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Whether the new bipartisan Senate immigration bill amounts to little more than amnesty for the 15 to 20 million illegal aliens residing in the U.S., as critics charge, the measure does offer one kind of amnesty – tax amnesty. According to the Boston Globe, the Bush administration insisted on the removal of a provision in the initial version of the bill proposed by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) requiring payment of back taxes and any related fines to the Internal Revenue Service as part of the road to citizenship.

Do you want to stop shamnesty dead in its tracks? Don't let up on Congressmen and Senators, one bit. But, aim additional political fire at GOP and Democrat party officials, at every level. Precinct chairmen, County Chairmen, State Central Committee members, State Chairmen and Co-Chairmen, your state's Republican National Committee members, the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and the National Republican Congressional Committee. Repeat with the Democrats as needed. A simple google search will give you the email addresses, fax numbers, and telephone numbers of all of these movers and shakers. You may not have access to...

This is a PDF file that I found at the National Review Online. It is subtitled "Draft- For Discussion Purposes Only"

The proposed immigration deal will throw open our doors to increased immigration from Muslim lands, not just Mexico. From the US State Department website: "The fourth and most recent wave of Muslim immigration (into the US) has come after 1965, the year President Lyndon Johnson sponsored an immigration bill that repealed the longstanding system of quotas by national origin. Under the new system, preferences went to relatives of U.S. residents and those with special occupational skills needed in the United States. The new law was a signal act in American history, making it possible for the first time since the...

Many illegal immigrants will have to overcome deep-seated fear and distrust of the U.S. government if they are to take advantage of the proposal to emerge from the shadows offered by Senate leaders and the White House. After months of roundups at workplaces and homes, immigrants are now being asked to come forward to authorities, pay $5,000 in fines and return to their homelands to apply for legal residency. Cesar Damian Solis, who earns up to $600 a month laying bricks and pipe in Phoenix, thinks most illegal immigrants would rather have a plan that allows them to remain in...