Posted on 07/01/2006 7:15:40 AM PDT by kellynla
Think the immigration debate is mainly about giving amnesty to the 10 million illegals already here? Think again. Amnesty is a drop in the bucket. The real issue is the staggering increase in legal immigration hidden in the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, recently passed in the Senate. By a ratio of about 4-1, U.S. voters would prefer less immigration, not more. But the Senate bill would do just the opposite. The original bill would have allowed as many as 100 million people to legally immigrate to the United States over the next 20 years. We're talking about a seismic shift of unprecedented proportions.
Facing criticism, the Senate has amended the bill - which now would allow "only" 61 million new immigrants. That still more than doubles the current legal immigration rate, from 1 million a year now to 2.5 million.
Current law would let 19 million legal immigrants enter the United States over the next 20 years; the Senate immigration bill would add an extra 42 million.
Why such extraordinary growth? Consider how the new law would work.
Under the Senate bill, immigrants could enter or attain lawful status within the country through nine channels. In each channel, immigrants would gain permanent residence and the right to become citizens:
(Excerpt) Read more at rockymountainnews.com ...
I have heard (and cannot verify) that the current limit for "Legal" Mexican un-skilled green-card AND visa entrants to the USA is 10,000/year.
If that is so, then the number is ridiculously low.
However, I still back Sensenbrenner's bill top-to-bottom. But the number has to be changed--maybe to 500K-1MM/year.
Here ya go cl3---
we don't have a cc field.
But I have rectified the situation.
I saw Robert Rector on Lou Dobbs show and he said 10 million illegal aliens was what they used to make their extrapolations (calculations) but that 20 million illegals (Bear Stearns estimate) was very very possible. He admitted 10 million was low ball number
Cl3 has been deleted
THat's right, I forgot...
That's OK, we still have Dane to represent those who want to destroy the country, right Dane?
You can add MNJohnnie to the list.
Don't bother replying to MNJohnnie. He comes to these threads, pukes his stupidity for all to see and never responds or engages in debate.
You know, I'm surprised that bunch hasn't started their own ping list. Not sure what one would call it, though.
Again, squealing louder does not change the factual reality. YOUR team has lost every political contest they have entered to date. Seems the facts do not back up your repeated screetches of overwhelming political support for your narrow agenda. So what happened to the 100,000,000 Illegals number you all were screaming LAST time?
Remember this thread?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1636771/posts
And this one,
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1632495/posts
And this,
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1632878/posts
And this,
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1633665/posts
And this,
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1635513/posts
And this,
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1632858/posts
Post 71. Perhaps you would care to take a shot at explaining this to us?
"LOL!!! Does anybody realize that is about 60% of Mexico's entire population? I'm as anti-illegail0immigrant as the next guy but to believe that essentially 2/3 of Mexico is going to pack up and sneak accross the border is just, well, silly."
With all due respect, get educated friend.
This does NOT just include Mexicans.
In fact, the current Senate bill allows increases in the cap for H1-B visas to 125,000/year from 65,000/ year immediately plus a 20% increase per year for every year this quota is filled.
H1-B visas are for TECHNICAL expertise such as engineers and scientists.
The 65,000 per year has already hurt the American engineer a LOT. For the first time in my career salaries for EE's are going down.
This is NOT just about unskilled or semi-skilled workers.
It will hurt the whole damn middle class!
Who in the hell are these people who were whining about not enough jobs in the 2004 election who are now supporting this Senate proposal?
I don't know what you do for a living, but somewhere, in some other country, there is someone waiting to come here and do your job for half of what you do it for!
I hope the House carries through with its promise to hold public hearings on the Senate bill.
Americans will be disgusted at the contents of it!
It is obvious that the Senate doesn't give a damn about the average Joe's well being... it's all about big business.
Right, it makes no sense that the same members who defend the N.Y. Times abuse of freedom of the press are the same ones trying to ban flag burning.
A conservative estimate of legal immigrants alone who will enter the country within the next 20 years is 100 million because the Republicans inserted a provision into the immigration "reform" bill to quintuple immigration levels. The Republican Party has become the scourge of the nation. The Republicans are so afraid that Big Business will stop contributing to their campaigns that are supporting legislation to give the immigrant-bribing Democrats, who are hellbent on eradicating American identity and subjugating white men, a permanent majority.
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Americans are to apathetic and naive. Gas is over $3.00/gal. The frogs are simmering slowly. They'll wake up about immigration when it is to late. Vote constitution party, it is your last chance.
Illegals are buying up all of our gas, driving the price up?
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