What do you say now? Bush finaly admitted that his bill is Amnesty!!?

You know, I've heard all the rhetoric鈥攜ou've heard it, too鈥攁bout how this is amnesty," Bush told advocates of his immigration overhaul. "Amnesty means that you've got to pay a price for having been here illegally, and this bill does that."

Thanks for admitting it GW. Now it's time to defeat the bill

If these criminal get amnesty ......then I wonder want other crimes will get amnesty........just those crimes that indirectly benefit the wealthy????

Time for increasing the punishment for entering illegally, other countries use capitol punishment against illegals and invaders...........if the government doesnt have the stomach to defend the USA, there are people out here ready willing and able to defend our country, and this is not an extreme example or criminal suggestion.............but why cant we defend our own country against invaders ????

Yes defeat the bill!

We've all known it was amnesty. So, get over it. Call your congressman and senators and tell them to nix it. You won't get anywhere on this site.

This bill will pass. Long live shamnesty.

Absolutely agree. ;) A simple NO vote on cloture by the senate this time will do the trick. Contact them again and again reinforcing this principle.

bush is an idiot thats why everybody makes fun of him;
in family guy, his own show lil bush, and robot chicken and tons of those shortsd online

He's just brilliant isn't he? Everyone has always known that this bill was amnesty. Once again El Presidente Jorge Bush as gotten his way. Oh the Democrats stink too.

Hmmm...It looks to me like Bush doesn't know what the word amnesty means then.

Amnesty is a pardon. The bill requires a fine, and I believe the head of household has to leave the country and apply for citizenship. I'm not saying that's harsh or anything, but it's just not amnesty. The immigration issue is unbelievably complex. The fact of the matter is, we really need to focus on stopping more from coming in, rather that worrying about the ones that are in already. Like it or not, that's what will be most effective and realistic.

i have never figured out why it has taken 7 years for people to realize bush is not on their side. the corporations he represents want cheap labor at any cost. he will love to listen to your opinion on abortion though.

This bill needs to be shot down!!!! I will be so ashamed if Bush pushes this bill to pass.

Please if there is a better solution what to do with 12 million people than why can they not find it? We are in a way complicent in the failure to keep these folks from working in our country. Business took advantage of cheap labor and after 20 yrs nothing has been done to stop all this.
A blanket policy "amnesty" is just a word. How about the $5,000 required or the return home to get reprocessed to enter again?
In my opinion it is the term that is failing us not the idea to make something happen to resolve this issue. Thank you.
So if Bush used amnesty ? Sure whatever it takes to get this out of the way and move forward. That is not admitting defeat in my book, That is being diplomatic, Nothing else seems to work?!

I am a republican and you are right .
No amnesty for cash .

whatever bush should go to h*ll let's make him pay for living in the U.S. I'm going to talk to the governor

Let's get this straight. It's Ted (the drunk) Kennedy's bill not Bush's. Teddy has been trying to get this bill through the Congress for quite a while now. It wasn't until recently that Bush stuck his two cents (about all it's worth) into it.