Bush proposes making illegal immigrants 'guest voters'

[Joe Republic]

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BUSH PROPOSES MAKING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS 'GUEST VOTERS'

Andy Borowitz Thu Nov 2, 5:00 AM ET


In his boldest stroke to date to break the logjam over illegal immigration, President George W. Bush today proposed a "guest voter" program for illegal immigrants that would make them eligible to vote in the midterm elections on Nov. 7.

Speaking at a press conference at the White House this morning, Mr. Bush said that his "guest voter" proposal would allow illegal immigrants to attain full citizenship status for one day only.

"Illegal immigrants are important to this country, because they do many of the things that other Americans are unwilling to do," the president said. "Like voting."

According to the president's plan, undocumented immigrants would be bused to special "naturalization/voting booths" on Nov. 7, where they could become citizens for the day simply by pulling a lever.

"Then, when their work is done, we'll make sure they're back on the other side of the border by Nov. 8," Mr. Bush said. "Everyone wins."

But Mr. Bush's guest voter program received mix reviews from congressional Democrats, many of whom believe that glitches in the so-called naturalization/voting booths could lead to invalid election results.

In particular, critics have complained that in an early prototype of the booth, the translation of the phrase "I want to be a U.S. citizen" appeared as "Vote for all Republican candidates with this lever."

Unfazed by the critics, Mr. Bush said he would move forward with this and other immigration proposals, including building a 700-foot fence around Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.).

Elsewhere, the Department of Homeland Security warned of more attacks after supermodel Naomi Campbell was released on bail.




Let's see how many of you believe it.

[Frodo]

If he wants any immigration reform proposal with a guest-worker program to pass, he better hope and pray that Democrats take over the House, because as it stands it has no chance of passing in the highly unlikely event that Republicans retain it. 

[Joe Republic]

If he wants any immigration reform proposal with a guest-worker program to pass, he better hope and pray that Democrats take over the House, because as it stands it has no chance of passing in the highly unlikely event that Republicans retain it. 

The article is about guest voters, not workers.

[A18]

Uh, Yahoo carries parodies?

Anyway, I'm not amused, but I rarely am by these sorts of things. There was a cool Onion article on the Patriot Act though.

[Joe Republic]

Anyway, I'm not amused, but I rarely am by these sorts of things.

Oh I don't know, the statement about building a 700-foot wall around Hillary Clinton made me crack a smile.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I'm all for liberalizing our immigration laws so that more desirable immigrants can come in.  Guest workers are not desirable.  They are a destabilizing force in every country where they have been used.

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I'm all for liberalizing our immigration laws so that more desirable immigrants can come in.  Guest workers are not desirable.  They are a destabilizing force in every country where they have been used.

Where does it say anything about "guest-workers" in this thread?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I'm all for liberalizing our immigration laws so that more desirable immigrants can come in.  Guest workers are not desirable.  They are a destabilizing force in every country where they have been used.

Where does it say anything about "guest-workers" in this thread?

I find the topic that is trying to hijack this thread more interesting than the original, so I chose to respond to that.