Amnesty by any other name ...

Welcome to los Estados Unidos de América. El Presidente and el Senado leaders have come up with a comprehensive immigration reform compromise. Yeah, right.

The U.S. is well on its way to becoming the northern-most state of Mexico!

Amnesty by any other name is still amnesty! Can we say: Screw the American public.

Why do we keep voting these clowns into Clown-gress. In my case, it does no good for me to even write either of my senators: One is a reproba-lican who helped in developing this abortion and the other is a dumb-ocrat. I lose no matter what.

In my opinion, our elected officials really do not have the AMERICAN interests at heart. They say they do, but words are very cheap to a politician. Maybe the American voter IS getting what it deserves.

Admittedly, I have not had a chance to read this thing, but here are some excerpts:

1. It will create a 400,000-employee-a-year guestworker program and a system for issuing over 1 million permanent visas annually on the basis of job skills, education and family ties to legal residents.

My opinion: This will focus on 'family ties', screw job skills and education. End result: more illegals allowed to be 'legals.' Can we say AMNESTY?

2. It will would provide a path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants.

My opinion: Can we say 'line-jumper'? Can we say 'fast-track'? Can we say AMNESTY?

3. The guestworker program could not begin until the enforcement provisions under the bill were implemented. It includes a doubling of the border patrol and the construction of the fence along the Mexican border.

My opinion: Yeah. Right. Ok. And do you have any Florida swamp land you care to sell me?

Correct me if I am wrong: Wasn't there a fence 'promised' in S. 2611 last year? And an increase in Border Patrol personnel 'promised' in S. 2611?

So basically, nothing happened with last year's great compromise bill that so much time was wasted on, why should I think things will be different with this compromise?

4. An estimated 12 million illegal immigrants who arrived before Jan. 1 of last year could receive a "work authorization" immediately after enactment and subsequently be granted a "Z visa" putting them on a path to citizenship.

My opinion: Amnesty! Amnesty! Call it what you want, it is still AMNESTY!

5. Heads of households would have to first pay a $5,000 fine and return home within eight years to become eligible to file a citizenship application.

My opinion: We can't find the illegals right now, how do these pols expect us to find them later AND get $5,000 from each them? If we can't find them, if we can't get the $5000 from them, how are we going to get them to go home and file for legal citizenship? Do my clown-gressmen think I am stupid? Evidently they must.

6. The deal also carves out of the point system all families that applied for green cards before May 2005 -- the "backlog" of applicants. All other applicants now awaiting green cards would have to reapply under the new point system

My opinion: I haven't figured this one out yet! But it does sound like they are punishing those who attempted to do things legally in order to give preference to illegals!!

7. Upon enactment, 1.1 million of the green cards issued under the new point system would be family-based, and 140,000 would be merit-based

My opinion: Amnesty for individuals and their families (however many THAT might be!)

8. Have to learn English.

My opinion: Duh!

No mention of the 14th Amendment issue - the much mis-interpreted 'anchor-baby' concept. Surprise there. NO ANCHOR-BABIES!!!!

Grrrr!!!!!

Opinionated Fool
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