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Unnoticed by the big media, Sen. Clinton has been cultivating the immigration issue since last year.
In a February 2003 interview that went unreported except by NewsMax, Clinton told WABC Radio's John Gambling, "I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants."
"Clearly, we have to make some tough decisions as a country," the top Democrat warned. "And one of them ought to be coming up with a much better entry and exit system so that if we're going to let people in for the work that otherwise would not be done, let's have a system that keeps track of them."
Taking a position far to the right of the Bush administration, Sen. Clinton said she would support "at least a visa ID, some kind of an entry and exit ID. And, you know, perhaps, although I'm not a big fan of it, we might have to move towards an ID system even for citizens."
The former first lady also railed against business owners who employ undocumented workers:
"People have to stop employing illegal immigrants," she told WABC. "I mean, come up to Westchester, go to Suffolk and Nassau counties, stand on the street corners in Brooklyn or the Bronx [and] you're going to see loads of people waiting to get picked up to go do yard work and construction work and domestic work."
And while President Bush continues to press for a guest-worker program - a move that pleases Mexican President Vicente Fox almost as much as it enrages most Republicans - Sen. Clinton has publicly chastised Canadian immigration officials for being too lax on border issues.
"I mean, come up to Westchester, go to Suffolk and Nassau counties, stand on the street corners in Brooklyn or the Bronx [and] you're going to see loads of people waiting to get picked up to go do yard work and construction work and domestic work."
Originally posted by jsobecky
What a beotch. She is going to lose a lot more potential voters than she will attract with statements like this:
"I mean, come up to Westchester, go to Suffolk and Nassau counties, stand on the street corners in Brooklyn or the Bronx [and] you're going to see loads of people waiting to get picked up to go do yard work and construction work and domestic work."
She even runs the risk of dividing the Democratic party.
Originally posted by Bout Time
But back to the idiotic, fear of educated & accomplished women that Right Wingers have
Originally posted by Thomas Crowne
Seriously, if people don't look too deeply into her past, she might very well be on to something there. It seems quite clear to me that the Republican party is doing nothing to tighten the borders!
Originally posted by Bout Time
Actually, it's true, I live up here. The influx of Central & South Americans, Mexicans, Mestitios is dramatic. Especially after 9/11/2001 - many of them had come to work the fall harvest & were stranded due to tight border checks. You can go to North Bergen, Ridgefield, Union City in NJ, as well as the NY locations on any Weekend morning and see dozens of men waiting for some home owner or construction crew foreman to offer work. Visually, they're mostly all under 5'7" & of dark features - a fact that has lead to racist attackes in these areas.
by dawnstar: Hey, maybe we should bring back slavery. If companies had to pay a few thousand dollars for the flesh that they need to run their companies, maybe they would at least be interested enough in the investment to make sure they are provided with the basic necessities of life!!!
Originally posted by Bout Time
Of course Republicans want unsecure borders....it's good for business
Originally posted by Creepy
Hillary may be alot of things but stupid isnt one of them...if she pushes this issue she could get a good percentage of unhappy republican voters to vote for her....
and whats the possibility shell keep to her word?
[edit on 23-11-2004 by Creepy]
Originally posted by KrazyIvan
Originally posted by Creepy
Hillary may be alot of things but stupid isnt one of them...if she pushes this issue she could get a good percentage of unhappy republican voters to vote for her....
and whats the possibility shell keep to her word?
[edit on 23-11-2004 by Creepy]
Originally posted by jsobecky
Pointing out the fact that they are looking for work and describing them physically sounds a little bit racist to me.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by Bout Time
Of course Republicans want unsecure borders....it's good for business
No. Go check the rightwing chat forums ... republicans HATE
the immigration and illegal alien problems this country has.