Amnesty for illegals.On September 6, 2001, just a few days prior to 9-11, the U.S. and Mexico issued a joint statement summarizing discussions between President Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the statement, "Both [presidents] stressed their commitment to continue our discussions, instructing the high-level working group to reach mutually satisfactory results on border safety, a temporary worker program and the status of undocumented Mexicans in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ." The subsequent 9-11 attacks forced a widely expected amnesty program for illegal Mexican immigrants to be indefinitely postponed. With the influential support of unions, political groups, civil rights groups, and leftist left·ism also Left·ism n. 1. The ideology of the political left. 2. Belief in or support of the tenets of the political left. left academics and celebrities, several Republicans have recently jump-started consideration of amnesty for illegals by introducing comprehensive legislation on July 25th to regulate the flow of foreign workers foreign workers Those who work in a foreign country without initially intending to settle there and without the benefits of citizenship in the host country. Some are recruited to supplement the workforce of a host country for a limited term or to provide skills on a into the U.S. The legislation includes provisions for illegal immigrants illegal immigrant n. an alien (non-citizen) who has entered the United States without government permission or stayed beyond the termination date of a visa. (See: alien) to become citizens. The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times took note of this important event in an August 4th article, "Republicans Put Immigration Laws immigration laws npl → leyes fpl de inmigración immigration laws npl → lois fpl sur l'immigration immigration laws npl Back on Political Agenda": For the first time since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, several Republicans in Congress are pushing for broad legislation that would regulate the flow of foreign workers into the country and potentially legalize millions of illegal employees. Senator John McCain and Representatives Jim Kolbe and Jeff Flake, all Republicans from Arizona, introduced bills in July that would grant permanent residency over several years to foreign workers who enter the country legally and to illegal workers already in the United States.... "It's really amnesty on the installment plan," said Mr. [Tom] Tancredo, the leader of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, which favors reducing immigration. "They are even more ambitious in their amnesty proposal than some of the Democrats I've seen." The Federation for American Immigration Reform The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is a non-partisan, non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization in the United States that advocates for reforms of U.S. immigration policies that would result in significant immigration reduction. condemned the new McCain-Kolbe immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. bills (S. 1461 in the Senate and H.R. 2899 in the House) in its "Legislative Alert" for August 2003: If you like amnesty and mass legal immigration, you'll love the Kolbe, Flake, and McCain guestworker bills.... This legislation would allow nearly all currently resident illegal aliens to participate in a new massive guestworker amnesty program. The legislation would also allow new foreign workers to work in the U.S. for three years and then apply for legal permanent resident status.... There would be no limit on the number of guestworkers permitted to enter the country annually, nor would there be any limit on the number of guestworkers who could adjust to legal permanent resident status. These "guests" could work in virtually any sector of the economy. Voila! A new massive legal immigration program without limit would be created on top of an already out-of-control legal immigration system. Added to this is a massive amnesty for illegal aliens. When President Bush visited Arizona on August 11th, he made it clear to Senator McCain and Representative Kolbe that he strongly backed their legislation on "guest workers." |
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