GOP what's up with the Republican Congress ignoring the immigration issue, and going on vacation???
602243
Bush didn't keep his word is the correct answer to the question.
838550
The GOP is going on past practices. \n\nbesides, it makes for a lightening rod to rally the forces against all things democratic and veto all legislation
1140396
This is one of the big issues that conservatives DO have with President Bush and the GOP Congress. Their lavish and unconstitutional spending. "No Child Left Behind" and the Mediscam prescription giveaway and the undisciplined earmarking are all issue that conservatives have with the GOP and Bush.\n\nSame with the Senate bill for clemency and amnest for illegals.\nSame with Congress' failure to make the tax cuts permanent.\nSame with Contress' failure to implement Bush's sensible Social Security reforms.\nEtc.\n\nThose are not the actions of conservatives.
1139859
the truth be told the only reason illigal imigrants is an issue is that the war is going so bad for us and making the republicans look bad. with the elections comming up they want to distact us from the war issue. because that is the platform they ran on last time to get elected
789758
They were largely Republican until this year and the issue of cracking down on illegal immigration came up, then many switched sides.  \n\nThis is not JUST a latin american issue.\n\nBoth sides have decent arguements.  On the one hand the majority of illegals do want to come hear to live our American dream and want to do a good job and participate and pay taxes.  However, when they come over here illegally it opens a major can of worms and we have to ask the question "why can't they go through the correct process like so many before them?".  \n\nMany of us are ticked off that we have to struggle to make ends meat and pay for our expenses, work and try to better ourselves through school and we can't qualify for services.  Yet there are people here illegally getting services that we can't qualify for and they get to share or steal our American dream that we bought and paid for in taxes and we get understandably upset.\n\nI know of plenty of people that came here legally.  \n\nWe are a nation of rules and laws and if we aren't going to enforce them, then what good are they? \n\nAlso, I think it's particularly worrisome that so many people have gotten into the US illegally.  It quite frankly frightens me about national safety.  The law of averages has to tell us that at least some of the people here illegally DO NOT have good intentions!
808774
Niether one will do anything,  The senate does not want to, ( either party in general some individuals do)\n\nThe house in general the republicans are nore for a secue america,\n\nbut even on the fence, there was never any money approved to actually pay for it,  it was approved, and money anounced but there was never a funding bill to pay for it.\nAll talk.
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I am chilled, thanks.\n\nI for one realize that the Bush administration are using this as a distraction from the real issues that should be in the public focus. Because we have mid-terms coming up in November, the Republicans need two or three bulls*** platforms with which to enrage their 'base'.\n\nI'm glad to say that so far it doesn't seem to be working. This issue was supposed to start a national debate that would last until the elections. Now that we're almost into May it seems to have been largely forgotten.
514497
First off, I believe you mean H.R. 4437. It's a good, strong bill againt illegal immigration passed by the House and yet to be voted on by the Senate, but will probably be shot down because the GOP has become a bunch of sissies. See below for more info (especially the External Links at the bottom).
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The republican party is looking for issues that can carry them in the upcoming elections.\n\nIn 2000-2004, they struck a chord with gay marriages, and war on terrorism. But now, these issues are either non-issue, or infact, a drag on republican party - especially war on iraq.\n\nIn order to hold on to conservative, or near conservative vote bank, the next topic of interest is immigration. The fact is, illegal immigration and also legal immigration helps another bastion of republicans - industrialists, who want cheap labor.\n\nBut there are only so many rich industrialists, to a large population of white conservatives. Also, the appeal of immigration is also for many blacks/ hispanics, who are now naturalized, and dont want others like them to come in, and take away their jobs.\n\nThus, immigration is a good wedge point for republicans - get back the white conservatives, who may be drifting away becuase of Iraq, and also, get new voters - poorer blacks/ hispanics, who dont want more immigrants to come in.\n\nTherefore, suddenly every republican, and FOX news is talking about that immigration issue, while thousands continue to die in Iraq war, we continue to pollute the environment, we continue to run massive deficits, and the rich continue to get tax breaks, while the rest of america continues to loose essential services, and well paying jobs
916928
It's all over but the crying now....ooooppppps I mean whining........Democrats are in da House.  We all know that Federal law will always take precedence over Little bitty Ol State Laws.....Amnesty is ooooppppppsss the Guest Work Program is in the making.......
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Sensenbrenner (House Bill Sponsor) says the provisions about an illegal being a felon were put in at the request of the White House.  Press reports from last December have Bush saying good things about the House Bill. Somewhere he decided he could get his slave labor program put in, and now he wants that.\n\nHe sent a delegate to meet twice with the House and Sensenbrenner didn't even bother to go.  Others from the House just kept saying "The President isn't where the people are," according to press reports.\n\nThe one faction that wins from excessive immigration to the point where education and other services are ruined is big business.  That appears now to be what matters most to him.
870111
You are not In Charge of anything. You also apparently haven't been paying attention to the new party leadership. They made it very clear(last week), that there will be NO IMPEACHMENT.
1002628
the immigration issue has been going on for years so yes this is a scapegoat to all the incompetency and the cruelty happening in Iraq and right here in America . not wonder it has become an issue for the Republicans they had accomplished the opposite to making  America successful and had created a huge irresponsible debt . this is just a distraction while they take millions of dollars from the Americans and abuse other countries while everyone is focused in the wrong thing .
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They are not in this for the illegal immigrants.  They are in this for the going forward guest worker program that would bring in an additional 60 million poor workers over the next 20 years - about a third of the population of the United States. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/wm1109.cfm\n\nThis will drive down wages, while taxpayers pay the 'benefits' of Big Business's work force.  It is not being a Democrat, it is the 'Big Business' face of the Republican party.  They are now trying to buy off Republican voters with insane proposed Constitutional Amendments that everyone knows don't have enough votes to pass.  I for one feel that adds insult to injury (and further insult when you realize that I for one would be opposed to the amendments, in any event.)\n\nThey have a backbone made of PAC committees and Corporate Donors.  However, there just isn't enough Big Business vote to elect a Senator.  Poor things.\n\nOh, and about McCain, he canceled a speaker position for Bilbray, the Republican running for the San Diego House seat because Bilbray's opponent sent McCain a letter pointing out that Bilbray had cut down her own support for McCain's bill.  Bilbray had to cancel the event.  His polls have gone up. Of course this may also have something to do with his opponent being taped telling an illegal alien he could still work for her 'and vote' for her.  We vote tomorrow.  Should be interesting.
1035622
Pretty pissed that our party hasn't been very conservative... Fiscally conservative - the war spending I understand, but pork spending? Oh no! \nTanked the immigration issue. Bush came in with a fair bit of the hispanic vote & a plan that would have helped pick up much more of this growing population. Now we're going to pass nearly the same plan & piss off the voting block that caused us to do it? Bad idea! \nLooked bad getting judges in! \nSocial Security? Couldn't get anything done even though it's going to crap in just a few years, will never be there in any form by the time I retire, and will seriously hurt the US economy on the way down. Yet all we did was take the hit for talking about it. \nDoing the right thing overseas, but looking bad & taking too long to do it. We couldn't have put 500k troops in there to crush that place from the start & be done with Iran by now too? \n\nWe knew in advance that Bush was not the best leader we have & that he's more liberal than 80% of our party, but we needed to take the middle to win the election & accpeted that we wouldn't get much done, but YES I'm not happy that what congress has accomplished these last 6 years has been non-conservative in nature. We'll still keep congress this fall though & I think win the Pres again in 08, I'm really looking forward to watching democrats freak out when that happens.
1038011
To polarize the Christian right/republicans and to get the rest of the country to stop thinking about the Iraq war and gas prices.  Same thing as the immigration issue
378414
Because neither the Democrats or Republicans want to offend the hispanics in this country,since 1986 when amnesty was given to illegals back then our goverment failed to secure the borders,each administration left the problem to the following administration,now we're stuck with millions of illegal immigrants that are not asking but demanding legal status,some are already planning to bring more illegals with them.and our Washington representives?pointing the finger at each other as usual,and contrary to what the person above said,it's the Republicans that are blocking illegals from becoming legal.