Posted on 05/26/2006 9:36:23 AM PDT by BMC1
The Senate isn’t serious about enforcing the nation’s immigration laws. It is bad enough that the bill that 39 Democrats and 23 Republicans just voted to pass provides an amnesty to illegal immigrants already here. There might be an argument for doing that if there were any evidence of a commitment to enforce the immigration laws in the future. But the bill actually prohibits local police from enforcing civil violations of immigration laws—which in practice, given the byzantine rules distinguishing between civil and criminal violations of those laws, will get local police out of the enforcement business altogether. No serious effort is being made to make the bureaucracy capable of the enforcement tasks that will now be asked of them, such as performing background checks on the illegal population.
The bill forbids the federal government to use any information included in an application for amnesty in national-security or criminal investigations. Any federal agent who does use that information would be fined $10,000—which is five times more than an illegal alien would have to pay to get the amnesty. The Senate, on a tie vote, defeated John Cornyn’s (R., Tex.) attempt to rectify these provisions.
When Sen. Johnny Isakson (R., Ga.) offered an amendment to require that enforcement be proven to have succeeded before the amnesty or guest-worker provisions could take effect, he was voted down, 55-40. For most senators, enforcement is just boob bait for the voters. They are not willing to demand it before getting what they, for various reasons, really want: an amnesty and a massive increase in legal immigration. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.) wanted to deny illegal immigrants the earned income tax credit. It is one thing to legalize them, went the argument, and another to subsidize them.
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It is time to VOTE 'EM OUT
national-security be damn, per our senators
I will never forget the few hours before GATT and the WTO was ratified. Conservatives bombarded their representatives with calls, emails, and faxes. The Senate stood up, told us to shut up and passed it anyway. The noise was just as loud.
Advice: Buy a home in a gated community or within your own religious/ethnic neighborhood, home school your kids, or send them to the church/Jewish school of your choice, teach your kids how to use a gun, buy gold, buy diamonds, buy a power generator, and stockpile some extra food.
Time to throw the RINO'S out and you can be DAMNED sure I'm gonna do my part in the effort!
I'm afraid you are correct. It is a matter of when now.
My two senators voted correctly on this bill, but God help us if the House caves.
I think it's time that we are absolutely clear what this bill represents. It is not an immigration bill. This bill effectively fuses the United States to Mexico. We are now one country. Welcome to the future.
I think this is why Bush called for this bill to be passed before Memorial Day recess. They didn't want to give us a chance to organize a protest.
They only win if we give up and I'm not about to give up.
Subject: Do not surrender our borders to invaders & terrorists. * I chose the Homeland Security option as the topic issue, not Immigration.
Nothing about the Senate deliberations of the illegal immigration situation is palatable. It seems they want to play the devils in this battle. Do not compromise with them. Rep. Tancredo has the right idea, work with him & stand your ground in conference. This is immensely important. You must get it right. It would be better to just walk away rather than enact bad legislation.
We're going to remember who stood where on this issue and we are going to vote and support only those who fight to protect America & American sovereignty.
This legislation needs to be stopped and attention turned solely to securing the border and documenting who is here illegally.
The rest can wait.
Jose can you see?
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