Posted on 05/21/2007 6:15:48 AM PDT by presidio9
Are you a fine upstanding member of the Undocumented-American community? That's to say, are you (if you'll forgive the expression) an illegal immigrant?
Great news! Being illegal is now perfectly legal! Just for being one of the circa 12 million people who shouldn't be here, you can now be here indefinitely! If you were living and working in America illegally before January 1st 2007, you're now entitled to one of the new Z-1 "probationary" visas. And your parents and spouses are entitled to one of the new Z-2 visas, and your children to the new Z-3 visas.
Don't worry, it's not an "amnesty". Every politician in America is opposed to amnesty – if not the concept, then at least the word. That's why the visa starts with the letter that's furthest away from the one "amnesty" begins with. "Z" stands for zellout …no, hang on, zurrender or Zapatista, or some other word way up the other end of the alphabet from "amnesty". But the point is, at a stroke there will be no more illegal immigrants. Because being illegal means you're now legal.
Unless, of course, you came to America after January 1st 2007 and thus aren't covered by the zamnesty. But in that case why not apply for the Z-1 anyway? After all, you're here illegally so how would US Immigration know when you arrived? Especially with 12-15-20 million urgent applications tossed in on top of what's already a multi-year backlog. They're not exactly going to be doing a lot of in-depth background checks, especially not for a visa category whose only entry requirement under US law is that you've broken US law when you entered.
By the way, when I said "came to America", if you're visiting Toronto for a weekend break from Yemen or Belarus,
(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...
Steyn Ping
And to all you potential illegals, I say get here as fast as you can. Before the borders really tighten up. You probably only have a 5 to 10 year window before this happens, so hurry up.
Z is for zit. 20 million of them.
Z is for Zot! Do it now.
Mark hit the target once again.
EZ as 1-2-3..........
” Being illegal is now perfectly legal! “
If I had a revoked drivers licence, I would demand to be legal too.
I’m an educated, solvent Englishman who can prove he worked and lived in the US prior to January 1st this year; in fact it was the early 1990’s for a short while, though I was there legally.
Does that mean I can now claim American citizenship if I wish? Or does this only apply to those who broke the laws of your country and entered illegally?
If this law gives rights to those who broke the law, but denies them to those who did not, it really is bizarre.
Excellent piece, should be a must read for all legal citizens of the USA.
We should renounce our citizenship as there is apparently much more to be gained by being illegal, than legal.......plus the politicians are much more likely to kiss your @ss.
if the illegals are legalized, I would consider your suggestion of renouncing my citizenship.
Since Congress and the president acknowledge that our immigration laws are hortative, rather than proscriptive, then why are they bothering to revise them?
Oh yeah—amnesty, they need that: the whole “nation of laws, not men” thing . . . what a drag.
In the past, waves of hard working, poor immigrants followed generations of successful and often decadent and infertile predecessors. When the Irish , Poles, and Italians came here in great numbers they created a new, stronger and more religious America. If we had not screwed this up, the Latinos could have done the same thing for us in this century. The obvious difference is that we no longer required immigrants to become American.
Our representatives in Washington don’t have a clue about how Americans feel about being “over run” with hispanics. All the liberals want them for the 12 million votes which will probably go their way and the RINOS want them to do the work for business interests and make it “legal”. What a bunch of crap from congress yet again.
I tried calling both of my senators this morning(DiFi and Boxer) and neither phone was answerd. Wonder why? Had to send more emails instead. That makes about 15 so far, to each one.Called the white house and voiced my displeasure, not only about the amnesty bill but about the lies they are telling about it to defend it.
Good point. I guess you could get back into the country asap [the UK is part of the Visa Wavier Program] and claim your Z visa.
---The 35.2 million immigrants (legal and illegal) living in the country in March 2005 is the highest number ever recorded -- two and a half times the 13.5 million during the peak of the last great immigration wave in 1910.
---Between January 2000 and March 2005, 7.9 million new immigrants (legal and illegal) settled in the country, making it the highest five-year period of immigration in American history.
---Immigrants account for 12.1 percent of the total population, the highest percentage in eight decades. If current trends continue, within a decade it will surpass the high of 14.7 percent reached in 1910.
Prior to 1965, the US was taking around 178,000 legal immigrants annually. In 1965, Congress replaced the national origins system with a preference system designed to unite immigrant families and attract skilled immigrants to the United States. With these changes and some subsequent ones, the result was that most of our legal immigrants now come from Asia and Latin America, and not Europe. Chain migration designed to unite families has also brought in aged parents, children, uncles, etc., many of whom are not contributing to our society and in fact, require more social services. Even with quotas in certain immigration categories, we are now legalizing the status of over one million people annually and millions more are waiting in lines overseas for their turn to come in. Chain migration has also changed the "mix" of immigrants, making it less diverse.
Mexico accounts for 31 percent of all immigrants, with 10.8 million immigrants living in United States, more than the number of immigrants from any other region of the world. Immigrants from Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean account for the majority of immigrants, with 54 percent of the foreign‑born coming from these areas. Of those who arrived 2000 to 2005, 58 percent are from Latin America. This lack of diversity has hindered assimilation and could well result in the Balkanization of the country by language and culture.
Since 1970, the population of the US has increased by 100 million; since 1990; by 53 million; and since 2000 by 20 million or the equivalent of our six largest cities. The Bureau of the Census projects that we will have 364 million by 2030 [an increase of 63 million people in the next 23 years or the equivalent of the current populaton of the UK] and over 400 million by 2050 with one-quarter of the population being Hispanic. The annual arrival of 1.5 million legal and illegal immigrants, coupled with 750,000 annual births to immigrant women, is the determinate factor or three-fourths of all U.S. population growth.
These additional people will require infrastructure [roads, water, electricity, gasoline, etc.], and impact our schools, hospitals, social welfare systems, penal system, etc. Couple these increases with an aging US population faced with entitlement programs about to go belly-up in 10 years and you have some serious public policy issues that could threaten the future of this country.
If the proposed bill passes legal immigration will increase threefold over the next decade, which will boost our population projections much higher.
‘Good point. I guess you could get back into the country asap [the UK is part of the Visa Wavier Program] and claim your Z visa.’
I should be quite welcome in America - I almost speak the language, I insure my car, I pay my taxes and my family haven’t burnt an American flag for a couple of hundred years! :D
No rush. That ain't gonna happen in our lifetimes.
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