redneck13
04-14-06, 03:31 PM
:evilgrin: :mad: :!:
Normally except during election time the AIG does not forward non aviation/military information. However the following merits American Action.
These are parts of articles that have appeared re: the problems of illegal immigrants - informative.
RE: The American People Want Secure Borders And No Blanket Amnesty
Prior to leaving for Easter recess, Members of the Senate attempted to effect a compromise to the so-called McCain-Kennedy immigration reform legislation.
No one asked for a compromise. The American people want secure borders and no blanket amnesty for people who are residing in the United States illegally.
We don't want a bill that will replace our capable immigration judges with illegal immigration advocates. We don't want a bill that provides illegal aliens with in-state college tuition. We don't want a bill that will allow felons a fast-track to apply for citizenship.
Furthermore, we want a bill that will provide specific monetary appropriations to enforce the securing of our borders.
Like that surprise hidden on page 302 - which would replace the country's entire bench of experienced immigration judges with pro-immigration advocates.
With a few exceptions, today's immigration judges (who serve for life) are dedicated to enforcing the law, and they do a difficult job well. This bill forces all immigration judges to step down after serving seven years - and restricts replacements to attorneys with at least five years' experience practicing immigration law.
Virtually the only lawyers who'll meet that requirement are attorneys who represent aliens in the immigration courts - who are certainly unlikely as a class to be fond of enforcing immigration laws.
It gets worse. Immigration judges are now appointed by the attorney general - whose job it is to see to it that laws are enforced. The Senate bill gives that power to a separate bureaucrat and takes it away from a person who is duty-bound to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Can you believe it -- immigration courts presided over by judges who spent at least five years of their legislative careers defending illegal aliens?
Let's send our Senators a clear message. The American people want secure borders, NO BLANKET amnesty and NO COMPROMISES!
Consider the amendment offered by Illinois' Dick Durbin:
This amendment repeals a 1996 law that prohibits state universities from offering in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens.
Also included is a provision that gives amnesty to nine states that have been flouting the law.
In other words, if a young person in Indiana wants to attend a university in California -- say UCLA -- he or she MUST pay an out of state tuition rate but an illegal alien is "entitled" to pay an in-state tuition rate.
Of course, such a provision just adds insult to injury for the people of California. According to the Sierra Times, illegal aliens already siphon off over $7,700,000,000.00 (that's 7.7 billion) from the public education system.
That doesn't sound like "compromise" legislation to me.
You must be thinking at this moment.........."we actually GAVE in-state tuition benefits to ILLEGAL aliens?!?" The answer is - "yes". Can you believe it?
Did you hear about the amendment proposed by Senators John Cornyn and Jon Kyl? Probably not!
In fact,certain members in the Senate successfully blocked the amendment from even being considered.
Specifically, this amendment would exclude felons, repeat offenders, and those ordered by the courts to leave the country from getting on the citizenship fast-track.
What's wrong with excluding felons from citizenship?
Absolutely nothing, unless you don't regard U.S. citizenship as something of value.
But here's the biggest cut of all! This so-called "compromise" was not really a compromise at all.
Simply put, this Senate compromise opened a path to citizenship to illegal aliens who could provide documentation to show that they have lived and worked in the United States for a certain period of time.
What's wrong with that? Here's what Congressman Tom Tancredo said:
“The Senate deal asks people who have broken the law for years — often using fraudulent documents — to provide proof that they’ve lived here. I can guarantee that many of those fraudulent documents — which law enforcement hasn’t been able to detect yet — will be used to obtain legal status.”
Tancredo is right! In fact, columnist Linda Chavez noted that millions of illegal aliens currently pay into the Social Security system using fraudulent Social Security cards and that in 2002 alone, the Social Security Administration reported it had collected $7 billion in payroll taxes and $1.5 billion in Medicare taxes from workers who could not be matched with valid Social Security numbers.
And that nasty little revelation brings us what is most lacking in most of the Senate immigration proposals introduced thus far:
The third nasty surprise lies in what the bill fails to do. The measure envisions a massive amnesty for illegal aliens now in the country - but doesn't give the Citizenship and Immigration Service (CIS) the personnel or infrastructure to implement the amnesty.
In March, the General Accounting Office (GAO) issued a scathing report on the CIS's inability to effectively detect immigration fraud.
The last time we enacted a major amnesty, in 1986, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (the CIS's predecessor agency) processed some 3 million amnesty applications from illegal aliens. It found 398,000 cases of fraud - and missed thousands more. Now CIS may have to implement an amnesty four times larger.
Yet CIS already faces a backlog of several million applications for immigration benefits. And the GAO found that CIS managers pressure staff into "meeting production goals" by approving applications quickly - which means that fraud goes undetected. Adding millions of amnesty applications can only make things worse. And the latest Senate "compromise" - giving immediate amnesty only to aliens who've been in the country for five years or more - makes the process even more complex and fraud-prone, as illegals use fake documents to "prove" long-term residence.
In 1986, the terrorist Mahmud "The Red" Abouhalima fraudulently got amnesty as a seasonal agricultural worker (in fact, he was a New York cabbie). That status allowed him to travel to Afghanistan for terrorist training - which he later used as one of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers.
Terrorists know how to game the system. Janice Kephart, former counsel to the 9/11 Commission, released a study last year on how easily terrorists obtain immigration benefits. Of 94 alien terrorists in the United States, she found that 59 were successful immigration frauds. That includes six of the 9/11 hijackers.
The Senate bill does nothing to address this problem - while throwing a massive new load on the bureaucracy. A new amnesty will almost certainly ensure that more terrorists gain the legal right to walk our streets.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY PAYING THESE PEOPLE TO COME UP WITH THIS SCHEME?
What's the bottom line? Simply put, legislation which does not specifically allocate funds to implement and enforce the provisions of the legislation is not worth the paper on which it is printed.
Our elected leaders know this and now you know it.
This is not about immigrants or immigrant "rights" - as much as the marchers would have you believe that (where do they find the time for all this marching?Don't they have to work like the rest of us?) It is about the United States of America, a sovereign nation that has the right to enforce its borders and to decide who can legally come into this country. We deserve the same respect for our laws that Mexico does for theirs (whose laws by the way are much more stringent than ours) or any other country for that matter. To not enforce the laws already written makes them a farce - no wonder so many illegals are here. Why should they show respect for our laws when we don't respect them ourselves? Duh-h-h-h!
Your Congressman are on Easter Break - they are in their home offices - open up your phone book to the front part where all U.S. Government offices are listed. Call your Senator and Representatives and tell them to enforce our borders first, identify WHO is within our borders and then revamp the immigration system into a workable solution that is fair to all and benefits this country!
Thank you!
Normally except during election time the AIG does not forward non aviation/military information. However the following merits American Action.
These are parts of articles that have appeared re: the problems of illegal immigrants - informative.
RE: The American People Want Secure Borders And No Blanket Amnesty
Prior to leaving for Easter recess, Members of the Senate attempted to effect a compromise to the so-called McCain-Kennedy immigration reform legislation.
No one asked for a compromise. The American people want secure borders and no blanket amnesty for people who are residing in the United States illegally.
We don't want a bill that will replace our capable immigration judges with illegal immigration advocates. We don't want a bill that provides illegal aliens with in-state college tuition. We don't want a bill that will allow felons a fast-track to apply for citizenship.
Furthermore, we want a bill that will provide specific monetary appropriations to enforce the securing of our borders.
Like that surprise hidden on page 302 - which would replace the country's entire bench of experienced immigration judges with pro-immigration advocates.
With a few exceptions, today's immigration judges (who serve for life) are dedicated to enforcing the law, and they do a difficult job well. This bill forces all immigration judges to step down after serving seven years - and restricts replacements to attorneys with at least five years' experience practicing immigration law.
Virtually the only lawyers who'll meet that requirement are attorneys who represent aliens in the immigration courts - who are certainly unlikely as a class to be fond of enforcing immigration laws.
It gets worse. Immigration judges are now appointed by the attorney general - whose job it is to see to it that laws are enforced. The Senate bill gives that power to a separate bureaucrat and takes it away from a person who is duty-bound to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Can you believe it -- immigration courts presided over by judges who spent at least five years of their legislative careers defending illegal aliens?
Let's send our Senators a clear message. The American people want secure borders, NO BLANKET amnesty and NO COMPROMISES!
Consider the amendment offered by Illinois' Dick Durbin:
This amendment repeals a 1996 law that prohibits state universities from offering in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens.
Also included is a provision that gives amnesty to nine states that have been flouting the law.
In other words, if a young person in Indiana wants to attend a university in California -- say UCLA -- he or she MUST pay an out of state tuition rate but an illegal alien is "entitled" to pay an in-state tuition rate.
Of course, such a provision just adds insult to injury for the people of California. According to the Sierra Times, illegal aliens already siphon off over $7,700,000,000.00 (that's 7.7 billion) from the public education system.
That doesn't sound like "compromise" legislation to me.
You must be thinking at this moment.........."we actually GAVE in-state tuition benefits to ILLEGAL aliens?!?" The answer is - "yes". Can you believe it?
Did you hear about the amendment proposed by Senators John Cornyn and Jon Kyl? Probably not!
In fact,certain members in the Senate successfully blocked the amendment from even being considered.
Specifically, this amendment would exclude felons, repeat offenders, and those ordered by the courts to leave the country from getting on the citizenship fast-track.
What's wrong with excluding felons from citizenship?
Absolutely nothing, unless you don't regard U.S. citizenship as something of value.
But here's the biggest cut of all! This so-called "compromise" was not really a compromise at all.
Simply put, this Senate compromise opened a path to citizenship to illegal aliens who could provide documentation to show that they have lived and worked in the United States for a certain period of time.
What's wrong with that? Here's what Congressman Tom Tancredo said:
“The Senate deal asks people who have broken the law for years — often using fraudulent documents — to provide proof that they’ve lived here. I can guarantee that many of those fraudulent documents — which law enforcement hasn’t been able to detect yet — will be used to obtain legal status.”
Tancredo is right! In fact, columnist Linda Chavez noted that millions of illegal aliens currently pay into the Social Security system using fraudulent Social Security cards and that in 2002 alone, the Social Security Administration reported it had collected $7 billion in payroll taxes and $1.5 billion in Medicare taxes from workers who could not be matched with valid Social Security numbers.
And that nasty little revelation brings us what is most lacking in most of the Senate immigration proposals introduced thus far:
The third nasty surprise lies in what the bill fails to do. The measure envisions a massive amnesty for illegal aliens now in the country - but doesn't give the Citizenship and Immigration Service (CIS) the personnel or infrastructure to implement the amnesty.
In March, the General Accounting Office (GAO) issued a scathing report on the CIS's inability to effectively detect immigration fraud.
The last time we enacted a major amnesty, in 1986, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (the CIS's predecessor agency) processed some 3 million amnesty applications from illegal aliens. It found 398,000 cases of fraud - and missed thousands more. Now CIS may have to implement an amnesty four times larger.
Yet CIS already faces a backlog of several million applications for immigration benefits. And the GAO found that CIS managers pressure staff into "meeting production goals" by approving applications quickly - which means that fraud goes undetected. Adding millions of amnesty applications can only make things worse. And the latest Senate "compromise" - giving immediate amnesty only to aliens who've been in the country for five years or more - makes the process even more complex and fraud-prone, as illegals use fake documents to "prove" long-term residence.
In 1986, the terrorist Mahmud "The Red" Abouhalima fraudulently got amnesty as a seasonal agricultural worker (in fact, he was a New York cabbie). That status allowed him to travel to Afghanistan for terrorist training - which he later used as one of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers.
Terrorists know how to game the system. Janice Kephart, former counsel to the 9/11 Commission, released a study last year on how easily terrorists obtain immigration benefits. Of 94 alien terrorists in the United States, she found that 59 were successful immigration frauds. That includes six of the 9/11 hijackers.
The Senate bill does nothing to address this problem - while throwing a massive new load on the bureaucracy. A new amnesty will almost certainly ensure that more terrorists gain the legal right to walk our streets.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY PAYING THESE PEOPLE TO COME UP WITH THIS SCHEME?
What's the bottom line? Simply put, legislation which does not specifically allocate funds to implement and enforce the provisions of the legislation is not worth the paper on which it is printed.
Our elected leaders know this and now you know it.
This is not about immigrants or immigrant "rights" - as much as the marchers would have you believe that (where do they find the time for all this marching?Don't they have to work like the rest of us?) It is about the United States of America, a sovereign nation that has the right to enforce its borders and to decide who can legally come into this country. We deserve the same respect for our laws that Mexico does for theirs (whose laws by the way are much more stringent than ours) or any other country for that matter. To not enforce the laws already written makes them a farce - no wonder so many illegals are here. Why should they show respect for our laws when we don't respect them ourselves? Duh-h-h-h!
Your Congressman are on Easter Break - they are in their home offices - open up your phone book to the front part where all U.S. Government offices are listed. Call your Senator and Representatives and tell them to enforce our borders first, identify WHO is within our borders and then revamp the immigration system into a workable solution that is fair to all and benefits this country!
Thank you!