Section 245(i) -- the mini amnesty
Your immediate action is needed to fight a reinstatement of Section 245(i), a mini-amnesty for illegal aliens.
BACKGROUND
The White House at this moment is working all the levers of power to maneuver the Section 245i mini-amnesty through Congress before President Bush goes to Mexico on March 22. This would significantly increase permanent
U.S. population growth by creating a new wave of amnesty for hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens and the enticement of millions more to move here.It appears that the President apparently is willing to expend all the political capital necessary to have this amnesty in the form of a reinstatement of Section 245(i).
Section 245i allows illegal aliens who are on a waiting list to some year receive a green card as a relative or imported worker to pay a fine and be allowed to stay in this country legally until their turn arrives on the list. Why have a list, if you are going to allow anybody who jumps the line and comes here illegally to stay anyway?
Section 245i is a security risk because:
1. It allows hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens to stay permanently without going through face-to-face interviews in our embassies in their own countries, cultures and languages.
2. It allows people to remain here for years -- 20-30 years in some cases -- as something just above an illegal alien until there name comes up on a waiting list for green cards.
3. It entices millions more foreign nationals to enter the country without screening to be illegal aliens here in hopes that they also will be rewarded for their lawbreaking.
And all of that shows how a Section 245 amnesty boosts U.S. population growth.