Bush on O'Reilly
I just caught the end of Bill O'Reilly's interview with President Bush, from what I saw, I thought the President looked strong.
The part I want to highlight is O'Reilly asking Bush about immigration.
BUSH: "If you can make fifty cents in the interior of Mexico, and five bucks in the interior of the United States, you're coming for the five bucks, and they're poor...It is a, serious issue. I happen to believe the best way to enhance the border is to have temporary worker cards available for people. And uh, I think it's best for the employers who are employing these people, I think it's best for the employees that are trying to find work. I think the long-term solution for this issue on our border is for Mexico to grow a middle class, that's why I believe in NAFTA,"
O'REILLY: We'll be in the grave.
PRESIDENT BUSH: "I don't think so, it's happening. Look, you, I wish I could have taken you down there and shown you the, the northern tier of states in Mexico, uh, ten years ago compared to today. I mean, it, it's happening....Free trade helps lift, lives, free trade develops commerce, free trade gives people a chance to realize their dreams. And so long as the wage differential is as big as it is, and so long as moms and dads feel the, necessity to feed their children, they're going to come and try to make a living."
(Note: edited for brevity by Timothy Burger, full transcript here.)
Bush goes on to say he opposes militarizing the border, and says the Border Patrol should be given the resources to do its job. As far as I am concerned, that is the clearest, best discussion of immigration from Mexico I have heard this election cycle. Especially here in the 3rd District of Kansas we have heard a lot of rhetoric about immigration, and a lot of candidates demonizing the people who come to the United States from Mexico. Generally, these people are hard working people who are in pursuit of a better life for themselves and their children. You couldn't live your life without people from Mexico, at least not at anything like the prices you pay now, that is a fact. Those people should be allowed to come here through some kind of worker visa program, it is the simplest way to deal with reality. It is good to hear the President put forth a strong argument tonight, he made me proud.
Timothy Burger
posted by Timothyb @ 10:30 PM
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1 Comments:
Exactly.
We have real enemies in the world, and frankly Mexican lettuce pickers aren't on that list.
Pat Buchanan and the sort have made a war out of fighting people trying to make a better life for themselves, their family and their country. Along the way: behind kitchen doors, behind the factory walls, beyond the warehouse gates is a strong, honest and hardworking people who are making the gears turn in a country that pretends to stunt them yet gives them employment as soon as they make it here.
We spit on their effort and call it deceitful. How many times have you heard an anti-immigration mouth spout off that "there are legal ways to enter this country!"? Frankly, there aren't a lot of ways for a poor brown-skinned serf to enter the USA. We've made a policy for 50 years out of trying to stop them from even trying, but we sure are happy to reap their bounty if they make it this far.
This is an absurd battle. Worker IDs are a great plan because they recognize the value of the laborer and the contributions they make to our country. We can regulate the border and recognize the worker for the hard work they give to our country.
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