---Illegal aliens will have to “pay taxes”: That’s no penalty; they’re supposed to pay taxes. In fact, according the Sen. Chuck Grassley, under Bush’s plan illegals would have the option to only have to pay three of their last five years in back taxes.
They have to “keep their nose clean”: Big deal. So does everybody else.
They have to get a tamper-proof ID card: Oh, the humanity!
They’ll have to stay employed: But isn’t that why they came here, to do jobs Americans won’t?
They’ll have to learn English: That’s a benefit to the illegal.
Most of these “benchmarks” would be required of any legal immigrant. They are in no way burdensome, yet Tony Snow makes them sound almost oppressive.
The only real punishment on the entire list is the fine. Know what it is? A measly $2,000 payable in two $1,000 installments. When you consider what illegals get for their two grand, it’s the deal of a lifetime.---
We're supposed to believe that the government doesn't have the resources to enforce our laws, but that they'll enforce these conditions somehow. I think what outrages many of us more than anything is that they have the gall to peddle this crap.
EXCELLENT point!
That's it in a nutshell. They'll give the same reasons for not enforcing these new shamnesty laws as the old. Just take one provision. Do you know what a bureaucratic nightmare it will be to ensure that all illegals learn English? Bush will have to grow the government again just to enforce this requirement. Congress will never fund it and we'll be right back where we are now.
The next president of the USA will be the one who says, "Within 100 days of my inauguration, I will send the military to the southern border and absolutely control our borders. Then, and only then, will I discuss the problem of illigal aliens in this country."
All the laws we will ever need to deal with the Illegal Alien problem are already on the books. Lets see some proof of enforcement before they add more laws to the morass.