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Immigration bill grants amnesty to employers of illegals; no prosecution for bogus IDs
The Washington Times ^ | April 29, 2013 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 04/30/2013 2:15:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The debate is raging over whether the latest immigration bill is an amnesty for illegal immigrants, but one part is clear: The legislation would forgive businesses that have employed those immigrants illegally.

Employers who have allowed illegal immigrants to work off the books can come forward safely and provide their work history without fear of prosecution, and businesses that knowingly employed someone using a bogus or stolen Social Security number likewise would get a pass, according to an analysis of the bill by the Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank that wants a crackdown on immigration.

“The illegal workers at least have to pay a token fine. The employers of illegal immigrants who violated a whole list of laws themselves don’t even have to pay,” said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the center. “It’s the business side of the amnesty that doesn’t get a lot of focus.”

Business groups’ support is considered critical to getting a bill passed this year, but attention has been focused mostly on a guest worker program and requirements that all employers would have to meet, such as using an electronic verification system to check potential hires.

Indeed, it wasn’t until business groups, led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, struck a deal with the AFL-CIO on a guest worker program that the final Senate bill came together....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: 113th; aflcio; aliens; amnesty; chamberofcommerce; fraud; illegalimmigration; illegals; immigration; markkrikorian
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Understand that it is the RINOs and the Chamber of Commerce that put this provision into the law.

This is the third time the Chamber of Commerce has tried to exempt businesses from any guilt or accountability for hiring illegal aliens.

In prior years the Chamber of Commerce put poison pills in Sam Johnson (R, TX) and later Lamar Smith’s (R, TX) bills supposedly enforcing E-Verify but also exempted businesses from all penalties and past illegal hiring, and preempted all state and local laws then in effect trying to control illegal immigration. Their primary purpose, hidden in he bills, was to kill the only effective controls on illegal immigration.

The Chamber wrote the significant portion of this amnesty bill and the past two bills giving businesses a pass.

The Chamber of Commerce wants amnesty and cheap labor at all costs. They don’t give a damn about the American people.


41 posted on 04/30/2013 5:15:01 PM PDT by oldbill
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To: AuntB

I doubt if Rubio has even read the bill. We’re all on autopilot.


42 posted on 04/30/2013 5:15:03 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (An economy is not a zero-sum game, but politics usually is.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If this is true, then a yes vote would amount to treason and should be treated as such.


43 posted on 04/30/2013 5:16:22 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: Carry_Okie

“I doubt if Rubio has even read the bill. “

Yes. He’s the public face out campaigning for it, that’s all he’s got time for. The lobbyists..Norquist & Conda and the Unions are writing it.

Did you see who some of the $ behind it is?

WHO is Americans for a Conservative Direction?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014121/posts


44 posted on 04/30/2013 5:19:56 PM PDT by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: oldbill

“The Chamber wrote the significant portion of this amnesty bill and the past two bills giving businesses a pass.”

They are most certainly part of it and Grover Norquist is on their Board of Directors. Norquist is writing most of it, like he did the Bush Amnesty and admits to it, with the help of Cesar Conda, Rubio’s ‘chief of staff’. Norquist is also a lobbyist for Microsoft, GE, fannie mae, some foreign interests...all who support AMNESTY.

We learned today, here’s where some of the money is coming from.

WHO is Americans for a Conservative Direction?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014121/posts


45 posted on 04/30/2013 5:25:23 PM PDT by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: CodeToad
Rubio is a God loving man. The following is the ugly side of Republicans, or perhaps liberal infiltrators, that gives the rest a bad name. Democrats are terrified of Rubio, and this is what they will do to him.

"Rubio is a Hispanic liar. He represents foreign interests over Americans that pay the taxes."

46 posted on 04/30/2013 5:48:22 PM PDT by mgist
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

One Business Filed 37,375 Bad W-2 Forms — and Is Getting Away With It

http://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2010/07/07/one_business_filed_37,375_bad_w-2_forms_—_and_is_getting_away_with_it

America’s No. 1 filer of bad W-2s wa an Illinois-based company.

Geez.. what a shock.

yep. the IRS is breaking their backs to catch illegals.


47 posted on 04/30/2013 6:26:31 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: boop
The government doesn't like people who don't pay taxes.

I hate government that wastes taxes.

Which is about 99% so, call me evil if I hate government altogether.

48 posted on 04/30/2013 7:22:38 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: mgist

“Rubio is a God loving man. “

What the Hell does that have to do with him trying to push amnesty?? Wait, maybe YOU are for amnesty but don’t want to publicly admit it. So, let’s go for the record, are you for amnesty?


49 posted on 04/30/2013 7:29:22 PM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Do Americans with bogus ID’s also get amnesty?

What about equality under the law?


50 posted on 04/30/2013 8:47:00 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL

Don’t be silly, they go to prison for long stretches.


51 posted on 04/30/2013 8:50:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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To: AuntB

That was pre-elected Rubio. He is a lying POS like all of them are.


52 posted on 05/01/2013 6:35:50 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

As America’s national suicide proceeds...


53 posted on 05/01/2013 9:05:31 AM PDT by ScottinVA
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To: TigersEye

“Deport illegal aliens on contact with LE.”

They will just come back, I think jail time is in order.

“Eliminate entitlements for illegal aliens except for true emergency care.”

Why is this an entitlement?


54 posted on 05/01/2013 4:47:08 PM PDT by Monorprise
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To: Monorprise

As I said in my post, do all of those things and they will self-deport. Emergency care is what any human being will extend to another human being. If you want to leave people you have a problem with to bleed out on the street then you can do that without my support.


55 posted on 05/01/2013 6:56:15 PM PDT by TigersEye (If babies had guns they wouldn't be aborted)
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To: AuntB

Rush is AGAINST the bill.

No matter what you call it.

He’s against it.

But to read YOU, he’s for it and he’s for amnesty.

Wrong. He’s not for it, no matter whether it meets the definition of amnesty or whether it doesn’t.

He’s made that very, very clear.


56 posted on 05/02/2013 1:06:36 AM PDT by txrangerette ("...hold to the truth; speak without fear..."(Glenn Beck))
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To: txrangerette; All

I NEVER SAID RUSH WAS FOR THE BILL!

Stop lying!

This is what I said in the post you replied to:

“Even LIMBAUGH said this morning that this gang of 8/Rubio thing is NOT AMNESTY...HE is part of the problem, not part of the solution!”

He said it isn’t amnesty. He and Rubio LIED.

GET OVER YOURSELF!


57 posted on 05/02/2013 7:25:45 AM PDT by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: AuntB

I assure you, even YOU are wasting your time trying to convince people who listen to Rush that Rush is for Rubio’s bill. Now you might fool some people who haven’t listened. You’ll probably like that. Can’t have a straight up TRUTH debate, can we...

The only thing Rush is pro on in this situation is Rubio.

He can’t stand Rubio’s bill.

A lot of conservatives are in that boat. Ted Cruz thinks Rubio is great, hates the bill.

Meanwhile, the amnesty - not amnesty - amnesty -not amnesty train rolls on down the track to nowhere.

As everyone with a brain is working to stop the real issue (the bill itself, rather than a word) “in its tracks”.


58 posted on 05/02/2013 7:35:37 AM PDT by txrangerette ("...hold to the truth; speak without fear..."(Glenn Beck))
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To: AuntB

You, telling someone to “get over yourself”?

Thanks for the laugh.

Made my day.


59 posted on 05/02/2013 7:36:40 AM PDT by txrangerette ("...hold to the truth; speak without fear..."(Glenn Beck))
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Secure our borders - Defend our Constitution!
Uphold your oath of office.

FR is funded solely by the freedom loving folks who love and use it.

60 posted on 05/03/2013 7:27:44 AM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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