16.05.2006, 18:07
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Zitat:EINWANDERUNGSREFORMEine kritisch-skeptische Betrachtung der Frage bei:
Bush will mit Truppenaufmarsch an Grenze zu Mexiko punkten
Von Marc Pitzke, New York
George W. Bush übte sich im politischen Spagat. Mit seiner TV-Rede an die Nation zur Einwanderungsreform will er die rechte Basis besänftigen und die Latino-Wähler bei Laune halten. Das gelang nur teilweise. ...
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Zitat:Bush's Border Security Theater
Pres. Bush gave a primetime speech tonight on immigration and border security (here's the full text of the speech, and here's the fact sheet on it). A lot of the speech covered familiar ground for those who have followed the immigration and border security debate closely; but he did provide some new specifics on his plan for border security, the most newsworthy element of which is the proposal to deploy up to 6,000 members of the National Guard on the southern border as a stopgap measure. ...
Below are remarks by Sec. Chertoff last December from an interview with Bill O'Reilly on the idea of sending the National Guard to the border:
Chertoff:
Well, the National Guard is really, first of all, not trained for that mission. I mean, the fact of the matter is the border is a special place. There are special challenges that are faced there....
Chertoff:
I think it would be a horribly over-expensive and very difficult way to manage this problem.
He was exactly right, and still is. ...