[Luis Gonzalez]

"Special rules under section 245(i) may allow you to apply to adjust status without leaving the United States."

Main Entry: am.nes.ty
Pronunciation: 'am-n&-stE
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek amnEstia forgetfulness, from amnEstos forgotten, from a- + mnasthai to remember -- more at MIND
Date: 1580
Inflected Form(s): plural -ties
: the act of an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals
- amnesty transitive verb

Let's clear this up one more time, shall we?

Please point to the section of the bill that does anything other than allow someone to apply for a hearing? Or where section 245(i) guarantees that anyone will even get a hearing.

Not much as pardons go, don't you think?

The wording of 245(i) simply changes the law momentarily to allow some people to apply for a hearing without going home first.

Now, we can argue about that all night, but I'm not buying into the spin you create, it isn't a matter of people just walking up to an INS office and getting an automatic free pass.

[Sabertooth]

The wording of 245(i) simply changes the law momentarily to allow some people to apply for a hearing without going home first.

You omitted the fact that those people are Illegals.

Telling.

Now, we can argue about that all night, but I'm not buying into the spin you create, it isn't a matter of people just walking up to an INS office and getting an automatic free pass.

Who said "free?"

The Bush proposal would have had them buying their Amnesties for a grand.

Who said "automatic?"

That's beside the point anyway. 245(i) allows certain Illegals to pay a fine and get away with staying in our country, thus rewarding them for entering the country Illegally.

And you knew that. In fact, you seem to want that.

But you know it's trouble if the truth is out, so you continue to blow smoke and build straw men.