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No, Harry, she
said laughing. But CAP and others are thankfully providing some badly needed balance
to the monarchist mentality of most of the media and those who benefit from it,
namely the monarchy. Karen, You would not suggest the “Center for American Progress” offers
objective commentary, would you? Harry Here’s the
collection of commentary from Center for American Progress on this topic, which
definitely believes it is a Trojan Horse, or institutionalizing the
Wal-Martization of I’ve also
since learned that other border municipalities utilize matricula consulars to give Mexican workers
some access to legitimate identification. Blue Links are
live. Italics are mine. - KWC IMMIGRATION The President announced his new temporary guest
worker proposal yesterday in the East Room of the White House, touting the plan
as "more compassionate and more humane."
But the President's proposal, which would allow
undocumented immigrant workers to obtain temporary legal status, falls far
short of his lofty rhetoric. The primary beneficiaries are businesses that
employ undocumented workers, whose low-wage workforce will now be legitimized. Meanwhile, workers who provide years of labor could be forced to
return to their home countries in as few as three years or face deportation
proceedings. Susan F. Martin, an immigration expert at DANGER OF WORKER ABUSE: According to the President, "Participants who do not remain employed...will be required to return to their home." As a result
workers are forced "to tie their fates to employer 'sponsors' who could
ship them back home for complaining about job conditions." Specifically, there is no reason to believe that workers
who report discrimination, labor law violations or any other abuses would be
protected from termination of their employment and deportation. AFL-CIO
president John Sweeney said that as a result, "the plan deepens the
potential for abuse and exploitation of these workers." In an interview
with American Progress, former INS General Counsel and Georgetown Law Professor
Alex Aleinikoff noted the plan fails to “regularize long-term contributors to
the NO PERMANANT SOLUTION: The President assured his audience that the plan requires
"temporary workers to return permanently to their home countries
after their period of work in the NEEDED: MORE POLICY, LESS
PANDERING: There is little
evidence the Administration is genuinely committed to advancing a meaningful
immigration reform agenda. The proposal was announced yesterday without accompanying legislation, few details
and no timetable for action. In
fact, the most detailed information on the proposal may be contained in a transcript of a conference call conducted Tuesday by a senior Administration official that was
posted on the Internet by blogger Josh Marshall. The LA Times reports,
"Bush's supporters hope he will reap a substantial political dividend just by proposing it."
According to a senior Congressional aide the
early word from the White House on the proposal was "not essential for the
president that it be enacted this year." And questions abound on whether
the White House will even expend the political capital to take on conservatives
in Congress who already oppose the plan. As Raj Goyle, an expert at American Progress, told the NY Daily News, "If
Bush really cared about this policy, he would stand up to his anti-immigration
friends in Congress." Also see
Bumiller: Border Politics as Bush Woos 2
Key Groups with Proposal @ http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/08/politics/08ASSE.html |
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