Well, maybe all the emails I wrote had some effect (for a change). No bill is better than a bad bill. There is a very simple acid test for these things--if Ted Kennedy supports it, its bad.
I contact Frist's office yesterday, pass amnesty, say goodbye to ever being elected President.
Think socialism isn't taking over America? Think again, all thanks to the illegals. Think Illegals are good for this country? Read on
Are you an American taxpayer? TIRED of paying for people to collect welfare, subsidized housing and all the welfare goodies they can get their hands on all subsidized by your tax money?
"Even the liberals had it up to here with this irritant. The federal 1996 immigration and welfare reform legislation stopped the practice of legal immigrants bringing their elderly relatives here and, after a short "deeming" period, they placed the relatives on SSI along with all the other goodies.
SSI is the safety net. Over sixty-five is one category and it's for those who have no qualifications whatsoever for collecting social security checks. Over the years the legislation has been watered down and those collecting it in 1996 still get it but the increases in the number collecting it has leveled off somewhat.
Legal immigrants' elderly relatives still come (legally) and still qualify for most (all?) other benefits: subsidized housing, medical, food stamps, just about everthing but SSI -- I do not know what replaced SSI checks but I bet that new immigrant elderly are getting something to replace the SSI checks.
(the above was posted by a freeper) read more here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1372760/posts#1
The above thread is quite an eyeopener.
I've notified my 2 Senators how I feel about this crap! 1 appears to be a fence sitter (Kay Bailey Hutchison) and I warned her that an aye vote would make me do everything possible to see to it she doesn't get reelected.