Bush Acknowledges Concern on Immigration

Bush on Saturday acknowledged lawmakers' doubts about a U.S. immigration proposal, but argued it will help resolve the status of 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States.

Resolved: The status of illegal immigrants is...illegal.

With the proposal taking fire from both Republicans and Democrats, the Senate is expected to begin debate on immigration next week.

Contact your Senator.

Bush used his weekly radio address to open what is likely to be an intense effort to persuade Americans to support the plan as the answer to long-simmering U.S. immigration problems.

Here's a better idea, support the people who voted for you.

"It will help us resolve the status of millions of illegal immigrants who are here already, without animosity and without amnesty," said Bush, who is spending the weekend at his Texas ranch.

Who, outside of Washington, believes this crap?

The president, in need of a victory to brighten a second term dominated by the chaos in Iraq, wants to resolve the immigration battle before it gets swept up by the presidential campaign to replace him in 2008.

Don't be silly, it's never too late to destroy the GOP. Nice unbiased reporting of Iraq by the way.

The legislation will have to navigate some perilous shoals if it is to become law.

Like angry voters?

Conservative Republicans fear it would lead to an amnesty for illegal immigrants who they say are already weighing heavily on America's social fabric.

It will, and still no mention of what Americans think about this.

At the same time, many Democrats think the elements of the worker program are too tough on immigrants. Labor unions fear the deal will drive down wages.

What about the voters, Americans, why do I get the feeling we have no say in this? According to this poll, 90% of Americans think that illegal immigration is a serious or somewhat serious problem. This is as clear an example of unresponsive, negligent government as you're going to see.

 

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Comments

[Angel]

hiya Kevin..acknowledging concern is hardly enough!..hope u received my trackbacks!

[brooke]

Let's see... A chaotic, mismanaged war, a monsterous energy crisis and a 12mil+ amnesty bill?

Is Bush trying to fill Jimmuh's shoes?

[Always On Watch]

Capitol Hill is being flooded with constituents' calls objecting to the immigration bill. And the damned politicians--including President Bush--are determined to foist off this travesty called "a change in immigration policy" on the taxpayers and hard-working American citizens.

The bill is hundreds of pages long. How many on Capitol Hill will vote on this bill without having even read it?

A bill that long contains too many exceptions and will be a failure as policy.

[kevin]

Jimmy's shoes are so small, even Clinton's feet are too big for them.

[Steve Harkonnen]

I most definitely see this bill coming to a grinding halt very soon. It is an abonimation and will not pass. As AOW mentions, it's too long. Senators trying to read it will fall asleep from those huge lunches they eat in the cafeteria.