Washington - Tuesday at Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), located just outside of the city of Brunswick, President George W. Bush made it clear that he was not going to stop fighting for the proposed immigration reform bill, which would allow illegal immigrants with no criminal records to register to remain temporarily in the United States after paying a fine.
“A lot of Americans are skeptical about immigration reform primarily because they don’t think the government can fix the problems,” Bush stated. “And my answer to the skeptics is, give us a chance to fix the problems in a comprehensive way that enforces our border and treats people with decency and respect.”
President Bush followed this up with the following statement:
“[The bill] is the best hope for lasting reform. If people are interested in fixing a system that’s broken, this bill is the best hope to do so.”
Georgia senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, both Republican, approve of the current bill, although they did say they may not support the final bill, depending on how it is amended.
Along with giving a select amount of illegal immigrants temporary occupancy, the bill would also create a guest worker program which would allow foreign laborers to come to the United States temporarily.
Still, even if the illegal immigrants gained temporary citizenship, to obtain a green card, they would have to learn English, pay yet another fine, and return to their home country…to wait in line.
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Dear Bush .. it didn’t work in 86 .. you lock up our border patrol agents, you’ve only built 2 miles of the fence so far. Because of Iraq /Karina / Wolfowitz /Rumsfeld/Gonzalas/Libby / your batting 1000.
Comment by bryn eltringham — May 29, 2007 @ 4:37 pm
These lowlifes have had decades to uphold the Constitution and the laws of this once great nation.
Nobody can be so foolish as to believe anything they say anymore.
Comment by Carson — May 29, 2007 @ 4:40 pm
may god have mercy on all of us and the longer its take to solve the problems the badder and more complicated it get only god can solve the problems of this work its time for him to come i am very sorry for this world serious.
Comment by ena prince — May 29, 2007 @ 4:44 pm
Mr. Bush defends and supports only things that unfairly help big business. If a minimum wage was included in the bill, he would threaten a veto. No president has done more to divide american social classes then Mr. Bush. If this bill is the best that congress can come up with then they need to be voted out of office.
Comment by Roy DeWitt — May 29, 2007 @ 4:50 pm
l really support Bush because the immigration law is broken
and there is nothing else we
can do about the undocumented
than the kind of plan in the
senate now.The plan is never
amnesty.
Comment by John Davison — May 29, 2007 @ 5:11 pm
the laws are there so uses them
Comment by jlowe — May 29, 2007 @ 7:11 pm
The same old stupidity as the 86 bill.
Let’s see a secure border without illegal crossing FIRST, then we can talk about the ones already here. Until that point, it’s just a no-starter. But then, who would believe them anyway? I think I would have to fall off the wall before I believed they built it!
For me, anyway, this will be the single item driving my voting in the next election.
Comment by Gustav — May 29, 2007 @ 10:30 pm