Stop 245(i) mini-amnesty!
While thousands of Americans remain buried in the rubble of the World Trade Center, the White House continues to push for amnesty for millions of illegal aliens.
Our most pressing concern at this moment in yet another extension of Section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act that allows illegals to remain in this country with virtually no background checks. All they have to do is marry a U.S. citizen and pay a fine of $1,000
This is nothing more than blatant pandering by the Republican Party to attract immigrant votes. It was only a short while ago that President Bush told the American people that the federal government is "doing everything that it can to protect Americans from more terrorist attacks." Is this how Mr. Bush intends to enhance our safety?
Have we learned nothing from President Clinton's "CitizenshipUSA" program that rushed more than a million immigrants through the naturalization process so they could vote in the 1996 general election? As a result of the watered-down "security checks," including the elimination of fingerprinting, we now know that more than 70,000 immigrants with criminal records were given their citizenship papers.
Please call your representatives in Washington and ask them not to support another extension of 245(i). This is not the way to honor the memory of those lost on Sept. 11.
Bush is a liar.