Photoshop courtesy of the Stein Report
Posted on 03/07/2006 11:06:15 AM PST by ajolympian2004
Photoshop courtesy of the Stein Report
I'm not making this up:
Key provisions of the Senate's main immigration bill would create a "gold card" program for illegal immigrants who entered the United States before Jan. 4, 2004, and create a guest worker program to bring in more foreign laborers, according to Senate Judiciary Committee staff members.
The committee is to begin debating the measure Wednesday under a three-week timetable aimed at producing a final version for the full Senate by March 27.
Sponsored by the committee chairman, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., the legislation is designed to strike a middle course between a bill passed by the House that calls for tougher immigration enforcement and the wishes of pro-immigration advocates who call for permanent legal status -- and eventual citizenship -- for an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants.
President Bush, defying objections from conservatives, has called for an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws and the creation of a temporary guest worker program to ensure a steady source of labor for U.S. businesses. Under Bush's plan, qualified workers, including residents now living here illegally, could stay in jobs for up to six years, then would be required to return home.
Committee staff members, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said applicants for the gold card would undergo a background check by the Homeland Security Department, then be eligible for two-year work visas that could be renewed indefinitely.
The Stein Report learned of a briefing on the program yesterday:
In a move to build support for Bush's guest worker amnesty plan, administration officials talked about how they would actually implement the program. Jaws dropped as the administration reps explained the centerpiece of the program, a "Gold Card" that would enable illegal aliens to enter the U.S. at will, and work at any job with no labor market or other tests needed but would deny them citizenship. "Gold Card" would be valid forever, similar to current "Green Cards" but illegal aliens holding a "Gold Card" would not be able to adjust their status through naturalization.
For those deluded enough to think that the Department of Homeland Security would be able to competently conduct the background checks and police abuse of this massive amnesty plan, I point you to yesterday's post.
The cluelessness of Beltway elite Republicans continues to amaze. If you thought the port deal was a P.R disaster, just wait.
Gold card. For crying out loud.
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Over at The Immigration Blog, Juan Mann reports: Chertoff fiddles, while deportation system burns.
Michelle Malkin for President.
Gold Card barf
If I hear one more congresscritter talk a bout a safe and sane immigration plan I'm going to scream. They seem to think that the number illegals who receive ammnesty is directly related to how "safe and sane" it is.
At 71, O’Kelly clearly remembers a Georgia in which legal laborers were allowed an opportunity to make a wage on which they could live in Georgia with dignity without taxpayers being forced to help finance their care. Not a popular memory these days in many quarters.
Using the old adage “follow the money,” it was not that difficult to see that most of those supporting the continued violation of the law had a vested financial interest in continued access to what can only be described as the taxpayer-subsidized black market labor — and the market they create.
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=36&url_article_id=12517&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2
Great quote. Says it all.
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Sponsored by the committee chairman, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.
We already have a "safe and sane" immigration program. That term is just politicians double speak for not having the guts to enforce our laws. They all make me wanta barf recently.
The Scamnesty 'Gold Card'
Don't leave Mejico without it. ;-)
we have immigration laws? could have fooled me....
Break the law, get the card, send home the gold.
A gold card, pure insanity from the insane in Washington. If it weren't for the few like Tancredo they could just wall off the city and call it an asylum.
That is the only thing that a voter can do as these vermin listen more to the business community than to the voters who elected them. Losing their vaunted seat in the power elite in DC is the single thing that they fear most of all.
I am beginning to believe that they are busily lining their pockets every year that they serve so as to live in the style of princes and kings.
Here's a link to another article and interesting thread.
Nothing wrong whatsoever with legal immigration. Nothing whatsoever.
It's the illegal pouring over the border crap that has freaking got to stop.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1591417/posts?page=133#133
"Scamensty"
I love it!
The man has lost his mind!! This is TOTAL insanity!! God help us!!
Ok this what I dont get. There has got to be a compromise on this. We need these hispanic MExican workers. If this is a security issue how else would we do it. I mean let suppose we build the "fence". Now to get that passed we compromise and allow alot of these illegals to now become legal workers. Once wrong with a card? Isnt id a good thing? Thats what I just dont get. Or is the issue to many we dont want Mexicans workers here at all because since they are here they depress wages. Just curious
Is this a great country or what?
And Bush/Rove continue to wonder what's happened to the conservative base...
And how exactly is this date cutoff to be determined and enforced?
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