Posted on 06/27/2007 9:10:15 PM PDT by Mount Athos
U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) released Wednesday a report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) which says the new Senate immigration bill contains a major loophole in border security. Supporters of the bill say it provides $4.4 billion in immediate mandatory spending for border enforcement, but according to the CRS analysis, the funds could also be used immediately to implement the amnesty provisions in the bill.
“This is just another example of how this bill claims to do one thing but does something else entirely. It’s another example of an empty promise being used to buy votes for amnesty,” said Senator DeMint. “The supporters of this bill have been running around trying to convince people that this money will be used to secure the border first, but now we know that’s not the case. If you read the fine print, the bill says this money can also be used for amnesty.”
According to the CRS report provided to Senator DeMint, the mandatory spending in the bill could immediately be used for Z visas. It says, “(r)eceiving, processing, and adjudicating applications for the Z visa authorized by Title VI of the Act is one of the trigger mechanisms outlined in Section 1; this means that funding from the Immigration Security Account could be used for this purpose.”
In addition, the report says the funds could be used for Y visas and other programs once the trigger mechanisms have been met but it does not require the Secretary of Homeland Security to certify the trigger. The report says, “S. 1639 does not explicitly stipulate whether the certification required by Section 1 would have to take place prior to funding being made available for the additional purposes outlined in Section 2(C).”
“Not only can this money be used for things other then border security and enforcement, it looks like another backdoor trick to promote amnesty,” said Senator DeMint. “If Congress appropriates money later this year for the border, the money provided in this bill will turn into a slush fund the Administration can use to ensure illegal immigrants are legalized.”
“The Heritage Foundation had gotten hold of a copy of the rough draft and published it on their website. That was when a few Senators and many other citizens began to read the various provisions”
And the AMNESTY NOW for 25,000,000 illegal aliens crowd said it was talk radio.....
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There have been a lot of postings of email list of congressional staffers. This one actually works - I sent it successfully. Hit them on their blackberries! Cut & paste into your bcc email field:
maryjane_collipriest@bennett.senate.gov,
mark_morrison@bennett.senate.gov,
emily_christensen@bennett.senate.gov,
brian_klippenstein@bond.senate.gov,
kara_smith@bond.senate.gov,
shana_marchio@bond.senate.gov,
glen_chambers@brownback.senate.gov,
brian_robertson@brownback.senate.gov,
john_rankin@brownback.senate.gov,
brian_hart@brownback.senate.gov,
alicia_peterson-petersonclark@burr.senate.gov,
natasha_hickman@burr.senate.gov,
laura_caudell@burr.senate.gov,
mark_williams@burr.senate.gov,
jennifer_lowe@coleman.senate.gov,
lucia_lebens@coleman.senate.gov,
lorianne_moss@coleman.senate.gov,
tom_stewart@coleman.senate.gov,
leroy_coleman@coleman.senate.gov,
steve_abbott@collins.senate.gov,
marybeth_carozza@collins.senate.gov,
jane_alonso@collins.senate.gov,
elissa_davidson@collins.senate.gov,
jen_burita@collins.senate.gov,
kevin_kelley@collins.senate.gov,
mike_ware@craig.senate.gov,
brooke_roberts@craig.senate.gov,
travis_jones@craig.senate.gov,
dan_whiting@craig.senate.gov,
steve_bell@domenici.senate.gov,
edward_hild@domenici.senate.gov,
chris_gallegos@domenici.senate.gov,
tara_shaw@domenici.senate.gov,
john_lopez@ensign.senate.gov,
pam_thiessen@ensign.senate.gov,
tory_mazzola@ensign.senate.gov,
jack_finn@ensign.senate.gov,
don_tatro@ensign.senate.gov,
richard_perry@lgraham.senate.gov,
jennifer_olson@lgraham.senate.gov,
jen_olson@lgraham.senate.gov,
wes_hickman@lgraham.senate.gov,
kevin_bishop@lgraham.senate.gov,
joel_maiola@gregg.senate.gov,
nancy_perkins@gregg.senate.gov,
christopher_gahan@gregg.senate.gov,
erin_rath@gregg.senate.gov,
louann_linehan@hagel.senate.gov,
paul_kong@hagel.senate.gov,
steve_taylor@hagel.senate.gov,
mike_buttry@hagel.senate.gov,
Jordan_stark@hagel.senate.gov,
tim_glazewski@kyl.senate.gov,
elizabeth_maier@kyl.senate.gov,
stephen_higgins@judiciary.senate.gov,
joe_matal@judiciary.senate.gov,
lucy_murfitt@kyl.senate.gov,
andrew_wilder@kyl.senate.gov,
bret_boyles@lott.senate.gov,
jim_sartucci@lott.senate.gov,
susan_irby@lott.senate.gov,
nick_simpson@lott.senate.gov,
hugh_gamble@lott.senate.gov,
mitch_waldman@lott.senate.gov,
marty_morris@lugar.senate.gov,
chris_geeslin@lugar.senate.gov,
joe_odonnell@lugar.senate.gov,
shellie_bressler@lugar.senate.gov,
andy_fisher@lugar.senate.gov,
john_little@martinez.senate.gov,
michael_zehr@martinez.senate.gov,
ken_lundberg@martinez.senate.gov,
ann_begeman@mccain.senate.gov,
eileen_mcmenamin@mccain.senate.gov,
andrea_jones@mccain.senate.gov,
lee_dunn@mccain.senate.gov,
chris_paul@mccain.senate.gov,
joe_donoghue@mccain.senate.gov,
richard_fontaine@mccain.senate.gov,
billy_piper@mcconnell.senate.gov,
scott_raab@mcconnell.senate.gov,
robert_steurer@mcconnell.senate.gov,
julie_adams@mcconnell.senate.gov,
donna_murray@murkowski.senate.gov,
isaac_edwards@murkowski.senate.gov,
danielle_holland@murkowski.senate.gov,
kristin_pugh@murkowski.senate.gov,
john_richter@snowe.senate.gov,
ray_krncevic@snowe.senate.gov,
jake_ward@snowe.senate.gov,
david_snepp@snowe.senate.gov,
ginny_worrest@snowe.senate.gov,
scott_hoeflich@specter.senate.gov,
thomas_dower@specter.senate.gov,
seema_singh@specter.senate.gov,
seema_singh@judiciary.senate.gov,
george_lowe@stevens.senate.gov,
karina_waller@stevens.senate.gov,
aaron_saunders@stevens.senate.gov,
courtney_boone@stevens.senate.gov,
steven_wackowski@stevens.senate.gov,
phil_park@voinovich.senate.gov,
george_callas@voinovich.senate.gov,
doug_dziak@voinovich.senate.gov,
chris_paulitz@voinovich.senate.gov,
ann_loomis@warner.senate.gov,
chris_yianilos@warner.senate.gov,
angela_stewart@warner.senate.gov,
conrad_schatte@warner.senate.gov,
john_ullyot@warner.senate.gov
Just Damn!
Bushbots’ll get you for that!
Bye, all. This former Bushbot is being “run off” by those still drinking the Koolaid. Good luck fighting this. It’s not worth my blood pressure.
You ask the key question. But you also know the answer.
The fix was in on this from the beginning. The RINOs are being paid off by big business; the democrats by big labor, lawyers, the Latino special interest groups.
This is the biggest sell-out of America since we became a united nation. This is a Freakin fire sale on our culture,language,and citizenship. Everyone of these Senators who vote to keep this POS alive needs to be THROWN OUT!
Checkoff is a bureaucrat who thinks in terms of what is good for cert off personal must be good for America.
I don’t trust Cutoff to carry out any lawful mandates.
Just the lowly opinion of a red state wannabe.
Listening to a little Blood Sweat and Tears, You Make Me So Happy, SENOR CHERTOFF....NOT.
I smell a revolution in the air ... unless the House buries this cr@p and get’s their $0.25 allowance for cleaning up the dog’s mess in the backyard..(did I date myself????)
I’m listening to 10,000 Maniacs, Everybody wants Candy and thinking we have Maniacs in congress selling out America for their own candy.
Just Damn!
Accurate summary
Chewing nails here in Texas.
Good for you.
Check this out: http://www.spp.gov/
It is worse than this..the $4.4 billion is not even guaranteed, but depends on illegals actually obeying the law and paying the proscribed fines to fund the border security portion. If they do not pay the fines—which they won’t—then NO MONEY for border security. Meanwhile Bush hands out cold cash to the Iraqi vermin for their “reconstruction”, but there is no cash available to defend our borders. What does that say about the character of this man? Call your Senators and tell them you are not fooled by these frauds.
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