Bush 'amnesty' blamed for rise in illegals

[PfcHammer]

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040416-120211-3587r.htm

Bush 'amnesty' blamed for rise in illegals

By Stephen Dinan
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The number of illegal aliens being apprehended on the southwestern border has jumped 25 percent in the first three months of 2004 compared with last year, and some are blaming President Bush's immigration proposal in January for enticing immigrants across the border.

"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to tell you the president's speech was the catalyst for lots of folks to make their way north and try to get into this country in order to get what they accurately believe to be amnesty," said Rep. Tom Tancredo, Colorado Republican and chairman of the House Immigration Reform Caucus.

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On Jan. 7, Mr. Bush proposed a guest-worker program that would, among other provisions, give perpetual temporary legal status to workers already in the United States. Mr. Bush says his plan doesn't amount to an amnesty, but Mr. Tancredo said that's how those in other countries see it.

"The rest of the world knows exactly what he said. A Mexican peasant in Chiapas interpreted it correctly," he said.

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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Aniother ione if thise

WE TOLD YOU SO!

Lord I am getting tired of being right so often with the incompetent fools

[schultzee]

4. The League of Women Voters is against paper voting trail and

are basically supporting Bush stealing the election by doing what they are doing. It seems everywhere we look, the rePIGS are stealing something from someone.

[David__77]

2. Tancredo is a racist--scum.

I don't toss the term around lightly--Tancredo is a racist. That is his motivation. He wants to preserve "Western" (read white) domination in this country.

[schultzee]

3. I don't have a problem with immegration, but the rePIG scum are

using it to drive down wages in this country, and also basically treat guest workers as slaves. The workers are leaving one super hell for a little better hell where they also will have no rights and will be taken advantage of by greed pigs. Many illegals are injured seriously on the job and have no recourse to worker's compensation or other programs. Bush is helping his buddies hurt the poor, which is his main goal in life. Enrich the already rich and steal from the poor.