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Thread ID: 11862 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2004-01-12
2004-01-12 19:16 | User Profile
Wake up and smell the garbage: [url]http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040112-123619-8557r.htmhttp://www.washtimes.com/national/20040112-123619-8557r.htm[/url] [QUOTE][COLOR=Red]Mexican President Vicente Fox yesterday said he favors open borders across North America, not amnesty for his countrymen illegally residing in the United States. [/COLOR]
The alien work program announced last week by President Bush would not encourage aliens to remain in the United States, because they love their home country, the Mexican president told the "Fox News Sunday" program.
"We are not looking for an amnesty [for] Mexico. It's not that we're looking for these Mexicans working productively in the United States to become U.S. citizens. They like tacos, they like their families, they like their community, they like Mexico. Unfortunately, they don't have the opportunities that they would like to have as persons, so that's why they move," Mr. Fox said.
Mr. Fox said all immigration barriers should be removed to allow people to live and work in the country of their choosing, whether it be Mexico, the United States or Canada.
"On the long term, this North American bloc can be the leading bloc on the world and be the most competitive bloc on the world by working together and, through that, be able to keep increasing the quality and the level of life of our citizens," Mr. Fox said.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040112-123623-1914r.htm[/url]
[SIZE=4][B]Border Patrol Protest[/B][/SIZE]
[QUOTE][COLOR=Red]The National Border Patrol Council, which represents all 9,000 of the Border Patrolôs nonsupervisory agents, has told its members to challenge President Bushôs proposed guest-worker program, calling it a "slap in the face to anyone who has ever tried to enforce the immigration laws of the United States." [/COLOR]
The agents are told in a letter from Vice President John Frecker that the proposal offered last week during a White House press conference "implies that the country really wasnôt serious about" immigration enforcement in the first place.
"Hey, you know all those illegal aliens you risked 'life and limbô to apprehend? FAH-GED-ABOWD-IT," said Mr. Frecker, a veteran Border Patrol agent. "President Bush has solved the problem. Donôt be confused and call this an 'amnesty,ô even though those who are here illegally will suddenly become legal and will be allowed to stay here. "The president assures us that itôs not an amnesty," he said.
On Wednesday, Mr. Bush proposed sweeping immigration changes that would allow the 8 million to 12 million illegal aliens thought to be in the United States to remain in the country if they have a job and apply for a guest-worker card. The immigrants could stay for renewable three-year periods, after which they could apply for permanent legal residence.
Mr. Frecker told the agents that the Bush proposal, if approved, would result in increased illegal immigration at the nationôs borders. "While youôre out there trying to do your jobs, which the country isnôt too serious about, youôll have to deal with the expected increase in attempted (illegal aliens), who are trying to get here to take advantage of the proposed amnesty oops, earned legality," Mr. Frecker said.
"Those who are waiting to sneak in will be allowed to come as 'temporary (yeah, right) guest workers,ô" he said. "Well, first they need to find a willing employer whoôll offer them a job at minimum wages after he claims he just canôt find a legal worker to take the job. Then the poor employer is just going to have to go outside the U.S. to find his workers. Those darn Americans just donôt want to work."
The letter urges the members to call the White House and let the president know what they think. "While youôre at it, call your senators and congressmen. Or write. Or FAX. Or email. Or all of the above. It only takes a few minutes and it really does matter," he said. "I think theyôll listen a little closer to a Border Patrol employee who says that this is demoralizing or whatever you want to call it."
Mr. Frecker told The Washington Times that the Bush guest-worker proposal was "insulting," saying it diminished efforts by agents at the nationôs borders who risk their lives every day to stop illegal immigration.
"The border is, maybe, 10 percent more secure than it was prior to September 11, but it is still out of control," he said. "Before we do anything else, we need to make sure the border is secure, that illegal aliens in the country are being apprehended and that employer sanctions are being enforced."
He also questioned the ability of an overburdened immigration enforcement system to handle the millions of guest-worker and residency applications, noting that only 2,000 immigration inspectors are available to review the applications.[/QUOTE]
The great alternative now is how we are to surrender and under what terms. Nobody will voice strong opinions, excepting the intelligentsia of this board, about the huge forfeit of our patrimony.