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> > From: "Joel Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/02/19 Thu AM 09:15:25 EST > To: "'RollTideFan'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [RollTideFan] Come one, come all.......(WARNING: NON-BAMA) > > Of course there's the report of Tyson Foods decreasing their work force by > 6,000 and Siemen's Technology announcing that they are transferring 15,000 > programming jobs overseas to lower wage countries. > But what is on the mind of the average voter? Bush's National Guard record > and the rumor of Kerry having an affair. > Bush Amnesty Sparks Surge in Border Crossings > Thursday, February 19, 2004 > By Matt Hayes > > On Jan. 27, the Copley News Service reported that shortly after President > Bush announced his plans to amnesty millions of illegal aliens in the U.S., > more than half of the Mexicans trying to sneak into the U.S. through San > Ysidro (search) told authorities they were doing so to position themselves > for the amnesty. > As one member of the U.S. Border Patrol (search) told me, "They believe that > they are only responding to an invitation." > The percentage suggested by Copley probably does not come close to the > actual number of people who are running for the American border as word of > Bush's immigration plan (search) spreads through Mexico -- and indeed > throughout the world. Mexico, it seems, is now regarded the world over as > the doorway to the United States. > In the last several weeks, a staggering 90 percent of all illegal aliens > intercepted in one sector in southern Texas claim they've come for the > amnesty. > Officers of the Border Patrol have now been directed to ask a set of > questions of the illegal aliens they apprehend running across the border. > One of those questions is: Is the person attempting to illegally enter the > U.S. in response to the Bush amnesty proposal? To make arrests, Border > Patrol officers often must dodge rocks being thrown at them by aliens as > they cross. They then are told by all but 10 percent of the illegals they > apprehend that it is the Bush amnesty (search) they've come for. > "The agents were soon told to stop collecting this information, presumably > because it appeared as if the proposal was acting as a lure," says my source > within the Border Patrol. > Word of the 2000-mile wide open door between Mexico and the U.S. has spread > far beyond Mexico. It is not just Mexicans who are flooding into our border > states anymore. Along with the Nicaraguans, Brazilians, Venezuelans, > Ecuadorians, and Chileans, agents of the Border Patrol now encounter > Chinese, Pakistanis, and Indians. Nationals of countries other than Mexico > are known, in Border Patrol parlance, as "OTMs." (search) Because they > cannot easily be returned to their home country (whereas a Mexican national > might be driven right back across the border), OTMs are permitted to enter > the U.S. and given a Notice to Appear, which is a piece of paper demanding > their appearance before an Immigration Judge. > "I'm an OTM and I want my NTA," some have been known to declare to the > Border Patrol. Rules require that most be given their NTA, upon which the > OTM departs forever for some unknown location in America. > "A lot of OTMs want to be caught so they can get their "papers," which makes > them legal enough to get past our checkpoint without having to ride in the > back of an 18-wheeler or crammed into the trunk of a car," says one agent. > This is what the Bush amnesty proposal has caused to happen at our border > with Mexico. Foreign nationals walk nearly unimpeded into our country -- > fully aware of ways in which our immigration laws can be used to their > advantage and even the nomenclature of immigration law enforcement-- and > demand that our federal officers take a certain action that gives them the > greatest likelihood of disappearing within the U.S. > Like a loss-making business that is kept alive by its corporate parent so it > can be used as a tax write-off, the Border Patrol remains deliberately > undermanned and hogtied while the administration tries to keep up the > appearance that the borders of the United States actually mean something. > At a Democratic rally in Tennessee, Al Gore dumbfounded observers when, in > criticizing President Bush's invasion of Iraq, he baroquely claimed the > president had "betrayed his country." Right now, thousands of registered > Republicans -- particularly those in border states -- are experiencing a > tangible sense of betrayal. Some things are sacrosanct to the modern > Republican, and along with such values as a strong national defense and > limited government, one is a secure national border. That disappeared with > President Bush's amnesty proposal, just as if he had announced that the GOP > is no longer interested in reducing taxes. > I doubt that most principled Republicans will forget it. > Matt Hayes began practicing immigration law shortly after graduating from > Pace University School of Law in 1994, representing new immigrants in civil > and criminal matters. He is the author of The New Immigration Law and > Practice, to be published in October. > > > > ______________________________________________________ > RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List > > "Welcome to RollTideFan! 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