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April 8, 2006
Amnesty Bill Dead for Now
Fortunately, the Senate was not able to pass an amnesty bill before the bell rang and all the legislators ran off to play on their two-week recess. If only they would come back wise enough to drop the amnesty concept altogether. The original bill, sponsored by John McLame and Chappaquiddick Ted Kennedy, led to a compromise bill that New Gingrich called a "cave-in" to Democrats and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) called "artificial and meaningless." This should give an idea of just how silly the Senate's attempts to deal with the illegal immigration crisis have become:
About 2.8 million illegal immigrants who have been in the country for more than two years but less than five would have three years to return to a port of entry along the border, such as El Paso, cross the border and apply for one of 450,000 green cards that will be available each year. Kennedy said the whole process could take less than a day, and the immigrants could then return to their U.S. homes. However, Republican aides warned that there would be no guarantees, and that some of those immigrants could get stuck across the border.
The whole process could take less than a day? It will take a lot longer than that to find an illegal immigrant dumb enough to go through with it. Kudos to the House, for making a more serious attempt to address this issue.
Hat tip: William
Posted by Van Helsing at April 8, 2006 10:31 AM
Comments
It was (and is) a terrible bill, but almost worth it to watch Mr. "Straight Talk Express" try to convince everyone that his Amnesty Bill wasn't an Amnesty Bill.
Posted by: V the K at April 8, 2006 1:42 PM
Now what? Should we reward those who break the laws? The bottom line is whether you call them undocumented or illegal, people without papers or those with false papers (because their tourist visa expired five years ago) they are here illegally. We are a country of opportunity, it's true and we will educate, feed, and provide medical care for children, no matter their status, we will teach English and other basic life skills, no matter your status. We will even jail the criminal, no matter his or her status. We will even deliver babies for free, lots of them, no matter the status of their parents. But at what cost? For those who maintain the money saved through low wages and uudocumented buying power, look around at the hidden costs. Amnesty to those who break the law, I think not.
Posted by: Anonymous at April 8, 2006 4:06 PM
Hopefully IF the senate gets anything done after their break the conference committee with the house will kill the amnesty provisions.
Posted by: Crazy Politico at April 8, 2006 4:48 PM
I don't get it. If you break the law you should have every expectation of being punished...certainly not rewarded! What part of "illegal" don't these people understand?
Posted by: Barb Dwyer at April 9, 2006 4:10 PM
Illegally entering the country is a crime. I'm not against a guest worker program, as long as it doesn't take jobs away from legal citizens. I'm not even against helping some of the illegals who WANT TO BE AMERICAN CITIZENS, become so. But for now, they are illegal. I don't think we have to round them up and throw them in jail, but fine them. Let them pay the cost for what they have created. Bottom line is, none of this matters as long as the borders remain unsecured.
Posted by: mb at April 10, 2006 12:14 PM
