Temporary Workers
Our Temporary Worker in ChiefSo now they are not guests but "temporary workers." I'm sure this poll tested better. So what is temporary about it? Does the program wrap up at some point? When do the workers return to their home country - or rather - who returns them?
No one. It is not a temporary worker program - it is an American replacement program. Bush is obviously tired of us so he's importing as many people who don't read the NY Times as he can find - whether by multiplying the number of legal immigrants by five or by opening up a new stream of immigrants called "temporary workers."
Therefore, I support a temporary worker program that would create a legal path for foreign workers to enter our country in an orderly way, for a limited period of time. This program would match willing foreign workers with willing American employers for jobs Americans are not doing. Every worker who applies for the program would be required to pass criminal background checks. And temporary workers must return to their home country at the conclusion of their stay.- George W. Bush
The New “Temporary Guest Worker” Program: CIRA creates an entirely new “temporary guest worker” (H-2C) program. There is nothing temporary about this program; nearly all “guest workers” would have the right to become permanent residents and then citizens. - Robert Rector
Michael Brendan Dougherty
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Source: Bush's Speech on ImmigrationFifth, we must honor the great American tradition of the melting pot, which has made us one nation out of many peoples. The success of our country depends upon helping newcomers assimilate into our society, and embrace our common identity as Americans. Americans are bound together by our shared ideals, an appreciation of our history, respect for the flag we fly, and an ability to speak and write the English language. English is also the key to unlocking the opportunity of America. English allows -
Source: Senate Immigration Bill Would Allow 100 Million New Legal Immigrants over the Next Twenty YearsIf enacted, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (CIRA, S.2611) would be the most dramatic change in immigration law in 80 years, allowing an estimated 103 million persons to legally immigrate to the U.S. over the next 20 years—fully one-third of the current population of the United States. Much attention has been given to the fact that the bill grants amnesty to some 10 million illegal immigrants. Little or no attention has been given to the fact that the bill would quintuple the rate o
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I can't say I hold that against the man. I'm rather tired of him, as well.
Thanks for your excellent posts, by the way!
Mr. Dougherty wins the tricked-out low rider lawn mower prize for being the first of the anti-immigration crowd to argue against immigration within a somewhat reasonable limit.
The New York Time circulation is just a bit over a million, and the actual readership can’t be more than half of that given all the papers which are purchased by libraries, book stores, corporate reception areas etc. So Mr Dougherty is actually referring to a population base of perhaps 500,000. Which is a reasonable sized population given modern technology which allows for a cultural formation which is larger than was possible in the past.
Of course there isn’t any proof that the president of the US is importing non-NY Times readers to NY, and it’s not immediately obvious that reading the NY Times is a basis for a society, but I’m not looking this gift horse in the mouth. I'm just glad to see a someone not arguing for the leviathan nation state.
And to think the first limited argument is out of the Yankee N.E.. amazing.
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