A few weeks ago, when amnesty was the word of the day from the United States Senate, I wrote an email to both my Senators. The email was done from their contact forms on their official US Senate sites. It was rather short and to the point. I didn't save the exact words, but they were something alone these lines:

As Representative Myrick told President Bush during the ports discussion, not only No, but Hell NO to amnesty. Please do not support any amnesty for criminals.

Gee, only 70 pages long. I wonder what's hidden inside (my comments in parenthesis):

Sec 101a: A whopping 250 extra border patrol agents per year. (Well that's a good start.)
Sec 101c: Roads and barriers needed to "achieve operational control of the borders of the United States"
Sec 103: Training so border agents can recognize forged documents.
Sec 104: Requires biometric portions of ID accepted
Sec 201: Authorize funds to detain criminal aliens
Sec 203: Increase penalties for drug and people smuggling
Sec 207: More cash to deport aliens
Sec 208: More cash to hire people in immigration positions
Sec 210: Allows (but does not require) federal department to deny benefits to criminal aliens
Sec 220: Grants states the authority to enforce immigration laws (they already can if they want to).
Sec 222: Requires state to inform DHS about aliens apprehended
Sec 225: Requires the feds to take control of aliens transferred to them by states
Sec 227: Requires the feds to pay for state costs associated with criminal prosecution of aliens
Sec 301: Hire 3,000 federal union thugs employees to enforce workplace laws regarding illegals
Sec 302: Increases fines for those who knowingly hire aliens
Sec 311: Improves social security cards (tamper resistant)
Sec 501: Creates guest worker program
Sec 218A: Details guest worker program -- requires a fee from worker, requires job offer, application, medical form. Maximum duration of guest worker: 6 years -- unless they're a migrant worker (<6 mos per year). Families of guest workers could only visit for 30 days. If unemployed for 30 days, must depart.
Sec 218B: Allows anyone already in the US to stay -- if they admit, in writing, that they're illegal; give up all their forged documents; and agrees to leave within 5 years unless they become legal during that time. If they agree to leave and do not, they're fined.
Sec 801: Give piles of money -- $120 million -- to organizations who help illegals.
Sec 901: Give these "temporary workers" their own social security accounts called "temporary worker investment accounts" -- including taking anything they might have put into social security already.

And lots of other technical changes.

Well, it's not too bad, but it sure isn't good. I don't see a wall there, do you? I don't see anything about getting the illegals already here out, do you? I'm not impressed.

My Senator's letter also says

I support a comprehensive approach

Well, at least one of my senators responded.

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