Posted on 03/13/2002 3:24:46 AM PST by Enemy Of The State
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:32:49 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Conservative community? LOL! I am actually laughing out loud! You are very fuuny!
Ignore the gov'mit stooge's comments...remember...their can be no g-d but Bush...
Miami was one of Gore's BIGGEST wins in Florida. That was one the four counties where Alpha male demanded infinite "recounts" trying to pick up more 'RAT votes. Look at the "RED" Gore areas. He also got heavy support in the southwestern border counties of Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, California...
We are all so eager to express our heated opinions about illegal aliens invading our country, that we jump to conclusions that aren't based on facts.
As I posted on the other thread, 245I is not a blanket amnesty for all illegal aliens!! 245I applies only to aliens who came here with paperwork, like student visas or work visas, and let them expire. 245I allows this lesser group of aliens to re-register (with certain stipulations), and to pay a $1,000 fine, then wait for an interview with the INS -- which may or may not grant them legal citizenship.
This does not apply to the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who snuck across the border without paperwork!!
When you call your Senators, urge them to introduce an amendment to H.R. 365 (passed by the House last night) that would strip the SEction 245i amnesty from the bill. That would leave all the good visa-tracking stuff that the House already passed in December.
If they can't strip out the amnesty, we urge that the bill be defeated, even though it has lots of good stuff in it. The Senate has all the good stuff in HR 3525 waiting to be considered. Defeat HR 365 with the amnesty and pass HR3525.
Ummmmmm, Which party controls the Senate..? Nuff said?
And while your point that it may tie up some resources short term, I still think that getting them legal quickly, LONG TERM, makes it easier to implement the going forward provisions...
Look at it form a management perspective. it will be atleast 6 months before an adequate Computer system can be developed and even begin to be installed to handle the going forward stuff...INS has next to no (Thank god for that) thechnology, so they are basically starting from the ground up in that regard. It's not like they're going to Office max for Six laptops, and a stand alone Micro server. they have 6 months to a year to get the 245(i) stuff done.
Hope you signed up, there's no fee, and you can receive e-mail alerts and send free faxes to the White House and Congress. Comparing the votes against this "extension" and the last "extension" for illegals, more members of Congress are also getting scared. It passed by a landslide last time, and this time it barely passed.
Speeding is typically (but not always) a civil infraction.
Improper entry to the U.S. is covered by U.S. Code Title 8 Section 1325 as a criminal infraction. Specifically:
Section 1325. Improper entry by alien
Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers ... shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
Furthermore, the $1000 civil penalty of 245(i) is expressly prohibited by the U.S. Code as a remedy to violation of Section 1325.
"Civil penalties under this subsection are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any criminal or other civil penalties that may be imposed."
So you are talking out of your butt.
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