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Michelle Malkin: Amnesty for illegals weakens U.S.
www.omaha.com ^ | March 25, 2002 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 03/25/2002 7:10:38 PM PST by healey22

WASHINGTON - What does combating illegal immigration have to do with combating Middle Eastern terrorists in America? Well, duh.

Let's review: Three of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers were illegal visa overstayers. Seven of the 19 obtained fraudulent I.D. cards with the help of illegal-alien day laborers in Virginia. Two of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers were illegal aliens. At least two bin Laden-linked bomb plotters attempted to cross illegally through our land borders. More than 115,000 people from Middle Eastern countries are here illegally. More than 1,000 of them were smuggled through Mexico by convicted global crime ringleader George Tajirian. And some 6,000 Middle Eastern men who have defied deportation orders remain on the loose.

The connection between illegal-immigration reform and homeland security is now fantastically obvious to most Americans, but the loose-and- open borders crowd is as blind and dumb as ever. Leading the senseless is The Wall Street Journal editorial page, which I admired in the past for its stalwart promotion of the rule of law and abhorrence of race-card demagoguery. On March 18, the paper betrayed both principles.

"So Atta got his visa. That's no reason to kick out Mexican workers," pooh-poohed an online summary of an editorial titled "Immigrants and Terrorists." In it, the Journal's unrepentant open-borders proponents approve of bipartisan efforts - foolishly embraced by President Bush and favored by Mexican president Vicente Fox - to extend partial amnesty to hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens who have been in the country since 1998.

The so-called 245(i) provision of federal immigration law will allow illegal aliens who have found employer or family sponsors to obtain visas in the United States for a $1,000 fee, instead of being forced to return home - where consular offices would thoroughly scrutinize their native criminal records before approving applications. The 245(i) program would also allow these applicants to bypass a 1996 federal law barring illegal aliens from re-entering the United States for up to 10 years.

The administration's initial attempt to ram this proposal through, by a stealth "cloaked" vote, was cravenly Clinton- esque. But not a peep of complaint was heard from the Journal on that. Instead, the editorial board lambasted principled conservative critics of 245(i) such as Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., for "scapegoating" Mexicans who "bus tables."

This isn't merely about innocent Mexican bus boys. The amnesty would be extended to any law-breaking alien from any country who can hustle up an American employer or "spouse" and pay a good immigration lawyer to cook up an eligibility claim.

Amnesty is an open invitation for marriage fraud, document fraud, endless litigation and swamped adjudications offices. It is also a known loophole for terrorists. At least one al-Qaida-linked operative, convicted in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing plot, obtained amnesty through a program intended for farm workers. Who knows how many more are now among us as amnestied citizens?

The Journal editorial board and its ilk perpetuate a perilous myth - that we can continue to reward "good" illegal immigrants streaming across the borders while keeping the "bad" illegal immigrants out. "There's always a chance that terrorist cells lie dormant among these folks," the Journal concedes. But even after the heinous murder of 3,000 people in its back yard at the hands of these sleepers who slipped through, the New York-based paper is far more concerned about not wanting to "upend the lives of Mexican nannies in San Diego."

This takes the cake. While the Wall Street Journal editors and their border-crashing allies remain obsessed with protecting illegal Mexican workers from the slightest inconvenience, the lives of countless American soldiers and their families across the country have been "up- ended" in the war on terror to ensure that we remain a safe and sovereign nation. Which side are our friends at the Journal on, anyway?


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KEYWORDS: 245i; amnesty; illegalaliens
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1 posted on 03/25/2002 7:10:38 PM PST by healey22
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To: healey22
Thanks for posting this article........another home run for Michelle.......right out of the park!
2 posted on 03/25/2002 7:18:26 PM PST by mickie
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To: mickie
Bingo! Bullseye! Mega Dittoes!

The opponents to orderly and legal immigration, be they Dems or RINOs, are further silenced!

3 posted on 03/25/2002 7:22:22 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo
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To: mickie
Michelle always hits the nail right on the head. I always enjoy reading her comments.
4 posted on 03/25/2002 7:24:00 PM PST by healey22
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To: Tancredo Fan,Sabertooth,Major Malfunction
Ping.
5 posted on 03/25/2002 7:29:07 PM PST by Travis McGee
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To: healey22
Even before 9-11 I was and am still disgusted and angry at those who denegrate those of us who are against illegal immigration. My stepmother is a wonderfull hispanic woman who spent years to become an American citizen and did it right. All the while, others, unscreened, jumped ahead of her to do it illegally. We need to streamline the legal process and do everything including using troops to stop illegal immigration.
6 posted on 03/25/2002 7:31:24 PM PST by umgud
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To: healey22
The Wall Street Journal spoke some sense when Bob Bartly was in charge of the editorial page. Now the Gigot is taking over, he brings the squishy backbone required to appear on PBS with the intolerant Mark Shields.

WSJ=pro-globalist rag

8 posted on 03/25/2002 7:36:00 PM PST by Biblebelter
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To: healey22

Michelle Malkin






SEMPER FI



Norm
10 posted on 03/25/2002 8:17:14 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: Travis McGee;kattracks;sarcasm;sneakypete;regulator;brownie74;glc1173@aol.com;A CA Guy;CoryLund...
Thanks. Michelle is always right on the mark. Always.
11 posted on 03/25/2002 9:17:39 PM PST by Tancredo Fan
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To: Tancredo Fan; Victoria Delsoul; Pelham; Travis McGee; Joe Hadenuf; sarcasm; harpseal; RonDog...
A big "no Amnesty" Philippino ping for Michelle Malkin!

WooHooo!




12 posted on 03/25/2002 9:21:36 PM PST by Sabertooth
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To: Sabertooth
Thanks man. She's right, of course. :)
13 posted on 03/25/2002 9:40:58 PM PST by Tauzero
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To: Sabertooth
Thanks for the ping!

Take Care!

14 posted on 03/25/2002 9:45:57 PM PST by MadRobotArtist
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To: healey22; CheneyChick; vikingchick; Victoria Delsoul; WIMom; one_particular_harbour; kmiller1k...
Read if you dare...

(((ping))))


15 posted on 03/25/2002 9:46:21 PM PST by Sabertooth
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To: Sabertooth
Michelle Malkin -
Seattle, Washington's loss,
Washington DC's gain.
16 posted on 03/25/2002 9:51:27 PM PST by ppaul
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To: Biblebelter
The Wall Street Journal spoke some sense when Bob Bartly was in charge of the editorial page.

Not in the open borders matter. Barley was a full-bore open borders, unlimited immigration guy.

17 posted on 03/25/2002 9:57:58 PM PST by Bernard Marx
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To: Scorpio
the globalists do not believe in FREE trade. Free trade would allow anyone to buy and sell anything in another country without loans, subsidies, guarantee's or the WTO's permission. They don't believe in free trade.
18 posted on 03/25/2002 10:00:46 PM PST by GeronL
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To: Bernard Marx
I know, the sense that I was referring to was about Vince Foster, the Arkansas train track murders, and Whitewater. He deserves some credit for pursuing those stories where most mainstream journalists did not dare to tread. The stories about false allegations of sexual misconduct in Wenatchee, Washington were excellent as well.
19 posted on 03/25/2002 10:04:10 PM PST by Biblebelter
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To: healey22
Michelle Rules.

Paul Gigot has to be one of the great horse's asses, along with his pal Grover Norquist.

20 posted on 03/25/2002 10:06:08 PM PST by Pelham
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