Immigration Bill is Worse Than You Think
Okay so the so called “sweeping immigration reform” passed the Senate yesterday. I really just cannot understand what is going on in this country. Every poll I have seen shows overwhelmingly that a large majority of American’s want a secure border. They want the leaking flood of illegal aliens stopped. The problem is our government has their own agenda.
Sen. Jeff Sessions(R.-Ala.) says this bill is worse than you think. Here are just a few of the shocking pieces he points out from S2611.*It gives the immigrant greater job protection than current American citizens.
*Complete amnesty for the employers who have been illegally hiring these illegal aliens.
*It states the illegal aliens would have to pay a $2000 fine. That is great, but they might not have to pay it for 8 years.
*They would be asked to file tax returns for any 3 of the last 5 years. They get to choose which 3 years. (I wish I had that deal) Many of them will be entitled to refunds much larger than the $2000 fine they would be asked to pay.
Sessions had this to say in closing. “It is clear the people who drafted this legislation had an agenda and the agenda was not to meet the expectations of the American people. The agenda was to create a facade and appearance of enforcement... tucked away here and there are laws that eviscerate and eliminate the real effectiveness of those provisions. It was carefully done and deliberately done.”
Why do our law makers refuse to listen to the wants of the real citizens of the United States. If this really is a “nation of laws” as Bush claims, then we need some politicians who aren’t afraid to make some tougher ones. Granting amnesty to a large group of people who broke the law (I’m referring to both the illegal invaders and those who employ them) is a bad idea. It sends the message that we aren’t serious. If our own lawmakers and president don’t have respect for our laws, how can they expect anyone else to??
posted by Rebecca @ 5/26/2006 09:08:00 AM
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