Presidente de Estados Unidos

Date: Sunday, June 01, 2003 3:36 PM

JOB DESTRUCTION NEWSLETTER

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The guest worker and amnesty bill supported by Arizona Senator John
McCain, and proposed by fellow Republicans Jim Kolbe and Jeff Flake,
got a major boost when Democratic presidential candidate Joe Lieberman
visited the border town of Nogales.

Lieberman didn't discuss the devastating effects this bill will have on
American workers because he obviously doesn't care. He is much more
concerned with satisfying corporate interests by allowing illegal
aliens to get work visas. The huge influx of work visas will be
convenient for companies that want cheap labor but nobody seems to care
that American citizens will lose their jobs or be forced to accept
third world salaries.

Lieberman went on to criticize those that would dare suggest that
terrorists might use amnesty or work visas to come to the U.S. -
nevermind the fact that the WTC terrorists used student visas to enter
our country. Does Lieberman honestly think that terrorists wouldn't
exploit this guest worker/amnesty bill? Sheesh, what a moron!

John McCain and his clan of Arizona Republicans freely admit that they
want to grant amnesty to illegal aliens. Contrast that to Lieberman's
Big Brotherism: instead of openly saying amnesty, he said illegal
workers should be given legal status. Nobody in Arizona will be fooled
by his double talk but is anybody else in the nation looking at what is
transpiring in the border town of Nogales?

Lieberman said Arizona can expect to have many more visits from
Democratic presidential candidates. Take his threat to send other
open-border Democrats to Arizona very seriously, because in all
likelihood, all of them will join McCain's "open-border" crowd and
endorse this new worker/amnesty proposal.

Lieberman said that, "If I were president today, I would immediately
invite President Vicente Fox to the White House to sit and talk." Let's
just make sure that ilk like Lieberman don't get elected to be
"Presidente de Estados Unidos."

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/local/5_31_03lieberman.html

Sen. Joe Lieberman (left) talks with Mayor Marco Lopez of Nogales,
Ariz., (center) and Mayor Ramon Guzman of Nogales. Son., during a
campaign swing there yesterday. Lieberman toured part of the downtown
port and met with elected officials from both sides.
JACK KURTZ/The Arizona Republic

C.T. REVERE
Tucson Citizen
May 31, 2003
NOGALES - Washington must recognize the difference between immigration
and national security and reform a border policy that kills migrant
workers and vilifies Mexico, Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Democratic
presidential hopeful, said during a visit yesterday to this border
town.

"Particularly after Sept. 11, we've got to reform our homeland security
and immigration systems. If you put them together, it almost seems as
if the American government can't tell the difference between a tourist
and a terrorist, or an immigrant and an invader," the Connecticut
senator told reporters outside the DeConcini Port of Entry.

Lieberman, the first presidential candidate to visit the Nogales port
of entry, said it's wrong to punish Mexican citizens seeking work in
the United States because of the terror threat.
"Is there any shred of evidence that undocumented Mexican immigrants to
America have had any relationship to the threat of terrorism? The
answer is no," he said. "We are threatening the future of immigration
to our country, which has traditionally been the lifeblood of our
culture, our economy and our vitality." Lieberman chastised President
Bush for failing to resume immigration reform talks with Mexican
President Vicente Fox that collapsed after the terror attacks.

"If I were president today, I would immediately invite President
Vicente Fox to the White House to sit and talk.
"Let's get something done," he said. "If it doesn't happen before Jan.
20, 2005, it's one of the first things I'll do when I'm privileged to
enter the Oval Office."

Lieberman, making his third trip to Arizona since announcing his
candidacy, said he put Nogales on his campaign schedule to see and hear
firsthand the problems that plague cities across the 2,000-mile expanse
of border between the United States and Mexico.

"I came to see with my own eyes, and I came here to hear with my own
ears, and I came here to learn," said Lieberman, who ran on the
Democratic ticket with former Vice President Al Gore in 2000.

Lieberman said the terror attacks on America have provided an excuse
for government leaders "for not dealing with the ongoing, real, human
problems associated with immigration across the Mexican-American
border."

The grandson of immigrants, Lieberman said he wants to see a
guest-worker program accompanied by "a legalization program" for some
who have been working illegally inside the United States.
Shying from the term "amnesty," Lieberman said he supports giving legal
status to some illegal workers, but with strict monitoring to prevent
fraud.

"In the best sense of America, we have to provide opportunity and
demand responsibility," he said. "If they have been here as
undocumented immigrants for a period of time and they lived within the
law and paid their taxes and contributed to their communities, then
they have earned the right to become full-fledged Americans."
Militarizing the border is "un-American" and would cripple the economy
by impeding the flow of goods across the border, he said.

Local leaders offered insight into a host of border-related problems
during a round-table discussion, hoping the veteran senator would relay
their concerns to others on Capitol Hill.

Among the other issues raised were what they saw as the economic harm
done to the United States by the North American Free Trade Agreement,
the uncompensated cost to border states of medical treatment for
illegal border crossers, the importance of Mexican produce to the U.S.
economy and the inability of Nogales to generate enough tax base to
maintain its own infrastructure.
Lieberman said the federal government is responsible for repaying
hospitals in the United States for the cost of treating immigrants.

"We ought to do everything we can to reach the goal of having us fully
reimburse the state and county and the private and non-profit
institutions that are incurring significant financial costs because of
the international flow of people and the American immigration policy,"
he said.

Nogales Mayor Marco Lopez said Lieberman showed up with an
understanding of the issues facing border communities.

"He understands these issues better than anyone else who has visited
us," Lopez said. "We're very excited to have the first presidential
candidate visit Nogales, recognizing it as the state's largest port of
entry. It means a lot. It's certainly a good sign because in
Washington, D.C., and many other parts of the country, people don't see
the interaction between the two counties.

"Many see it as a hostile environment, and the reality is that we're
here every day, and we live peacefully."

Lieberman said Arizona can expect to have many more visits from
Democratic presidential candidates because the state's primary has been
moved up to Feb. 3, just one week after the first primary, in New
Hampshire.

"I'm sure all of us candidates will be contributing to the economy in
Arizona," he said.

Lopez said he hopes they all will visit the border.

"It should be part of their checklist when they think about running for
president of the United States," he said.

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