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2003-01-07 22:57 | User Profile
Bush targets Hispanics with Web site
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration is starting a Spanish-language Web site designed to give 1.2 million Hispanic-owned businesses better access to information on government grants, trade and high-tech issues.
The Spanish site can be found at [url=http://www.commerce.gov]http://www.commerce.gov[/url].
"The Hispanic community has an ally in President Bush," Commerce Secretary Don Evans said Friday.
It's a message Bush emphasized as a candidate for Texas governor and president, and one he hopes will win him support from the nation's fastest-growing ethnic minority as he heads toward a 2004 re-election campaign.
The number of U.S. Hispanics rose by 58 percent during the past decade to 35.3 million, according to census figures -- just under the 35.4 million figure for black Americans, the nation's largest minority. As many as 1 million Hispanics will be registered to vote by 2004.
The Web site is a sign of Bush's target within a community that has traditionally leaned Democratic: Hispanic business owners. Hispanics, especially women, form the nation's fastest-growing group of business owners.
"I think it's a good first step, a symbolic step, in recognizing the importance of the Hispanic community," said George Herrera, president of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which was consulted on the new site.
Although Bush, who speaks some Spanish, has pleased many Hispanics with his appointments, Herrera's group acknowledges that there's much ideological space to be bridged between Hispanics and the administration on such issues as raising the minimum wage and immigration reform for noncitizens who work in the United States.
Health care policy, too, is a prickly topic: Hispanics, just 11 percent of the U.S. population, account for 35 percent of those without health insurance.
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2003-01-07 23:00 | User Profile
Health care policy, too, is a prickly topic: Hispanics, just 11 percent of the U.S. population, account for 35 percent of those without health insurance.
Anybody wonder why your health insurance premiums are going through the roof? Here you go.
Sr. Bush, por que estas quebrando nuestros cojones? :angry:
2003-01-07 23:10 | User Profile
WOW Bush Bashing FR thread!!!
To: lewislynn
Yessir, it's a great idea to accomodate people so that they won't want or need to assimilate. Nothing like encouraging a language rift to strengthen a country.
2 posted on 01/03/2003 10:58 PM PST by Pelham
Comment #3 Removed by Moderator
To: Pelham
If Bush has money to give away to Mexicans, that is fine, but I think they ought to have to go back home to collect it. Don't give it to them here, as a reward for their having broken USA law by coming here.
4 posted on 01/03/2003 11:00 PM PST by crystalk
To: lewislynn
Web site designed to give 1.2 million Hispanic-owned businesses better access to information on government grants...
That figures. Thank God we didn't ge Owlgore as president or have four more years of the Clintons.
6 posted on 01/03/2003 11:02 PM PST by RLK
To: lewislynn
The number of U.S. Hispanics rose by 58 percent during the past decade to 35.3 million, according to census figures -- just under the 35.4 million figure for black Americans, the nation's largest minority.
Those figures are last weeks. Bush and Fox another two million in since then.
7 posted on 01/03/2003 11:05 PM PST by RLK
To: lewislynn
"The Visigoth community has an ally in Emporor Valens"
8 posted on 01/03/2003 11:08 PM PST by second_half_recovery
To: Captainpaintball
Health care policy, too, is a prickly topic: Hispanics, just 11 percent of the U.S. population, account for 35 percent of those without health insurance.
And WHO are they expecting SHOULD pay for their health insurance if they won't pay for their own? Yes ---more Socialism is the obvious answer to all their problems.
10 posted on 01/03/2003 11:14 PM PST by FITZ
To: lewislynn
Bush better hope he gets A LOT more hispanics to vote for him because with all this pandering his base is slowly but surely slipping away from him. If I had to give George some political advice it would be to ask his Dad for political advice and then do the exact opposite of what his Dad told him to do.
11 posted on 01/03/2003 11:14 PM PST by WRhine
To: RLK
That figures. Thank God we didn't ge Owlgore as president or have four more years of the Clintons.
You Bet. It's like the Clintons never left.
12 posted on 01/03/2003 11:18 PM PST by WRhine
To: WRhine
Un El dÃÂa En El la vida de Jorge W. La arbusto
IRS seminars, IDs Help Illegal Immigrants Pay US Taxes
State Department Shreds Millions of Visa Applications
Immigration Isn't An Issue Says Congressional GOP "The National Republican Congressional Committee has been advising its candidates NOT to mention border security and immigration issues in their speeches or campaign literature,"
Bush To Push For Amnesty - The Washington Times - November 23, 2002
13 posted on 01/03/2003 11:36 PM PST by Uncle Bill
To: Captainpaintball
Hark! What's that I hear coming in the distance...
It's the sound of slipper clad Bush-Bots coming to sing the praises of this latest idea of their glorious Leader.
Geez... Yeap, them adults sure is incharge now, you betcha...
/sarcasm
15 posted on 01/03/2003 11:46 PM PST by Lord_Baltar
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Hispanic Employment Initiative
"American citizens of Hispanic ancestry still remain the only underrepresented minority group in the federal government."
We are aggressively working to remedy this situation and encourage other federal agencies to do the same. See the following links regarding this initiative.
SOURCE
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release October 12, 2000 EXECUTIVE ORDER
13171
HISPANIC EMPLOYMENT IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to improve the representation of Hispanics in Federal employment, within merit system principles and consistent with the application of appropriate veterans' preference criteria, to achieve a Federal workforce drawn from all segments of society, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the executive branch to recruit qualified individuals from appropriate sources in an effort to achieve a workforce drawn from all segments of society. Pursuant to this policy, this Administration notes that Hispanics remain underrepresented in the Federal workforce: they make up only 6.4 percent of the Federal civilian workforce, roughly half of their total representation in the civilian labor force. This Executive Order, therefore, affirms ongoing policies and recommends additional policies to eliminate the underpresentation of Hispanics in the Federal workforce.
Sec. 2. Responsibilities of Executive Departments and Agencies. The head of each executive department and agency (agency) shall establish and maintain a program for the recruitment and career development of Hispanics in Federal employment. In its program, each agency shall:
(a) provide a plan for recruiting Hispanics that creates a fully diverse workforce for the agency in the 21st century;
(B) assess and eliminate any systemic barriers to the effective recruitment and consideration of Hispanics, including but not limited to:
(1) broadening the area of consideration to include applicants from all appropriate sources;
(2) ensuring that selection factors are appropriate and achieve the broadest consideration of applicants and do not impose barriers to selection based on nonmerit factors; and
(3) considering the appointment of Hispanic Federal executives to rating, selection, performance review, and executive resources panels and boards;
é improve outreach efforts to include organizations outside the Federal Government in order to increase the number of Hispanic candidates in the selection pool for the Senior Executive Service;
(d) promote participation of Hispanic employees in management, leadership, and career development programs;
(e) ensure that performance plans for senior executives, managers, and supervisors include specific language related to significant accomplishments on diversity recruitment and career development and that accountability is predicated on those plans;
(f) establish appropriate agency advisory councils that include Hispanic Employment Program Managers;
(g) implement the goals of the Government-wide Hispanic Employment Initiatives issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in September 1997 (Nine-Point Plan), and the Report to the President's Management Council on Hispanic Employment in the Federal Government of March 1999;
(h) ensure that managers and supervisors receive periodic training in diversity management in order to carry out their responsibilities to maintain a diverse workforce; and
(i) reflect a continuing priority for eliminating Hispanic underrepresentation in the Federal workforce and incorporate actions under this order as strategies for achieving workforce diversity goals in the agency's Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Annual Performance Plan.
Sec. 3. Cooperation. All efforts taken by heads of agencies under sections 1 and 2 of this order shall, as appropriate, further partnerships and cooperation among Federal, public, and private sector employers, and appropriate Hispanic organizations whenever such partnerships and cooperation are possible and would promote the Federal employment of qualified individuals. In developing the long-term comprehensive strategies required by section 2 of this order, agencies shall, as appropriate, consult with and seek information and advice from experts in the areas of special targeted recruitment and diversity in employment.
Sec. 4. Responsibilities of the Office of Personnel Management. The Office of Personnel Management is required by law and regulations to undertake a Government-wide minority recruitment effort. Pursuant to that on-going effort and in implementation of this order, the Director of OPM shall:
(a) provide Federal human resources management policy guidance to address Hispanic underrepresentation where it occurs;
(B) take the lead in promoting diversity to executive agencies for such actions as deemed appropriate to promote equal employment opportunity;
é within 180 days from the date of this order, prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order;
(d) within 60 days from the date of this order, establish an Interagency Task Force, chaired by the Director and composed of agency officials at the Deputy Secretary level, or the equivalent. This Task Force shall meet semi-annually to:
(1) review best practices in strategic human resources management planning, including alignment with agency GPRA plans;
(2) assess overall executive branch progress in complying with the requirements of this order;
(3) provide advice on ways to increase Hispanic community involvement; and
(4) recommend any further actions, as appropriate, in eliminating the underrepresentation of Hispanics in the Federal workforce where it occurs; and
(e) issue an annual report with findings and recommendations to the President on the progress made by agencies on matters related to this order. The first annual report shall be issued no later than 1 year from the date of this order.
Sec. 5. Judicial Review. This order is intended only to improve the internal management of the executive branch. It does not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable in law or equity except as may be identified in existing laws and regulations, by a party against the United States, its agencies, its officers or employees, or any other person.
THE WHITE HOUSE, October 12, 2000.
I'm a panderer, not a philanderer
25 posted on 01/04/2003 1:09 AM PST by Uncle Bill
Good News for Illegal Aliens
Fox News Tuesday, July 24, 2001 Source
WASHINGTON ââ¬â A study group headed by Secretary of State Colin Powell and Attorney General John Ashcroft has recommended that the United States grant guest-worker status and possibly legal residency to some of the millions of undocumented Mexican immigrants.
The proposal, sent to the White House Friday, would be "part of our continued effort to work with the Mexican government toward our shared goal of a more orderly, more humane, legal and safe migration," spokesman Scott McClellan said.
The working group, co-chaired by Powell and Ashcroft, "recommends creation of a new, temporary guest-worker program that would allow for some of the workers to achieve permanent resident status over a period of time," McClellan said.
The plan would give guest-worker status to the immigrants and eventually could lead to permanent legal status to some of the 3 million Mexicans now in the United States unlawfully.
The New York Times, which first reported the recommendation, quoted unidentified administration officials and outside experts as saying 1 million to 2 million of the 3 million Mexican illegals could benefit from the program.
McClellan and a Justice Department spokesman said Tuesday the proposal contained no figures on how many people it could affect.
McClellan said many details remain to be worked out and numerous decisions made during discussions that are continuing between White House staff and the working group.
President Bush's domestic policy and national security advisers are currently studying the matter, McClellan said. The Justice-State task force hopes to have recommendations by September, when Mexican President Vicente Fox visits Bush in Washington.
In the past, Bush has stopped short of endorsing blanket amnesty for Mexicans in this country illegally.
White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said a week ago that Bush was committed to working with the Mexican government to ease what has been a disorderly process along the 2,000-mile border.
Mexican President Vicente Fox welcomed the development at the time, saying he was committed to "as many rights as possible for as many Mexican immigrants as possible as soon as possible."
Congressional conservatives have opposed anything beyond allowing Mexicans to stay as temporary laborers.
Republican Sen. Phil Gramm of Bush's home state of Texas said last week that any proposal to grant amnesty would set a bad example for 7 million Mexican immigrants who have legally applied to enter the country and are waiting for their paperwork to be approved.
Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, introduced legislation last week to create a program that lets farm workers now working in the United States become permanent residents after working 150 days a year for four years.
Any decision on granting legal status of Mexicans in the United States illegally would have political ramifications for Bush. He has actively courted the Hispanic vote, which could be an important voting bloc for the 2004 presidential election.
28 posted on 01/04/2003 1:48 AM PST by Uncle Bill [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies ] To: madfly
fyi
29 posted on 01/04/2003 4:44 AM PST by Free the USA
To: lewislynn
The Bush administration is starting a Spanish-language Web site designed to give 1.2 million Hispanic-owned businesses better access to information on government grants, trade and high-tech issues.
Pure socialism. Bush can kiss part of the South goodbye come next election.
33 posted on 01/04/2003 6:12 AM PST by sc-rms
**To: lewislynn
Tancredo for President 2004 If he won't run write him in anyway, you got absolutely nothing to lose.
39 posted on 01/04/2003 8:48 AM PST by MissAmericanPie **
**To: Uncle Bill
Good resources and quotes! Thanks. Here's a kind of funny one:
Coyote Jorge Captured! [url=http://www.mmedia.is/~cyclone/coyotejorge.jpg]http://www.mmedia.is/~cyclone/coyotejorge.jpg[/url]
43 posted on 01/04/2003 9:40 AM PST by dagnabbit **
**To: Lord_Baltar
WR, I'm surprised the Bush Bots haven't come in here to defend this nonsense.
I'm sure most are embarrassed about it. It only makes their job of shilling for Bush harder.
57 posted on 01/04/2003 12:26 PM PST by WRhine **
2003-01-07 23:22 | User Profile
I'm amazed the Buchananite Pelham is still a Freeper in good standing! Talk about a stranger in a strange land.
2003-01-07 23:48 | User Profile
Originally posted by Faust@Jan 7 2003, 17:57 ** Hispanic business owners. Hispanics, especially women, form the nation's fastest-growing group of business owners. **
Gosh, when I saw the filth that 20 million mexicans make Mexico City I never had any idea that those senioritas sleeping in mud huts weren't just breeders. Nope, they are all undiscovered entrepreneurs. All it takes is a bunch of government hand outs from white folks for minorities and women and an alien population who is racially conscious and patronizes their people's business and shazam, you've got success.