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May 09, 2008

Bush Signs Mariana Islands Immigration Bill

"United States President George Bush has signed into law Senate Bill 2739, which applies U.S. immigration law to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and grants the Commonwealth a non-voting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. Rep. George Miller, who has sought reform of the Northern Marianas’ labor and immigration laws, said the new law will put an end to the old way of doing business which had led to the exploitation of guest workers and had stifled the local economy," Pacific Magazine reports. "Miller lashed at disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his allies in the former Republican-controlled Congress for blocking reform for over a decade. 'Although it was clear to nearly everyone that the CNMI’s system was broken and unfair, it took a Democratic Congress to end this sordid chapter in American history. This new law responds to recommendations from the Bush Administration, the Clinton administration, the INS, the Commission on Immigration Reform, human rights activists, and many others. This law will usher in a new, safer and more just era for the Northern Mariana Islands, and for the men and women who live and work there,' he said."

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Excellent! Now the latinos can be diverted to illegally immigrate to the Mariannas!

Posted by: HAD IT on May 9, 2008 01:47 PM

It cannot be a good law if both the Bush and Clinton teams support it. Let's look at the fine print.

Posted by: Jersey Joe on May 9, 2008 08:16 PM

OUR PRESIDENT'S SLAVE LABOR PRIORITIES

GW worries so much about his big business getting cheap labor, that he has no time to deal with our severe recession and imminent possible depression stagflation that unplanned overgrowth obviously caused.

That's why he puts most of his political efforts on the 6% of Latino voters in nAmerica and flushes the other 94% down the toilet with a dinky emergency check in the mail (which he wanted to go to the illegal slaves too, until FAIR and others stopped him and Pelosi).

Posted by: Softwarengineer on May 10, 2008 04:13 PM

Only in America! I don't understand it, but for years our politicans have screwed American citizens. If you don't believe me, check the following:

A. Trade agreements are signed to export our jobs. Where are the textile mills in the Carolinas? Where are the steel mills in Pennsylvania? Why has membership in the UAW gome from over 200K to 67K?

B. Next our politicans imported 30 million illegal aliens to take our jobs, crowd our schools & hospitals and keep wages low.

C. Next our politicans tax American citizens so that illegal aliens can have free health care, free food stamps, free educations, housing assistance, etc.

Only in American would politicans dare to export jobs, import illegal aliens and raise taxes on American taxpayers.

Posted by: Rick S on May 10, 2008 05:19 PM

Please STOP all illegal immigration and all forms of immigration whether it be leagal or illegal until we have a REAL number of the peope who are already here. Stop this INSANITY while we are STILL A COUNTRY..STOP all Visa's for 10 years. It appears that you have a plan to change this country DRASTICALLY and that is not what the AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT....What happened to PRIDE IN AMERICAN'S? There is something going on and I don't like it one bit. JM

Posted by: Judie on May 11, 2008 11:18 PM

NO MORE ILLEGALS HERE--AMERICA IS ALREADY FULL WITH THIRD WORLD FOREIGNERS!!!! DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS BACK AND CLOSE ALL VISAS AND BORDERS!!
ENOUGH ALL THIS MASS AND ILLEGALS IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA!!

Posted by: jack on May 12, 2008 09:00 AM

We can scream and shout all we want but the Government will continue to screw us. I wish there was another way.
John Jay tosses in his grave.

Posted by: Zuzu on May 12, 2008 05:18 PM

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