Posted on 05/26/2007 10:13:21 AM PDT by claudiustg
Kathryn, that Cornyn amendment is a good example of the kind of final "bipartisan compromise" Congress may settle for: The 12-20 million illegal immigrants will get legal residency in the United States by the end of the next business day (and, incidentally, I'd love to see a list of other US agencies which guarantee full service within 24 hours - or is the express line only available to lawbreaking foreigners?), but terrorists will have to be subjected to what Sheila Jackson-Lee described to me as an "ongoing background check".
The more you look at this bill the more it seems just the usual Beltway kabuki. Secretary Chertoff says in a time of war we need to know who's in the country. Okay. But is dumping a gazillion new applications on a sclerotic immigration system the way to do that? Mohammed Atta was the second most famous terrorist in the world and on the front page of every American newspaper but the then INS still sent him a valid US visa six months to the day after he died, and without even updating his address from that Florida flight school to Big Hole In The Ground, Lower Manhattan. And the excuse the agency made was, oh well, we're only issuing visas to dead terrorists not living ones - which Americans pretty much had to take on trust and which seems a distinction far less likely to be maintained once there's another 15 million in the system entitled to next-day service. If I were Mullah Omar, I'd apply for a Z-visa. The odds have got to be better than even.
(Excerpt) Read more at corner.nationalreview.com ...
Ping!
why are we so willing to destroy ourselves?
We should all apply for the Z visa. After all if it’s good enought to get freebies like medical care and freedom from taxes then we should all have one.
"This amnesty will give citizenship to only 1.1-1.3 million illegal aliens. We will secure the borders henceforth. We will never again bring forward another Amnesty Bill like this."
-Ted Kennedy, 1986
1) Amnesty for all illegals in the nation prior to Jan 1, 2007
2) Illegal Immigration given amnesty for all back taxes due
3) Illegal Immigrate gang members given amnesty
4) All illegal immigrate legal fees paid by US tax payers
5) Illegal Immigrates get in state tuition at all state colleges
6) Z visa renewable forever
7) Government given only 24 hours to complete background check
8) No health check
9) Illegals get Social Security benefits
10) Estimates cost to US taxpayer 2.5 TRILLON dollars over 20 years.
Just watched an “obviously” illegal slap down two one-hundred dollar bills (from a wallet full of them) in a Radio Shack.
I’m so sick of ALL congresscritters.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said his office is fielding 700 to 1,000 calls a day, with 80 percent to 90 percent opposed to the Senate reform legislation.
“Beltway Kabuki”,.......
We have a winner!!!
May we use that expression? It’s a wonderful mental visual.
Stylized verbals as well. Wonderful!!
My very best,
G.Reader
Only an idiot would believe anthing that Teddy told them.About ANYTHING.
It takes six weeks for me to get a permit to work in the gaming industry..which must be renewed every year with a recent photo and I must pay a fee every year to have it processed
I agree.
Because Washington is run by pimps
(11.) ALL OF THE ABOVE: PRICELESS
Maybe there is some link..
Technical question: Is there any time limit on applying for a Z-visa? Can 5 million more sneak in in the next couple of years, forge a bunch of documents, and then file for Z-visa years later?
I don’t see any time limit in the bill, so far...
I’m tending to believe so.
No joke, that’s in the bill.
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