Posted on 04/06/2006 5:57:48 PM PDT by cope85
INVASION USA Tancredo blasts Senate 'amnesty' Says Frist allowed Democrats to outmaneuver him on illegals
Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo. Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., a leading critic in Congress of open borders, blasted the decision today by Republicans and Democrats in the Senate to compromise on immigration reform and offer the possibility of citizenship to an estimated 10 million people who entered the country illegally through 2004.
"The Democrats have once again used parliamentary tactics to obstruct the Senate from pursuing its priorities," Tancredo said in a statement. "The only difference this time is that Senator Frist let them. By surrendering to the amnesty demands of Democrats and squishy Republicans, Frist squandered a great opportunity to secure our borders and gain control of our broken immigration system."
A last-minute, tentative compromise today opened the way for the most sweeping immigration bill in two decades. Along with offering legal status to millions in the country unlawfully, the measure enhances border security and regulates the future flow of immigrants into the country.
"We've had a huge breakthrough" overnight, Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., told reporters.
Frist said President Bush supports the plan.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., who co-sponsored legislation with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., called the plan "tough and fair."
"The American people have made their voices heard in their churches, in their schools and in the streets and the Senate has listened," Kennedy said, referring to massive protests in recent weeks.
The tentative compromise would require illegal immigrants who have been in the United States between two years and five years to return to their home country briefly, then re-enter as temporary workers. After that, they can begin a process to gain citizenship.
Illegals here longer than five years would not be required to return home. Anybody who came within the past two years would have to leave and take their place in line with others seeking entry, with no assurance they would be accepted.
Tancredo called the Senate "amnesty" deal "miserable public policy that will be rejected by the House of Representatives and has already been rejected by the American people."
"It continues the running joke that is our immigration system by treating the same crimes differently," he said. "In a perverse rendition of hide-and-seek, it grants a reward to those who evaded law enforcement for the longest time. And, as we did in 1986, it will encourage more illegal aliens to come into this country in the hope of yet another amnesty.
The Colorado congressman pointed out that the authors of the deal don't dispute the agreement offers blanket amnesty to at least 10 million illegal aliens who entered the country illegally through 2004.
He chides them, however, for not being honest about what will happen to the additional 2 million who have come to the country since then.
"No illegal alien with half a brain would admit that they came here after 2004," he said. "And how could law enforcement tell?"
The Senate deal would require applicants to prove they have been in the country since 2004, but Tancredo points out many illegal aliens have been using fraudulent documents, which law enforcement has been unable to detect.
"Handing out legal identification to millions of illegal aliens will expose our nation's Achilles' heal more quickly than almost any single action this Congress could take," he said.
Tancredo noted that this morning the International Relations Committee heard from a whistleblower at the U.S. Customs and Immigration Service – the agency that would be charged with screening the 10 million illegal aliens – who documented massive fraud and mismanagement in the agency.
USCIS has a security backlog in the millions, Tancredo pointed out, and, in order to reduce the backlog, is encouraging adjudicators to approve visas in fewer than four minutes.
"It is no secret that two-thirds of foreign-born terrorists operating in the U.S. committed immigration fraud prior to or in conjunction with their terrorist activities," he said. "Piling 10 million more applications on USCIS is suicidal in terms of national security."
Yep.. that would be the "Hammer", but he just left, can't say as I blame him!
Interesting euphemism for "rape".
The good news is that we've just been thrown the world's smallest bone. The bad news is that they aimed it right at the seat of our pants.
The biggest insult of all is that they really DO believe we are SO stupid that we will believe that THEY believe this crap. NO ONE with two or more synapses to rub together will see this for anything other than what it is -- a MASSIVE cave to the "illegal alien lobby" -- an amnesty in all but name.
We are about to absorb at LEAST twenty million new "citizens" -- "citizens" with a loyalty to a different nation. So I guess I might have the subject and object parts of that sentence reversed. Looks more like we're going to BE absorbed.
It is entirely likely that within less than a decade from now, we will have a hundred million or MORE new "citizens".
I am through voting. I'm tired of throwing my vote away.
Goodbye, America.
¡Hola Amexica!
Which will drive up operating costs to hire illegals, which will level the playing field for the job market in favor of citizens.
Then, we'll have millions of unemployed Mexican illegals that we have to subsidize through welfare.
The only solution is to deport them! But nooooooo...
These 12 million will be 50 million once anchored
and then the floodgates will just keep coming
we cannot cure world poverty by taking them all in...no way
especially those prone to urban Dem voting clusters
Amigo! Your Best Friend in the 21st Century!
Moosika means Music!
Barrato means CHEAP!
My advice?
DON'T learn to speak Spanish. Learn to UNDERSTAND Spanish!
If the occupation troops don't think you can understand what they say, they will speak more freely in your presence.
For every illegal immigrant who does not volunteer that he or she is illegal but potentially thought by a proper authority to be illegal, public assistance legal counsel can access for the authorities a photo of their client's border crossing with an appropriate copy of the front page of the New York Times at their port of entry, the pass just southwest of Nogales AZ.
Please note that the New York Times has produced, pro bono and tailored for Photoshop, front pages at the appropriate 5-10, 3 and 2 year dates of entry. Each of the 4-12 million undocumented folks can then order these and choose the appropriate front page by calling 1-800-NY-Times, press # dos para espanol.
Although the process may be somewhat subject to critics on the right and rabid right wing talk show hosts, these front page photo authentications will be deemed to be adequate and appropriate by the authorities, since each will bear visible dates of January 1,1996, January 1, 2001 and January 1, 2004. (Coincidentally the local branches of the DNC will also have extra NYT front page copies available (cropped for Photoshop) with voter registration sign-ups as well as applications to join the Service Workers of America.) (sarcasm off)
Of course not. That's why we only accept Mexicans.
If Kennedy was involved it's a sell out.
Allowed, my foot. He wanted it that way.
After they finish ironing out the details, they'll add ", or another language spoken by at least 100 million residents of North America."
Also, that "payment of a $2,000 fines and any back taxes" will have appended to it, ", or, upon affirmation of financial hardship, promise to complete public service duty valued at an equivalent amount."
Don't kid yourself. Our new masters won't be learning OUR language -- and they won't be paying any steeeenkin' fees.
(BTW, please note that I did NOT say that they would be required to PERFORM any public service work -- only that they would be required to "promise" to perform it. NOR did I say that they'd be required to DEMONSTRATE "financial hardship"; they would merely be required to make a statement of "affirmation". Ugly, huh? It's "how sausage is made"...)
How quaint. I'll bet you think "Pro Wrestling" is "fighting" too?
Oh, well, enjoy the show. It IS for your benefit, after all. :(
Yeah he will.
As long as not a day goes by without someone saying, "What are you going go do, vote for Hillary?", he'll run, and expect to win. The "G"OP really does believe it OWNS "the base", the same way the DNC believes it owns the black vote.
Hey, it worked for the French in WWII, why shouldn't it work in Vichy America too?
plenty of Brasilians and Central American illegales coming in from that border too
we make it hard for any legal immigrant
and just look at quotas of who we do take legally....check the demographic
how PC...how touching
If you could hear me sucking wind right now, you know that the answer is HELL YES!
Unfortunatly they can't seem to figure out that it's not OUR balls they're supposed to be busting!
The Republican patsies, er ah, party sucks.
Surely my braveheart ancestors are rolling in their graves. The blood they shed for our independence, our freedom, our citizenship has just been sold to the illegal lawbreaking aliens.
The f'n pompous arrogant senators have just ordained that American Citizenship ain't worth crap.
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