20. Illegal Aliens Love Bush's Illegal Alien Amnesty Program And Bush Revamps the Dictionary
It's certainly no surprise that illegal aliens would support Bush's proposed illegal alien amnesty. What does raise eyebrows though, is the Bush administration's imitation of Bill Clinton in attempting to redefine words. They will not call it an illegal alien amnesty plan, which it IS, they call it more harmless sounding things like a "temporary guest worker plan". They are no longer called illegal aliens, but more innocuous terms like "undocumented workers".
Whatever the program is called, it rewards criminals for breaking our laws. They want to become *permanent* residents of this country, not temporary, as the bill alludes. Fully 40% of the illegal aliens who are currently in America, have come during the Bush presidency. Lawbreakers know a friend when they see one.
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/11031438.htm
Undocumented immigrants willing to join temporary guest worker program
By Dave Montgomery
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Posted on Wed, Mar. 02, 2005
WASHINGTON – A new survey of undocumented immigrants from Mexico shows that most want to become permanent residents of the United States but would participate in a temporary guest worker program envisioned by President Bush.
The study by the Pew Hispanic Center, released Wednesday and based on nearly 5,000 interviews, also offers a first-of-a-kind statistical snapshot of illegal immigrants.
More than 40 percent came to the United States within the last five years, according to the survey, and as many as one-half say they have children in U.S. schools. They tend to be young, predominately male, struggle with the English language and gravitate toward jobs in construction, manufacturing, and the hospitality industry. Their yearly income ranges from $5,200 to $26,000. They are better educated than their counterparts in Mexico, but poorly educated by U.S. standards.
The six-month-long study, completed in January and released Wednesday, surveyed 4,836 Mexican adults in seven U.S. cities with large or growing Hispanic populations: Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Raleigh, N.C., and Fresno, Calif.
The participants were not asked about their U.S. immigration status, but more than half – 2,566 – said they did not have any form of identification issued by the U.S. government.
The interviews were conducted through questionnaires while the participants were at Mexican consulates applying for Mexican identification documents.
Bush has made immigration reform a high priority of his second term and is asking Congress to create a temporary guest worker program that would allow immigrants to stay in the country up to six years, filling jobs that Americans don’t want. They would be required to return home after completing the program.
Under the Republican president’s initiative, those now living illegally in the United States – as many as 10 million, including up to a million in Texas – would be eligible to participate.
TG: There are 10 million jobs Americans don't want? That would give our prison population something to do to earn their keep.
The Pew Center’s Survey of Mexican Migrants shows that the Bush proposal has overwhelming support among its intended beneficiaries. By a four-to-one margin - 71 percent to 18 percent - immigrants said they would participate in a program that would allow them to work in the United States but require their eventual return to Mexico.
By a similar margin, 72 per cent to 17 percent, the participants supported permanent legalization for migrants who have lived in the United States for five years, held a steady job and avoided entanglements with the law.
Whatever the program is called, it rewards criminals for breaking our laws. They want to become *permanent* residents of this country, not temporary, as the bill alludes. Fully 40% of the illegal aliens who are currently in America, have come during the Bush presidency. Lawbreakers know a friend when they see one.
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/11031438.htm
Undocumented immigrants willing to join temporary guest worker program
By Dave Montgomery
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Posted on Wed, Mar. 02, 2005
WASHINGTON – A new survey of undocumented immigrants from Mexico shows that most want to become permanent residents of the United States but would participate in a temporary guest worker program envisioned by President Bush.
The study by the Pew Hispanic Center, released Wednesday and based on nearly 5,000 interviews, also offers a first-of-a-kind statistical snapshot of illegal immigrants.
More than 40 percent came to the United States within the last five years, according to the survey, and as many as one-half say they have children in U.S. schools. They tend to be young, predominately male, struggle with the English language and gravitate toward jobs in construction, manufacturing, and the hospitality industry. Their yearly income ranges from $5,200 to $26,000. They are better educated than their counterparts in Mexico, but poorly educated by U.S. standards.
The six-month-long study, completed in January and released Wednesday, surveyed 4,836 Mexican adults in seven U.S. cities with large or growing Hispanic populations: Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Raleigh, N.C., and Fresno, Calif.
The participants were not asked about their U.S. immigration status, but more than half – 2,566 – said they did not have any form of identification issued by the U.S. government.
The interviews were conducted through questionnaires while the participants were at Mexican consulates applying for Mexican identification documents.
Bush has made immigration reform a high priority of his second term and is asking Congress to create a temporary guest worker program that would allow immigrants to stay in the country up to six years, filling jobs that Americans don’t want. They would be required to return home after completing the program.
Under the Republican president’s initiative, those now living illegally in the United States – as many as 10 million, including up to a million in Texas – would be eligible to participate.
TG: There are 10 million jobs Americans don't want? That would give our prison population something to do to earn their keep.
The Pew Center’s Survey of Mexican Migrants shows that the Bush proposal has overwhelming support among its intended beneficiaries. By a four-to-one margin - 71 percent to 18 percent - immigrants said they would participate in a program that would allow them to work in the United States but require their eventual return to Mexico.
By a similar margin, 72 per cent to 17 percent, the participants supported permanent legalization for migrants who have lived in the United States for five years, held a steady job and avoided entanglements with the law.
posted by T.G. at 1:20 PM
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