----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'RollTideFan-The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:13 AM Subject: RE: [RollTideFan] Come one, come all.......(WARNING: NON-BAMA)
> > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:06 AM > To: RollTideFan-The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List > Subject: Re: [RollTideFan] Come one, come all.......(WARNING: NON-BAMA) > > Please stop sending. > > Thank you. > > > > > > 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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