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paul
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G.Q. wrote:
> An Amnesty By Any Other Name is Still an Amnesty
>
>
>
>
>
> For most Americans, an illegal alien amnesty has all the political
> appeal of a massive tax increase. But politicians are very creative
> when it comes to pandering to the special interests that want amnesty
> for many or all of the estimated 9-11 million illegal aliens living
in
> the U.S.
>
> Currently, Congress is considering a number of legislative proposals
> that are stealth amnesty programs. One would grant legalization to
> people who came to this country illegally before the age of 16, and
> just about anyone else who could meet a very loose definition of a
> student. In addition to legalization, these beneficiaries would also
> become eligible for subsidized in-state tuition rates at public
> universities and colleges. There would be no limit on the number of
> people who could qualify for this amnesty.
>
> For those who don't meet even the loose definition of a student, some
> in Congress are proposing to turn illegal aliens into "guest
workers,"
> who over time could become permanent residents. Guest workers would
> also have the right to bring their family members to live in this
> country. This program, too, would have no numerical limits.
>
> Still another proposal would focus on agricultural workers, allowing
> anyone who could "prove" that he or she worked as little as 100 days
> in agriculture to apply for legal status in the U.S. In addition, it
> would allow big agricultural corporations the right to bring in a
> steady supply of new guest workers every year.
>
> All of these proposals cleverly change the unpopular term "amnesty"
to
> a much more appealing term, "earned legalization." On closer
> examination, however, earned legalization essentially means having
> gotten away with violating our immigration laws for a period of time,
> while not having committed any heinous crimes.
>
> Whether they disguised as guest worker programs, or a DREAM Act for
> young people, or earned legalization for illegal aliens who haven't
> gotten into serious trouble with the law, they are still amnesty
> proposals.
>
> Besides rewarding millions of people who broke the law and placing
> immigrants who obeyed the law at a disadvantage, individually or
> collectively, these amnesty proposals would:
>
> Encourage More Illegal Immigration
>
> Amnesties always lead to more illegal immigration, as millions more
> people will be encouraged to come here in the expectation that
> eventually they, too, will be rewarded. We granted what was supposed
> to be a one-time-only amnesty to some 3 million illegal aliens in
> 1986, only to find that today they have been replaced by an estimated
> 9-11 million new illegal aliens. Amnesty doesn't cure the problem; it
> exacerbates it.
>
> Encourage Massive Litigation
>
> The various amnesty proposals would be the immigration bar
> association's dream. Amnesty is almost guaranteed produce a glut of
> law suits that would choke the system and inevitably lead to rubber
> stamp approvals of almost every application. The sponsors of the 1986
> amnesty freely admit that countless people fraudulently obtained
> legalization because the system simply could not be adequately
> policed.
>
> Instead of amnesty what is needed is a combination of law enforcement
> against the illegal aliens themselves and the people who employ them,
> and incentives to convince many illegal aliens to leave of their own
> volition.
>
> http://americanworker.org/amnesty_handout2.htm
Yes, demand enforcement of existing laws then launch a full-court press
to return illegal aliens to their homelands.
Paul
http://www.deportaliens.com/ Deport Aliens
> An Amnesty By Any Other Name is Still an Amnesty
>
>
>
>
>
> For most Americans, an illegal alien amnesty has all the political
> appeal of a massive tax increase. But politicians are very creative
> when it comes to pandering to the special interests that want amnesty
> for many or all of the estimated 9-11 million illegal aliens living
in
> the U.S.
>
> Currently, Congress is considering a number of legislative proposals
> that are stealth amnesty programs. One would grant legalization to
> people who came to this country illegally before the age of 16, and
> just about anyone else who could meet a very loose definition of a
> student. In addition to legalization, these beneficiaries would also
> become eligible for subsidized in-state tuition rates at public
> universities and colleges. There would be no limit on the number of
> people who could qualify for this amnesty.
>
> For those who don't meet even the loose definition of a student, some
> in Congress are proposing to turn illegal aliens into "guest
workers,"
> who over time could become permanent residents. Guest workers would
> also have the right to bring their family members to live in this
> country. This program, too, would have no numerical limits.
>
> Still another proposal would focus on agricultural workers, allowing
> anyone who could "prove" that he or she worked as little as 100 days
> in agriculture to apply for legal status in the U.S. In addition, it
> would allow big agricultural corporations the right to bring in a
> steady supply of new guest workers every year.
>
> All of these proposals cleverly change the unpopular term "amnesty"
to
> a much more appealing term, "earned legalization." On closer
> examination, however, earned legalization essentially means having
> gotten away with violating our immigration laws for a period of time,
> while not having committed any heinous crimes.
>
> Whether they disguised as guest worker programs, or a DREAM Act for
> young people, or earned legalization for illegal aliens who haven't
> gotten into serious trouble with the law, they are still amnesty
> proposals.
>
> Besides rewarding millions of people who broke the law and placing
> immigrants who obeyed the law at a disadvantage, individually or
> collectively, these amnesty proposals would:
>
> Encourage More Illegal Immigration
>
> Amnesties always lead to more illegal immigration, as millions more
> people will be encouraged to come here in the expectation that
> eventually they, too, will be rewarded. We granted what was supposed
> to be a one-time-only amnesty to some 3 million illegal aliens in
> 1986, only to find that today they have been replaced by an estimated
> 9-11 million new illegal aliens. Amnesty doesn't cure the problem; it
> exacerbates it.
>
> Encourage Massive Litigation
>
> The various amnesty proposals would be the immigration bar
> association's dream. Amnesty is almost guaranteed produce a glut of
> law suits that would choke the system and inevitably lead to rubber
> stamp approvals of almost every application. The sponsors of the 1986
> amnesty freely admit that countless people fraudulently obtained
> legalization because the system simply could not be adequately
> policed.
>
> Instead of amnesty what is needed is a combination of law enforcement
> against the illegal aliens themselves and the people who employ them,
> and incentives to convince many illegal aliens to leave of their own
> volition.
>
> http://americanworker.org/amnesty_handout2.htm
Yes, demand enforcement of existing laws then launch a full-court press
to return illegal aliens to their homelands.
Paul
http://www.deportaliens.com/ Deport Aliens