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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

The Sensenbrenner bill instantly turns millions of people into felons.



That is a flat out lie. The Congress cannot pass an ex post facto law which means that the illegals who crossed the border before its passage would be guilty of a misdemeanor not a felony. It is the illegal aliens who illegally cross the border after its enactment who will be felons.


20 posted on 01/20/2006 11:05:53 PM PST by old republic
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To: old republic

the first line of my post with the quote marks is from the article.

I wrote the 2 lines which follow. (I'm not certain you knew that)


23 posted on 01/20/2006 11:16:07 PM PST by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: old republic
Actually, if you are here "illegally", you are here "illegally". One might suppose that the application of the new law begins instantly, and you will not simply continue to exist in your prior state (here illegally but it's only a felony), but will restructure your corporeal being into a new state (here illegally, but it's a felony).

The only way you can purge yourself is to LEAVE FOR HOME.

25 posted on 01/21/2006 5:36:15 AM PST by muawiyah (-)
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