Bush Radio: "Immigration reform requires a temporary worker program..."

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. On Monday, I will attend a naturalization ceremony here in Washington. It's always inspiring to watch a group of immigrants raise their hands and swear an oath to become citizens of the United States of America. These men and women follow in the footsteps of millions who've come to our shores seeking liberty and opportunity, and America is better off for their hard work and love of freedom.

America is a nation of immigrants, and we're also a nation of laws. And our immigration laws are in need of reform. So at Monday's ceremony, I will discuss my vision for comprehensive immigration reform that will secure our borders, improve enforcement of our immigration laws, and uphold our values.

Comprehensive immigration reform begins with securing our borders. Since I took office, we've increased funding for border security by 66 percent, and the Department of Homeland Security has caught and sent home nearly 6 million illegal immigrants. To improve security at the border, we're hiring thousands more Border Patrol agents. We're deploying new technology, like infrared cameras and unmanned aerial vehicles, to help our agents do their job. And we're installing physical barriers to entry, like fences in urban areas.

We're also working to end the unwise practice of catch-and-release. For decades, many illegal immigrants were released back into society soon after they were caught, because we did not have enough detention space. So we're adding more beds so we can hold the people we catch, and we're reducing the time it takes to send them back home. When illegal immigrants know they will be caught and sent home, they will be less likely to break the rules, and our immigration system will be more orderly and secure. We're making good progress, but we have much more work ahead, and we will not be satisfied until we have control of our border.

Comprehensive immigration reform also includes strengthening the enforcement of our laws in America's interior. Since I took office, we've increased funding for immigration enforcement by 42 percent. We're increasing the number of immigration enforcement agents and criminal investigators, enhancing work site enforcement, and going after smugglers and gang members and human traffickers.

Finally, comprehensive immigration reform requires a temporary worker program that will relieve pressure on our borders. This program would create a legal way to match willing foreign workers with willing American employers to fill jobs that Americans will not do. By reducing the number of people trying to sneak across the border, we would free up our law enforcement officers to focus on criminals and drug dealers and terrorists and others who mean us harm.

One thing the temporary worker program would not do is provide amnesty to those who are in our country illegally. I believe that granting amnesty would be unfair, because it would allow those who break the law to jump ahead of people who play by the rules and wait in the citizenship line. Amnesty would also be unwise, because it would encourage waves of illegal immigration, increase pressure on the border, and make it more difficult for law enforcement to focus on those who mean us harm. For the sake of justice and for the sake of border security, I firmly oppose amnesty.

In the coming days, the United States Senate plans to consider proposals on immigration reform. This is an emotional debate. America does not have to choose between being a welcoming society and being a lawful society. We can be both at the same time. As we debate the immigration issue, we must remember there are hard-working individuals, doing jobs that Americans will not do, who are contributing to the economic vitality of our country.

To keep the promise of America, we must enforce the laws of America. We must also ensure that immigrants assimilate into our society and learn our customs and values -- including the English language. By working together, we can meet our duty to fix our immigration system and deliver a bill that protects our country, upholds our laws, and makes our Nation proud.

Thank you for listening.

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/03/20060325.html

f***ing bastard

Which is any job defined as such by the government.

It's seems like he has himself between a rock and a hard space. If he closes the border people will say that he does it because he hates brown people, let them in and he is doing it because he wants cheap labor. Either way he loses. Gotta love that.

I would like to know what jobs those are? I've worked alongside spanish speaking immigrants who told me they were here illegally. I was willing to do the exact same work they were doing. Of course when they started dumping unknown chemicals on us I objected and got fired. They said they would not object for fear of being deported.

This may actually backfire on these corporations. If illegals become legal, they may not take this kind of crap from their employers anymore. Or would it be like the UAE and Kuwait, where employers force these workers into indentured servitude and practical slavery, restricting their movements and forcing exorbitant costs of food, lodging and transportation on them? I just don't trust the repukes to do the right thing.

If there is a way to steal from the less powerful for a profit, the repukes will find it.

reflection of his soul, the blackness that surrounds him. Oh wait, thats just Karl eating a sandwich in front of lamp reflecting off his eyes.

benefits. I cannot work in certain teaching jobs with retirements and benes. because I am not versed in both english and spanish.

There are many professions our children will never be qualified to enter because the demand to educate hispanics, many from illegal parents who bore their children in our country, has required the US worker to be bi-lingual.
It is an advantage for them and places a hardship on the American citizen.
Point being: It is a myth that one believes the only jobs this affects are the field labor jobs. The illegal sends their children to our schools, uses our medical services, enters into our workforce and because many do not want to nor have to learn to communicate in the language of the country they have settled in, American citizens ( of every nationality) are forced to learn their language in order to apply for OR hold onto the jobs they have.

I have seen this more and more, and it is the one and only thing that lends me to say "Yes the illegal immigrants are indeed taking jobs that the American workers would gladly do. Field work included...I resent being lumped in with the likes of the elite Americans who would not do labor jobs held by illegals.
I have done those kind of jobs all my life..yet I am often omitted from many because I cannot speak (in my own English speaking Country) the language of the illegals!

I know of no other Nation nor nationality that demands the country they move to, accommodate them in such a way as this.

Thanks for letting me rant:
Be willing to communicate in the english language rather than demand it the other way..
Yes, they have taken many American jobs for this reason alone.

So you can't get a job as a bilingual teacher if you don't know a second language. Doh.

Hardly whining...but I am stating a fact.
You don't have to like it, nor do you have to respond with a more thoughtful point other than "waa".
Sorry but I don't see where an "in your face" response can add to discussion.

Answer this question if you can do so with more maturity than your prior post, or kindly refrain from answering my posts.
Thanks

point:----------
I know of no other Nation nor nationality that demands the country they move to, accommodate them in such a way as this.

Thanks for letting me rant:
Be willing to communicate in the english language rather than demand it the other way..
Yes, they have taken many American jobs for this reason alone