[lbo-talk] Bush: border crackdown

Jeffrey Fisher jeff.jfisher at gmail.com
Thu Aug 9 21:10:33 PDT 2007


On 8/9/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> [this is so depressing]
>
> The Politico.com Breaking News:
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>
> Bush to order new crackdown on U.S. border
>
> After loss on new law, administration to announce plan to secure
> Mexican border, deter undocumented workers.
>
> http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0807/5323.html

interesting. i saw this on the front page of the washington times, today, in that row of newspaper machines: http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070809/NATION/108090083/1001

napolitano all upset about the drawdown . . . so when i googled to find that story, i also found this:

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/immigration/entries/2007/08/09/white_house_disputes_national.html

<*http://tinyurl.com/2t87db>

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The White House issued a statement Thursday disputing a story in the Washington Times that claimed National Guard troops are being pulled off the U.S.-Mexico border earlier than promised.

In a missive titled "Setting The Record Straight," the White House said "there is no basis for the claim that National Guard troops are being drawn down early."

"When he announced Operation Jump Start in May 2006, President Bush clearly stated that the initial commitment of Guard members would last for a period of one year," the release said.

Under the second phase of the operation, 3,000 National Guard troops will remain on duty at the Southern border through June 2008, the White House added.

The story in question cited a letter by Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano complaining about the drawdown of National Guard troops.

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the reBracero program looks pretty exciting, though, from the politico article:

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—The Department of Labor will reform the H-2A agriculture worker program so farmers can readily hire legal temporary workers, while protecting their rights.

=== uh-huh.

j

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