Thanks - this is the best summary I have seen so far, but I have something to add, courtesy of Jim Inhofe. The English Language test that this bill provides is a complete farce. According to Inhofe, all that is required is that the person write a sentence OF HIS OWN CHOICE in English, in three attempts or less.
For once a Republican Senator is showing leadership and guts against this “immigration scam!”.
Bump, Neal Boortz is mentioning this list on the air right now. It deserves all the attention it can get.
As if there wasn’t enough not to like about this monstrosity of a bill, the good Sen. Sessions has gone and found us more.
Write and call your congressmen, especially your Representatives. Don’t worry if they’re Democrats, as they have things not to like in this bill, too.
One comment: I’m as angry about this bill as anyone, but I can’t say that this was a “betrayal” by the President. He has never pretended to have any different stance on immigration than he has now. During his campaign in 2000, even then he was boasting that he won the Hispanic vote in Texas. Remember the “¡Viva Bush!” bumper stickers? The President is no stranger to Hispandering, and this is just more of the same.
This is what happens when you try to appeal to voters by ethnic group. You begin to place the interests of one ethnicity above the interests of the country as a whole and of its individual citizens. This is how the Democrats govern. The President should be ashamed of himself for following their example.
BTTT
But GW and Lindsey Graham calls us "bigots" for opposing it.
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I never thought I would see the day when I would feel that the biggest danger to this country come from our own elected officials.
Tell illegals to come to MA, our estimable governor is proposing free college education for all...community college. How we will pay for this, Deval Patrick, (or maybe it’s Laval, I forget which), hasn’t figure out and probably could care less. Oh, well, we’ll just raise taxes.
I forgot to say how much I admire Senator Jeff Sessions and how lucky the state of Alabama is to have him. Meanwhile, we in the wasteland of MA, have Fat Teddy who’s never paid a dime to the IRS in his entire life, and Lamebrain Kerry.
This will put them on equal footing with our public school teachers. The NEA ought to be outraged.
We a fortunate to have Jeff Sessions in the senate. Thanks for posting this!
They seem to be adhering to three primary tactics:
1. The public is much more susceptible to a big lie than a small one.
2. Attack big, attack fast, or don’t attack at all.
3. Follow me with your hearts, and not your minds (Anyone who’s against this bill is against America, and is a bigot . . .)
Sometimes politicians do learn from history it seems.
IMMIGRATION BILL - DESIGNED TO FAIL - PING
“I am deeply concerned about the numerous loopholes we have found in this legislation. They are more than technical errors, but rather symptoms of a fundamentally flawed piece of legislation that stands no chance of actually fixing our broken immigration system,” Sessions said. “Many of the loopholes are indicative of a desire not to have the system work.”
Excellent!
20 loopholes spell it out!!