Posted on 05/22/2006 3:29:42 AM PDT by petkus
Among those who will be cleared of past crimes under the Senate's proposed immigration-reform bill would be the businesses that have employed the estimated 10 million illegal aliens eligible for citizenship and that provided the very "magnet" that drew them here in the first place. Buried in the more than 600 pages of legislation is a section titled "Employer Protections," which states: "Employers of aliens applying for adjustment of status under this section shall not be subject to civil and criminal tax liability relating directly to the employment of such alien." Supporters of the legislation insist that such provisions do not amount to "amnesty." "The legislation we are considering today is not amnesty," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said last week. "That is a pejorative term, really a smear term used to denigrate the efforts at comprehensive immigration reform. This is not amnesty because amnesty means a pardon of those who have broken the law." Mr. Specter, Pennsylvania Republican, and others argue that the bill is not amnesty for illegal aliens because they will have to pay $2,000 in fines before they gain citizenship. The law does not, however, provide for such fines against employers who have broken the law by hiring the illegals. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, vehemently opposes "this effort to waive the rules for lawbreakers and to legalize the unlawful actions of undocumented workers and the businesses that illegally employ them." Amnesties, he said, "are the dark underbelly of our immigration process."
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I think they (the Senators who voted for this abomination) should be buried up to their necks in sh*t.
The same thing I thought about them yesterday morning...
Enemy of the American people.
I agree. How do we fire them?
10% of the Mexican population is now in the US......
The US Senate coddles, waffles on real immigration enforcement.....
What are they thinking? Illegal immigration is by far the number one issue being talked about now and the people of this country are sick and tired of what is going on.
| DEMOCRATIC SENATORS: 14 up for re-election |
REPUBLICAN SENATORS: 14 up for re-election |
OPEN SEATS: 5 |
| Daniel Akaka (HI) | George Allen (VA) | Democratic (MD) |
| Jeff Bingaman (NM) | Conrad Burns (MT) | Democratic (MN) |
| Robert Byrd (WV) | Lincoln Chafee (RI) | Democratic (NJ) |
| Maria Cantwell (WA) | Mike DeWine (OH) | Republican (TN) |
| Thomas Carper (DE) | John Ensign (NV) | Independent (VT) |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY) | Orrin Hatch (UT) | |
| Kent Conrad (ND) | Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX) | |
| Dianne Feinstein (CA) | Jon Kyl (AZ) | |
| Edward Kennedy (MA) | Trent Lott (MS) | |
| Herb Kohl (WI) | Richard Lugar (IN) | |
| Joe Lieberman (CT) | Rick Santorum (PA) | |
| Ben Nelson (NE) | Olympia Snowe (ME) | |
| Bill Nelson (FL) | James Talent (MO) | |
| Debbie Stabenow (MI) | Craig Thomas (WY) |
It is not yet clear which seats will have the most competitive races. Incumbent senators have a high rate of re-election, even when their party affiliation is at odds with the political trends of their state. The most competitive races tend to be those where the incumbent has retired, and those races in which the incumbent has served only one term are frequently competitive.
Additional special elections that are held due to the death or resignation of Senators in the interim would change the party balances listed above.
Regards . . . Penny
Wow, I find myself actually agreeing with the Grand Wizard.
What a way to start a Monday morning...
Mexico gains from lax borders two ways.
1) The second largest about of money pouring into Mexican Coffers is from Mexicans working in America sending money home to there families.
2) Mexico can export part of its workforce to America.
If America seals its borders, sends all illegals back.
What effect will this have on Mexico, reduced money coming in, more unemployed to cope with and many of the poorer section will no longer be able to rely on Money sent to support them from the North.
Will the present Mexican government collapse, will it mean the threat of insurgency even civil war in Mexico.
I am just wondering if the fear of a country in a unstable condition on America border be behind a lot of the decisions coming out of your Capitol.
Just a thought.
I don't know if I have a problem with it or not, but it sounds like the employers have been getting and will get amnesty.
Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, vehemently opposes "this effort to waive the rules for lawbreakers and to legalize the unlawful actions of undocumented workers and the businesses that illegally employ them."
Amnesties, he said, "are the dark underbelly of our immigration process."
"They tarnish the magnanimous promise enshrined on the base of the Statue of Liberty," Mr. Byrd said last week on the Senate floor. "Amnesties undermine that great egalitarian and American principle that the law should apply equally and should apply fairly to everyone."
While most of the focus thus far has been on the "amnesty" granted to illegal aliens, opponents only now are discovering the broad range of crimes that will be forgiven under the legislation.
Lawyers for the Senate Judiciary Committee have scoured the bill and come up with a list of 31 crimes relating to illegal immigration that would be wiped clean.
Under current law, simply entering the country illegally can result in a six-month prison stay and a $250,000 fine. Aiding in that crime carries a similar fine and a five-year prison sentence. Once ordered deported, an illegal racks up $500 per day of continued "illegal presence."
Well no, actually 'amnesty' is the functionally accurate term, and 'comprehensive' is an evasive euphemism. When a politician doesn't want things described accurately, that generally tells you they're on the wrong side.
I hope the Founding Fathers are spinning.
All this for MILLIONS of foreign national invaders that broke into this country?
WHY?
Why would ALL 31 laws that the invaders and their employers broke be swept under the rug?
What the he*l is REALLY going on here?
Another excellent reason why this should never even come out of committee, much less cross the President's desk.
I don't know but I think the entire Senate should submit to drug testing ... NOW!!
They're obviously not sane.
If they were serious about stopping illegals they would not have protected employers. I am so sick of all of them.
It is just the first step toward an integrated MexAmeriCan.
The other shoe will be a regional currency.
I thought it was the rants of a crazy man in the 80's. Little did I think I'd see the rants become policy.
I still wonder why it is a Checkoslovakian national knew the plan then...
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