Susie
10-15-2007, 06:07 AM
White House Calling America's Perceived Bluff
By Frosty Wooldridge
Newswithviews.com, October 11, 2007
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After Bush flamed out of the sky in a stunning defeat for the amnesty bill in June, he pondered enforcement of our laws. While not enforcing our immigration laws for six years after 9/11, Bush thought he might apply the law to show Americans how desperate their condition might become without illegals working the jobs that “Americans won’t do.” Secretary Michael Chertoff said, 'There will be some unhappy consequences for the economy out of doing this.'
To that I say, sir, “Bring it on by doing your job and let us decide!” Mark Krikorian, director of Center for Immigration Studies (www.cis.org), said, “Just as the administration completely misread public sentiment on immigration — the president appears to have genuinely believed his 'I'll see you at the bill signing' bravado — they're now misreading the likely reaction to increased enforcement. Because despite the hysterical exaggerations we can look forward to from some farmers and other employers of illegal aliens, the produce department of your local supermarket won't be shutting down any time soon.”
I talked with Krikorian in Washington, DC two weeks ago. His new book on illegal immigration hits the bookstores next year. It provides a sobering reality check on the future aspects of continued illegal migration.
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http://www.newswithviews.com/Wooldridge/frosty301.htm
By Frosty Wooldridge
Newswithviews.com, October 11, 2007
. . .
After Bush flamed out of the sky in a stunning defeat for the amnesty bill in June, he pondered enforcement of our laws. While not enforcing our immigration laws for six years after 9/11, Bush thought he might apply the law to show Americans how desperate their condition might become without illegals working the jobs that “Americans won’t do.” Secretary Michael Chertoff said, 'There will be some unhappy consequences for the economy out of doing this.'
To that I say, sir, “Bring it on by doing your job and let us decide!” Mark Krikorian, director of Center for Immigration Studies (www.cis.org), said, “Just as the administration completely misread public sentiment on immigration — the president appears to have genuinely believed his 'I'll see you at the bill signing' bravado — they're now misreading the likely reaction to increased enforcement. Because despite the hysterical exaggerations we can look forward to from some farmers and other employers of illegal aliens, the produce department of your local supermarket won't be shutting down any time soon.”
I talked with Krikorian in Washington, DC two weeks ago. His new book on illegal immigration hits the bookstores next year. It provides a sobering reality check on the future aspects of continued illegal migration.
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http://www.newswithviews.com/Wooldridge/frosty301.htm