TEN REASONS TO OPPOSE THE IMMIGRATION BILL

Ten things your President and Congress hope you don’t know about the immigration bill currently on the table (Remember, we’re talking about the fate of 12-20 million current illegal aliens and countless aliens sure to follow). This “Top Ten” was excerpted from a compilation by Kris W. Kobach and Matthew Spalding of the Heritage Foundation.

1. To qualify for a Z visa, an illegal alien only needs to have a job (or be the parent, spouse, or child of someone with a job) and present two documents “suggesting” that he or she was in the country before January 1, 2007. These documents could be something as simple as a bank statement, pay stub or other easily forged items. The cost is $3,000, or $5,000 for a family of five.

2. The Z visa is called a “temporary” visa, though it can be renewed every four years until the visa holder dies. It’s also a “super-visa,” allowing the holder to work, attend college, travel abroad and reenter. A lot of legal immigrants would love to have this type of visa but, unfortunately, only illegal aliens qualify. Illegal aliens don’t have to return to their country of origin for a Z visa, either.

3. The government only has one day to conduct a background check. This despite the fact that a lot of information on aliens is in paper form and some is held in other countries. If the government can’t find a reason to not grant the visa by the end of the next business day, the illegal will be granted a probationary Z visa good for six months, allowing him to roam throughout the country and work legally.

4. Fugitives who have been ordered deported by an immigration judge, but chose to ignore the order (absconders), are extended amnesty. They can apply for a Z visa if they can demonstrate departure from the U.S. “would result in extreme hardship to the alien or the alien’s spouse, parent or child.”

5. If an alien is in the process of immigration proceedings, a judge must shut down all proceedings and offer the illegal alien an opportunity to apply for amnesty.

6. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would transform from a law-enforcement agency to an amnesty distribution center. If an ICE agent apprehends aliens who appear to be eligible for Z visas, he cannot detain them. He must, instead, provide them an opportunity to apply for a Z visa.

7. Gang members will be eligible for amnesty. If the 30,000 illegal alien gang members (MS – 13) who traffic in drugs, arms and people want amnesty, they only need to note gang membership and sign a “renunciation of gang affiliation.”

8. The Senate bill effectively repeals a 1996 federal law that prohibits any state from offering in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens.

9. The new bill would allow millions of illegal aliens who work in agriculture to receive free legal services. Every illegal alien in the agriculture sector would have access to an immigration attorney.

10. Allows probationary Z visas to be issued immediately and prevents the government from waiting more than 180 days after enactment to issue them.

JD.



Anonymous said...
Hey JD...not a comment on your immigration piece...looking for your thoughts on the following tidbit:

Planned Parenthood pocketed $305 million of taxpayers' money in its last fiscal year, but did not refer a single girl to adoption services. In fact, "adoption" didn’t even appear in the abortion giant’s annual report.

In the 2004 fiscal year, Planned Parenthood reported that it referred nearly 1,500 clients to adoption agencies. But in its latest annual report, covering fiscal year 2005-2006, Planned Parenthood reported nearly 300,000 abortions, yet no adoption referrals.

June 14, 2007 6:58 PM


JD's Page said...
Planned Perenthood is all about the abortion industry. If you look at their Web site and click on Heath Information/Abortion, you'll see they site 15-40% of all pregnancies ends in "spontanious" abortion. 15-40% is a huge range to not be sure of. They're happy to tell us there are 1.5 million "induced" abortions a year. They also say abortion was "common" among Native Americans. How do they know that's true and what is the definition of "common?" There is no shortage of abortion info for women and girls of all ages. They're also quite indignant (according to their own site) that some agencies would try and talk a woman out of an abortion. We could go on and on, but PP speaks for itself.

Thanks,
JD

June 14, 2007 9:50 PM