Bad Immigration Law

The report from the Senate Conference Committee is BAD law. It IS amnesty, whether these so-called "distinguished" senators want to admit it or not.
Amnesty:

A general pardon granted by a government, especially for political offenses.

If one breaks the law, specifically immigration law, and they are not punished for it, that's amnesty. Any "guest worker" program is amnesty. Anything at all that does not deport the criminals is, by definition, amnesty.

Teddy Kennedy:

We should reject temporary status and required departure because they are bad for business

That's amnesty.

Senator Specter's bill:

illegal immigrants would have to undergo background checks, pay fines, back taxes and clear other obstacles before getting on the "citizenship track." They wouldn't have to leave the United States.

That's amnesty, even though he absolutely REFUSES to call it that. Face the facts, Senator Specter, that IS amnesty. I can call you an honest person all day long, but that doesn't make it true now, does it?

Senator Patrick Leahy:

Opponents of a fair, comprehensive approach are quick to claim that anything but the most punitive provisions are amnesty. They are wrong

No, Senator, YOU are wrong. That's an absolute lie. IF YOU DON'T PUNISH SOMEONE FOR THEIR CRIME, IT IS AMNESTY.

Senator Specter, a big supporter of criminals, says:

If there is a better way to bring these 11 million people forward so that we can identify them, we are open to any suggestions which anyone may have.

Hello? Bueller? How about going to the "protest marches" with a paddy wagon or 10? And wait, this Senator claims that he cannot "bring these people forward" by enforcing the current laws -- but somehow by charging them fines and making them pay back taxes, they will suddenly come forward?

Does anyone think this guy is serious? We have known criminals who actively hide from law enforcement people because they're breaking the law and everyone knows it -- and Senator Specter proposed by charging them money they'll suddenly come forward? How stupid is this? How did someone with this level of intelligence get elected to the U.S. Senate? Are all the people in PA this stupid?

And Bush is completely on the wrong track, too. It's clear he's not running for election, because he wouldn't have a chance against anyone but someone really useless, say, like John Kerry. Bush says:

There are people doing jobs Americans will not do

No, President Bush, you are wrong. That is simply not true. Americans will do any job -- but perhaps not for as little as Mexicans will. So stop the lie, claiming they're doing jobs no one else will do is simply not true.

Many people who have come into our country are helping our economy grow. That's just a fact of life.

Okay then, based on that statement, let's invite some more al-queerda into the US to bomb stuff. Heck, that will create more construction jobs, right? It will create the need for more medical staff and emergency personnel, and that will help the economy, right? That's just a dumb statement.

And that doesn't even consider the fact that these criminals are sending BILLIONS of dollars to their "home" country -- removing that money from our economy -- or the fact that supporting them through medicare, medicaid, welfare, law enforcement, and education is costing TONS more than they are "adding" to our economy. Mr. Bush, please get a clue and stop saying such assanine things.

Stop supporting people who willingly and constantly break the law. Don't make citizens out of a large group of people who also don't even WANT to be citizens -- they want their own country here in the US -- and those aren't my words, those are the words of people organizing and participating in the protest marches opposing law enforcement -- who Specter and his pals apparently support.

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