1. President Bush's proposal lured greater numbers of illegal immigrants to violate the law. Approximately 45% of respondents crossed illegally based upon rumors of a Bush amnesty program.JW also obtained a memo entitled "White House Approved Talking Points":
2. Approximately 63% of the illegal aliens surveyed received Mexican government or media information supporting the notion of a Bush administration amnesty program.
3. When asked if they would seek amnesty if offered, 80% of apprehended illegal immigrants answered, "yes."
[It] instructs Border Patrol agents to withhold information about the negative impact of the president's proposal. "Do not talk about amnesty, increase in apprehensions, or give comparisons of past immigration reform proposals... Do not provide statistics on apprehension spikes or past amnesty data..."UPDATE: Additional reports in:
Posted to Immigration2005b at June 28, 2005 06:25 PM
Americans are being told that these guest peone proposals are not rightly called an amnesty; but mexicans are being told the opposite and responding accordingly. Even talking in terms of an amnesty causes the problem to grow much worse; so how can anyone support a solution that worsens the problem which was supposedly to be solved or ameliorated?
Posted by: John S Bolton at June 29, 2005 02:33 PM
the immigrants and mexicans were born in their country and they should stay there . i wonder how they would feel if millions of americans came across their border an decided to live in their houses and work their jobs. all americans aren't racist and we don't hate mexicans, its a matter of territory and keeping the land we fought for remains ours
Posted by: Candi Kane at May 5, 2006 10:47 AM
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