[Sabertooth]

The White House and American diplomats working in these areas overseas say that passing 245(i) is not a real amnesty. It will affect only small numbers of people, they argue, good people who have been here for a long time and are working hard. They further see no relationship to the events of September 11 or to the Middle Eastern terrorists, arguing that most of the 245(i) recipients will be Mexican.

Mexican illegals.

Once again...

Section 245 of the Act allows an alien to apply for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident (LPR) while in the United States if certain conditions are met. The alien must have been inspected and admitted or paroled, be eligible for an immigrant visa and admissible for permanent residence, and, with some exceptions, have maintained lawful nonimmigrant status. The alien must also not have engaged in unauthorized employment. Section 245(i) of the Act allows an alien to apply to adjust status under section 245 notwithstanding the fact that he or she entered without inspection, overstayed, or worked without authorization.
LINK.

These are the people for whom last week's 245(i) mods were written. Illegals.

Letting illegals stay = Amnesty for those illegals.

[RnMomof7]

But the story does not end there. For last week — at the precise directions of Mr. Bush — the House sneaked through a bill directly related to the student visa fiasco. The House approved the bill by a vote of 275-137. On the surface, it is desirable in that it provides for new visa-screening requirements to spot suspected terrorists.

New World Order Son follows New World Order PaPa..

Republicans sell out of the US

I had to LOL at the Student Visa approval ..by the same group of jerks that will over see this amnesty bill

Doesn't that make you feel safe??

[DoughtyOne]

It would be amusing if it wasn't so sad and repugnant to watch people sucker for the, "it's not really an amnesty" line of B.S. I'm amazed at how easy it is to mislead the ignorant sheeple.

[WRhine]

Section 245(i) of the Act allows an alien to apply to adjust status under section 245 notwithstanding the fact that he or she entered without inspection, overstayed, or worked without authorization. LINK.

Ah, all those little facts that the Republican Leadership and Bush-Bots like to obfuscate.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Sweetie, flag me when there is less insults and name-calling on these threads. I don't mind some insults and trashing, that's all part of politics I guess, but it's hard to read insult after insult from people who I once thought were educated and civilized. OK, darling?

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[Brownie74]

Letting illegals stay = Amnesty for those illegals.

Not only that - it just encourages more illegals which will equal more amnesties in the future. There is no end to this.