Wingnuts see ulterior motive in Bush's alien amnesty...

[rfranklin]

From right wing site run by exiled Freepers

http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=33656&Disp=9#C9

Title: Bush Reform of Immigration Policy may have a Hidden Agenda
Source: axisoflogi
URL Source: http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_4505.shtml
Published: Jan 10, 2004
Author: Craig B Hulet
Post Date: 2004-01-10 20:40:27 by Itisa1mosttoolate
9 Comments


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"What has not been discussed in the press:

Aliens are required to register for the U.S. military draft which the administration has quietly put on the table for a post election year strategy to alleviate pressure on ground forces in our over-stretched Pentagon footprint. Those required to register for the draft fall into several categories: Permanent resident aliens; Special (seasonal) agricultural workers (Form I-688); Refugee, parolee, and asylee aliens; Undocumented (illegal) aliens; dual nationals of the U.S. and another country are required to register, regardless of where they live, because they are U.S. nationals. (Note: Lawful non-immigrants on visas (e.g., diplomatic and consular personnel and families, foreign students, tourists with unexpired visas (Forms I-94, I-95A), or those with Border Crossing Documents (Forms I-185, I-186, I-444) and Special agricultural workers (Form I-688A) do not have to register).

This may seem premature but this office has tracked the return of the Selective Service Board’s requests for new volunteers to serve on these boards which decide who should receive a deferment from the draft, which has not been operational for almost three decades. The new call came during 2003; would the Selective Service be looking to fill these 1,200 vacancies across America if there was no plan to utilize their services? Not likely. Other reasons for an upcoming draft have been outlined in three articles on our offices’ website. (See: www.kcandassociates.org The Upcoming Draft)"

[brainshrub]

1. Cool! Now I have a bulk mailing list for members of congress! (nt)

[amber dog democrat]

2. Just like Rome

Well be filling the legions with all kinds of conscripts, with little experience of allegience to the fatherland. Either way they are expendable.
Cost of being an empire, I suppose.

[SiobhanClancy]

4. It's nothing new...

My great-grandfather,aged 16,was conscripted into the Union army in 1863 immediately after getting off the boat from Ireland. They had citizenship papers in one hand,and draft papers in the other hand. The Irish back then were considered expendable...now I guess it's someone else's turn.

[amber dog democrat]

5. You're right.

That was back in the days of "No Irish Need Apply".
There is always a sub group to send off to do the heavy lifting.
Still there were the draft riots of 1863.
Its still exploitation. Nothing has changed. If you have rights its because somebody fought for them.

[librechik]

3. Yeah there's a hidden agenda or 5: start with lowering the average

working person's wage. By encouraging employers to hire cheap foreign labor instead of raising the wages for their "low-skilled jobs" Shrub is establishing the "cheap" wage as the standard low wage, and other wages are then justified to be lower across the board. (Heard this from a Nixon think tank guy on C-Span this am.)

also, did you know the plan is to charge money from the foreigners to enter this "guest worker" program? Gotta make up for those huge taxcuts he gave his donors somehow, right?