Listen Peach, I was on the hill lobbying against the 1986 IRCA and I know what took place and what didn't.
Now you tell me who was eligible for amnesty in 1986 and who would be eligible under Kennedy McCain and well see what a blanket is and isn't.
By the way how would you process 12 million or 20 million applications for amnesty? What linit is set on the nukmber of amnesties?
What will it cost taxpayers for the new amnesty?
What did the old amnesty cost taxpayers?
How much fraud was in the 1986 amnesty How much fraud do you think will be in the new amnesty?
How much time will be spent investigating 12 million applications? one minute? five minutes? a computer check? An interview? A rubber stamp?
Ok next if we grant a new amnesty how will that solve our poblem of more illegals coming here?
What benefit is it to taxpayers and citizens (who our government is supposed to represent) to grant amnesty and eventual citizenship to millions of people? Who benefits?
Since President Bush took office, funding for border security has increased by 66 percent.
Agents are being provided with cutting-edge technology like infrared cameras, advanced motion sensors, and unmanned aerial vehicles. Protective infrastructure, such as vehicle barriers and fencing in urban areas, is being installed. Manpower, technology, and infrastructure are being integrated in more coordinated ways than ever before.
Since President Bush took office, agents have apprehended and sent home more than 6 million people entering the country illegally - including more than 400,000 with criminal records.
The President has set a goal to end "catch-and-release" over the next year. Most illegal immigrants from Mexico can be returned to Mexico within 24 hours. Non-Mexican illegal immigrants present a different challenge. For decades, government detention facilities did not have enough beds for the non-Mexican illegal immigrants caught at the border - so most were released back into society. They were each assigned a court date, but virtually no one showed up. The Administration is ending the practice of "catch-and-release" by increasing the number of beds in detention facilities by 12 percent this year; the President's FY07 budget proposes increasing that number by another 32 percent. The Administration is expanding the use of "expedited removal," which allows us to send non-Mexican illegal immigrants home more quickly.
Last year, it took an average of 66 days to process a non-Mexican illegal immigrant. Now, the process is taking only 21 days. This has helped us end "catch-and-release" for illegal immigrants from Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua caught crossing our Southwest border. Since last summer, the total number of non-Mexican illegal immigrants released into society has been cut by more than a third.
Next month, the Administration will launch new law enforcement task forces in 11 cities to dismantle document fraud rings.
Workers would be able to register for legal status on a temporary basis. If workers decided to apply for citizenship, they would have to get in line.
You'll have to tell me what part of that is amnesty.