexican-American War in 1848. Today, the migration of millions of Mexicans into these states -- Mexicans who are able to vote in Mexican elections -- makes the absorption of these territories by Mexico a real possibility.

    By parading around these states as the president of Mexico and visiting the state governors, legislators, and local bigwigs, Mr. Fox engaged in a not-very subtle propaganda campaign to suggest -- to Mexicans, to the states he visited and to this country -- that he was merely touring the states of his own nation. He was furthering the myth that these states really belong to Mexico -- and the political leaders of the states and the nation stupidly allowed him to do it and get away with it.

    Indeed, Mr. Fox was almost explicit in what he was doing. Addressing the legislature of the state of New Mexico, he stated that the United States and Mexico are really united "by nation and language." Huh?

    Mexico and the United States are two separate nations and speak two different languages. How can they be united by "nation and language"? They are united by language because millions of people who live in this country now speak the language of Mexicans. And they are united by "nation" because it is Mr. Fox's conceit that they are really the same nation -- his.

    Dan Stein of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) offers some details of the new immigration plans:

    Under the president's plan, current illegal aliens would be given guestworker status for up to six years and be eligible for Social Security numbers and driver's licenses. It is absolutely not credible to believe that under the circumstances any of these people will ever leave, or that they will not be granted permanent residence. In addition, because it allows them to bring family members to join them, amnesty will be extended to countless millions more.

    Under the 1996 immigration reform legislation (again, never enforced), people who violated our immigration laws were supposed to be made ineligible for legal immigration status in the U.S. President Bush's plan will inevitably lead to citizenship for millions of immigration cheaters. It's just going to take a little longer.

    This proposal amounts to a death-knell for upward mobility in the U.S. After employers have made "every reasonable effort" to find an American worker at a wage they wish to pay, they will be free to offer that job to anyone anywhere in the world, rather than have to bid for the services of American workers.

    Employers who have been illegally hiring foreign workers get a free pass. No one will have to pay the consequences of having hired people illegally and who also often violated tax laws and labor laws. Employers will not be held accountable for the countless billions of dollars their low-wage illegal workers have cost states and local communities over the years. Why should anyone believe that the government will start enforcing these laws, and if they have the capability, why aren't they doing it already?

    All history indicates that "temporary" residency programs result in permanent U.S. residence. Current illegal aliens know, as do prospective "guestworkers" outside the country who want to come here, that once a foothold is established, the system inevitably yields and no one is ever required to leave. The administration also contends that guestworker status will give these people bargaining power with employers. Not so long as employers can simply bring in new guestworkers if the workers already here are not willing to accept the wages and working conditions being offered.

    The president's plan also includes eligibility for Social Security benefits for people who have worked in this country illegally. If they come forward, it appears they may be eligible to collect for the years they worked illegally under false identities and documents.

    In "Immigration Policy: The Last Straw for Conservatives?," the Free Congress Foundation's Paul Weyrich writes about a potential impact of the Bush amnesty plan on the November presidential election. Here are excerpts:

    Some time ago I was asked by the Washington Post if I thought concern by conservatives over the spending issue would effect the 2004 elections. In other words, would conservatives be so angry over discretionary domestic spending -- which is twice the rate under President Bush than it was under President Clinton -- that they would consider voting for a third party candidate or even staying home. I said such a revolt, if it occurred, would probably not happen in time for this year's election.

    Now, however, the President has come up with a policy decision that may cause enough of his coalition to vote for a third party or to stay at home. I believe his re-election is endangered if the race turns out to be close.

    The greatest concern of his base is over national security. They see this as a way for our enemies to be here legally - so long as they have a job. The illegals can use the time here to complete their plans to cause havoc and chaos. "I don't understand how," writes a Republican county chairman from the Southwest, "that a President this smart can produce something this ill-conceived."

    And while I said there was not enough of a revolt on the spending issues to cause a revolt, it could be that immigration in addition to spending may push some voters over the cliff.
    "This country has lost control of its borders. And no country can sustain that kind of position." .... Ronald Reagan

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