Do you think PRESIDENT BUSH knows that ILLEGAL ALIENS and TERRORIST are sneaking over the Border?
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Just because the problem of terrorists has MANY fronts doesn't mean that any ONE of them is less vital to address.  IF, God forbid, you were to ever have children and one was standing in traffic, and the other about to fall off the roof, would it make either of them less critical?  How good of a job could YOU do keeping this country safe?  Demorats would only apologize for not providing better transportation from the border.
619761
I think Bush is a criminal, probably the worst terrorist in the world at this time. The armed services are not. They are doing what they are told, and not given enough information about the reality of their missions.
904062
You ask the tragic question of our times, but the real answer about securing the borders has less to do with terrorism and more to do with politics and the "cost of doing business". \n\nGeorge Bush has decided NOT to secure the borders of the US against foreigners who want to cross over at will.  By "ignoring the problem" - or pretending it doesn't exist -  he doesn't have to do anything about it - right?  A simplistic statement of "conservative thought", for lack of a better description. \n\nBut let's think about it.  Mexico wants to get rid of as much of its uneducated population as possible.  Bush says, "Hey, send em right in!" , and by so doing makes great friends with whatever government is in power in Mexico.  The NAFTA agreement also plays into that scenario. \n\nSome of this seems to be for the benefit of companies of all sizes in the US, many of whom give Bush large financial contributions - and which benefit from having influxes of people who can be hired at very, very low hourly rates - and who won't complain about tiny wages.  Large agri-business companies are one example. \n\nAnd it seems that the majority of the 11 - 15 million latinos who have "appeared" in the US, have crossed over the border illegally during the Bush administration - according to most of the "reliable" news sources. \n\nAt the CNN "Special" on illegal immigration, the conservative Heritage Foundation had calculated it would cost 2 trillion dollars over the lives of those latinos already in the US -  for the education, hospitalization and health care, social security, and other social services etc., that they would need, but for which they could not pay out of their own pockets.  Neither would their very, very low wages produce withholding tax revenues large enough to pay for these benefits.  \n\nAs an example, it seems a frightening number of hospitals in the Southwest of the US have closed, becoming overwhelmed with latino patients who have no money or insurance to pay for their care, so the hospital closes when it runs out of money.  "Free medical care" was never "free", but was subsidized by the hospital's income,  and its receipt of voluntary contributions from members of the surrounding community.  Now this free care has vastly outstripped the ability of the hospital itself and its supporting community to pay for it.  The doctors are fired and the hospital closes. And now, NO ONE gets any medical care. \n\nHow long will the country last with declining numbers of hospitals?  Or schools, since they too are being overwhelmed? And the list goes on. \n\nThe CNN special also pointed out that, every year, about 500,000 people get across our borders illegally who are NOT latinos - and some of those are members of the terrorist organization Hamas, or other terrorist organizations. \n\nBut the real, current problem is the numbers of latinos who are uneducated who are coming into the US who will never have jobs paying enough to afford the services our society provides, and will have to be given these free of charge. \n\nAnd this society of ours will will ultimately fail if this illegal immigration is not stopped, and the current illegals are not picked up one by one and sent back.  \n\nThink about it this way: could current US citizens and government pay for the health care and education for ALL the Chinese in the world if they ALL decided to come here - for example?  The (obvious) answer is no - the US cannot become the home of most of the people on earth, just physically if not also economically.  \n\nSo why do people think we can absorb some large fraction of the entire population of Mexico? One which is uneducated?  Which doesn't pay taxes, in many cases? Which can't pay for healtcare for themselves, and depend on getting it for free - which will cause the healthcare delivery system to fail at the point it runs out of money? \n\n
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HERES You RACISM- I Hope You CHOKE On It\n\nA close, personal friendship with President George W. Bush has given Mexicos President Vicente Fox the opportunity to purposely allow (or even send) Millions of Criminals, Thugs, Anarchists, and Potential Terrorists to swarm over our southern border in breathtaking numbers. (Nearly half of all illegal aliens currently living in the U.S. came here since Bush became president in 2000.)  \n\n\n\nMexico's President Fox has been unrelenting in his brazen demands on the United States, starting with open borders even before he was elected. He has called for the border to be “a joining line.” His visits to the U.S. have been filled with endless requirements for Mexican citizens illegally in this country — free healthcare, taxpayer-subsidized in-state tuition for illegals at state colleges and universities, guestworker programs and amnesty for all. \n\n                                                             **************************\n\nMexican American Legal Defense Fund founder Mario Obledo stated, “California is going to be a Hispanic state. Anyone who doesn't like it should leave. Every constitutional office in California is going to be held by Hispanics in the next 20 years.  People who don't like such demographic changes “should go back to Europe.” (Incidentally,  Senor  Obledo was also the California Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Gov. Jerry Brown.) \n\nMario Obledo, California Coalition of Hispanic Organizations and California State Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Governor Jerry Brown, also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton, "California is going to be a Hispanic state.  Anyone who doesn't like it should leave." \n\n\nObledo Is A Member Of "MEChA" And "LA RAZA"\n\n                                                 ********************\n\nThe newly "ELECTED"mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, joined the lawbreakers and proclaimed "this bill in Congress is wrong". Señor Villaraigosa said "The only thing illegal is making 11 million illegal aliens felons." Yeah, he Actually said that. People should make no mistake about it: Villaraigosa was "ELECTED" by ILLEGALs VOTING, and HIS Allegiance, along with the rest of these "ELECTED" public officials in California of Mexican ancestry is to Mexico, not California or these United States of America. Villaraigosa has spent a lifetime opposing U.S. immigration laws.\n\nVillaraigosa is A Member Of  "MEChA"  and  " LA RAZA"\n\n                                               *********************\n\nMEChA and the La Raza movement teach that Colorado, California, Arizona, Texas, Utah, New Mexico, Oregon and parts of Washington State make up an area known as "AZTLAN" -- a fictional ancestral homeland of the Aztecs before Europeans arrived in North America. As such, it belongs to the followers of MEChA. These are all areas America should surrender to "La Raza" once enough immigrants, legal or illegal, enter to claim a majority, as in Los Angeles. The current borders of the United States will  be extinguished.\n\n \n\n The Council of La Raza succeeded in having itself added to congressional hearings by Republican House and Senate leaders. And an anonymous senator even gave the Council of La Raza an extra $4 million in earmarked taxpayer money, supposedly for "housing reform," while La Raza continues to lobby the Senate for virtual open borders and amnesty for illegal aliens. \n\n\n\n               http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=13863\n\n                      \n\n"We have an aging white America ... They are dying ...We have got to eliminate the gringo, and what I mean by that is if the worst comes to the worst, we have got to kill him." Jose Angel Gutierrez, professor, University of Texas, Arlington and founder
547653
He announced that national guard troops will be assisting border patrol to keep illegals out.  And the illegals that have been here for a while are encouraged to learn english and become Legal citizens....in a nutshell
672228
Yes, absolutely! Someone has got to protect the American citizens from "who knows what" could be crossing that open door into the USA.  Illegal immigrants do it every day, why couldn't a terrorist? I am all in favor of building a wall or fence there.\n\n I believe the protests and the waving of the Mexican flag is a slap in the face of those of us who give our allegience to the USA. They do not have any plans of assimilating, their plan is to reconquor and I for one will join a 'vigilante' group and fight for keeping the USA way of life, if it should come to that. They are as much an invader as a terrorist. They steal from our future by abusing our country's Assistance programs. Programs we, as hard working legal US American citizens, provided for OUR future generations, not a piggy bank for thieves to steal from and abuse like it is theirs. If US Americans don't open their eyes, they're going to wake up one day and it's going to be gone, it will be too late. their grandchildren will be living like those illegal immigrants were in Mexico. The USA will be the same type of desolate poor country.
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Yes\nHe Is Hearing The Demands Of The Citizens\nHe Has No Choice But To Comply\n\nIf  The Federal Govt Does NOT Put A Military Presense At The Border\nThe Citizens Will Put An Armed Militia At The Border\n\nBush And His People Are Aware Of This
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Bush is trying to get support for his incredibly stupid "Guest Worker" program, which should be renamed "Illegal Worker" program.  This guy is too buddy-buddy with that corrupt Vicente Fox.  NAFTA should be scrapped and the US military stationed all along the border, at least 100,000 troops.\n\nStop the Mexican illegal invasion.
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I agree, we should have closed down our borders with an iron fist after the attack of 9/11.  It is utterly ridiculous that we get toe jam inspections at airports and yet no one is bothering to see what scum is swimming or walking across the border.  Bush should be publicly flogged for that.  And I voted for him, but totally disagree on his handling of security after 9/11.
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NEW: Homeland Security Report:\nhttp://www.house.gov/mccaul/pdf/Investigaions-Border-Report.pdf \n\n40 pages of reports and pictures of pure insanity!\n\nDuring the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries.  Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroine and marijuana, crossed into the U. S. from the Southern border.
384424
I think George Bush is just buying time to allow the issue to cool off. He really doesn't want to remove the illegals because of votes. You just watch what this snake pulls on America about all of this.
439891
you'll know when an illegal alien who cannot express clearly in english, make it to the white house. bush almost fooled us thinking they'd made it.
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President Bush Stated Last Night:\n\nWe are a nation of laws, and we must enforce our laws. (Then Why Havent We Enforced The Existing Immigration Laws) \n\nTHE FACT IS that there is already a federal statutory framework in place which specifically prohibits the hiring of illegal aliens, \nwhich provides record keeping rules to verify an employee’s work authorization and identity, \nand which provides for monetary sanctions (Fines)to be levied against employers who violate the provisions of the law.\n\nTHE FACT IS that Illegal Aliens work in every sector of our country, siphoning jobs from Americans and depressing wages for the working poor and the middle class – \nand yet employer sanctions go largely unenforced by our government.\n\nTHE FACT IS that big business, \nwhich has provided massive financial support to the Bush Administration, \nand which benefits from hiring illegal aliens and paying them cheap wages while skirting employer tax and record keeping obligations, \ndoes not want “employer sanctions” enforced.\n\nTHE FACT IS that the Bush Administration has had the responsibility for “cracking down on employers who hire illegal aliens” \nand has failed miserably to enforce existing “employer sanction” laws. \nCAN ANYONE EXPLAIN WHY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION \nHAS ALLOWED THE NUMBER OF FINES AGAINST EMPLOYERS WHO UNLAWFULLY HIRE ILLEGAL ALIENS TO FALL FROM 400 IN 1999 TO ONLY THREE (3) IN 2004?\n\nTHE FACT IS that there are ALREADY laws on the books providing for the deportation of illegal aliens, \nwhether they are simply here illegally, which, of course, is a crime in and of itself, \nor whether they have committed additional crimes as well.\n\nTHE FACT IS that the Bush Administration has made little or no effort to enforce these laws. \nInstead, they implemented a “catch and release” policy. This policy allows an apprehended illegal alien to remain free in the United States if that person simply agrees to appear at a court hearing! \nThe results of this policy have been disastrous. \n“Knowing they’re unlikely to be jailed, thousands of immigrants have surrendered to Border Patrol agents, and then have been allowed to continue their journey into America, court summonses in hand,” says T.J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council. \nThere are actually reports of illegal aliens taking taxis from the border to Border Patrol offices to turn themselves in, to be “caught and released” as a way to cross into this country. Under pressure, the Bush Administration has claimed that this policy would be replaced “gradually.” \n\nTHE FACT IS that, according to T.J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council, which represents about 10,000 Border Patrol agents and staff,“the immigration system is broken to the point where you just want to throw up your hands.” \nIt is this broken system that the Bush Administration has shown absolutely no desire to mend, and that the Bush Administration believes is “working fine.”\n\nTHE FACT IS that the Bush Administration’s immigration policies,  have totally failed to provide the financial resources or the manpower necessary for the U.S Border Patrol to effectively do its job of controlling our borders.\n\nTHE FACT IS that the Bush Administration, has done absolutely nothing to discourage the proliferation and tax-payer funding of Sanctuary Cities. \nMunicipalities that have designated themselves to be Sanctuary Cities providing illegal aliens protection from deportation, in violation of federal law. \nThey unconstitutionally arrogate to themselves federal government authority, \nwhile tying the hands of local law enforcement by prohibiting them from reporting illegal aliens to federal authorities.\n\nTHE FACT IS that the Bush Administration’s record on illegal immigration and border security is generally regarded, even by its supporters, as one of neglect, and by serious proponents of immigration reform and border security,
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from what he has proposed so far he is not willing to deport anyone.  I think his party is really cracking down on him to take a stand on this. He is supposed to give a speech tonight about this issue, he might send troops to the border and that is a good start but we need a real solution to this problem i.e. a wall, satellite and more border patrol agents.
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No, Bush is just a guy, who used to be in the oil biz, so he thought he knew energy and arabs, and he used to be governor of Texas, so he thought he knew mexicans and immigration, turns out both sets of issues have just put him on his butt.... doesn't change the fact that more people want him out of office with every passing week, including me...
667711
You could always ask Bush, I'm sure he knows a thing or two about weak borders.
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I think the sporadic fence and remote sensors, increased border patrol and training and technology to help them do their job, coupled with drone aircraft is the way to go.  That is what is being discussed, but we have to make sure it is seriously implemented. \n\nSince concerns about border patrol are stalling immigration reforms including legalizing the bulk of current illegals, Bush is probably going to put National Guard on the borders until the other measures (whatever they end up being) go into effect.  He really wants part of his legacy in office to be the legalization of qualified current illegal immigrants and the creation of additional future legal immigration (on top of our current rate of legal immigration) through a guest worker program.\n\nI have some concerns about the manner in which the guest worker program will be implemented. (How do we make sure these new temporary workers leave when it is time? Will their employers pay health benefits and impact fees to schools to cover the extra burdon?) However, if the border is really secure and we make the guest worker program work like it is supposed to, I am generally ok with Bush's plan.\n\nKYRealEstateGuy, of course it is about terrorism. One of the 9/11 terrorists came across the border illegally.  After 9/11 and with the middle east rhetoric we can't afford an unscreened flood of who-knows-who across our border.  The President's plan intends to INCREASE legal immigration from Mexico to the extent other countries are accusing us of favoritism (no joke).\n\nFor me the border security is the most important piece.