[Bommer]

First of all the bill does not grant amnesty, it allows illegals to extend their stay by paying $1000. Secondly, if Bush was really listening to the American people, he would also say that he was not going to sign campain finance reform. Rather sad to see a man of his own convictions become someone who is "bending to pollsters"/

[chainsaw]

allows illegals to extend their stay by paying $1000

Sort of like extortion. Congress took a page right out of Al Capones book for this one.

Will this money go into illegal, under the table, campaign finance accounts?

[lewislynn]

First of all the bill does not grant amnesty, it allows illegals to extend their stay by paying $1000.

Oh now I get it. He won't "grant" them amnesty, he's SELLING amnesty......

[Marine Inspector]

First of all the bill does not grant amnesty, it allows illegals to extend their stay by paying $1000.

First of all your wrong, and it has nothing to do with extending their stay. It is about Residency and it is a form of amnesty.

These aliens are in this country illegally. If they wished to apply for Residency, by law, they would be required to return to their home country and apply for the visa.

In their home country, they would be required to pass a criminal background check of their record in their home country and the US.

Under 245(i), they pay the $1000.00 and bypass the home country background check, and the US background check is done by some clerk, not a Law Enforcement officer.

On top of that, 245(i) was originally removed from the 1996 INA (Immigration & Naturalization Act) because of the fraud that in propitiates (marriage fraud being the largest).

It also send to wrong message to those that are legally trying to immigrate to this country.

[MissAmericanPie]

Does signing up for this amnesty, allow the person to bring his wife, kids, his parents, her parents, his siblings, her siblings, his siblings children, her siblings children, here from Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Egypt, etc? An employer can sign them up for this, even if the person seeking amnesty is not married to an American. Get it now?