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Liberals Sneak Amnesty for Illegals Into Iraq Funding Bill
Compiled from various emal sources | Today! | TBP

Posted on 05/19/2008 8:32:19 AM PDT by TBP

Last Thursday, a Gigantic Illegal Alien Amnesty was attached to the War funding bill in the Senate. . .

Sellout Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Larry Craig (R-Idaho) have successfully inserted the "Ag Jobs" amnesty components into the Iraq War funding bill.

Because this amnesty is attached to a so-called "must-pass" funding bill, it will now prove very difficult to defeat.

If it passes, this bill will GIVE AN AMNESTY to about 3 MILLION Illegal Aliens agricultural workers and their families for five years (at least!)

They could vote on the spending bill today or tomorrow. If the bill passes with this language included it will grant a form of AMNESTY to millions of illegal aliens working on farms.

It would:

Grant a three-year work visa followed by a permanent greencard to all illegal aliens who have been working as shepherds, goat herders and dairy herders.

Grant a five-year work visa to the estimated 1.3 million illegal aliens working in other agricultural jobs -- plus all of their families. There is no instruction on what happens after the five years.

Grant a tripling of the maximum number of H-2B visas for lower skill, non-agricultural seasonal workers.

Grant industries an extra 218,000 additional permanent green cards for skilled foreign workers.

Friends, perhaps you are thinking what I'm thinking: Don't these Senators know that we are in an economic recession, or close to it? Don't they know that unemployment rates have been going up and that industries across the country are shedding both skilled and unskilled jobs?

You only have to meet ONE of the following three criteria to get the amnesty:

Earned $7,000 working in agriculture during the 2004-2007 period.

Or worked 863 hours in agriculture during the 2004-2007 period.

Or worked at least a little bit in agriculture on 150 different days during the 2004-2007 period.

That amounts to an average of $1,750 per year ...

... or 216 hours per year (the equivalent of 4 hours per week) ...

... or parts of 37 days per year.

DO THEY THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE STUPID AND THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY ACCEPT THAT ILLEGAL ALIENS WORKING THAT LITTLE IN AGRICULTURE ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE SURVIVAL OF AGRI-BUSINESS IN AMERICA!!!!!!

The answer is that they really hope we are that stupid or just incredibly unfocused.

We must take immediate action.

1. Call Dianne Feinstein and Larry Craig and give their staff an earful within reason. Follow-up your call with an e-mail or fax.

2. Call both of your US Senators immediately. If you get a voicemail, leave a message. Tell your Senators NO AG JOBS AMNESTY! NO DEFENSE SPENDING BILL WITH AG JOBS IN IT! Make sure you call, and immediately send a written complaint after calling.

3. Then proceed to call as many other members of the US Senate as possible with the same message. Call them all if you can.

4. Email them.

5. Call the radio talk shows in your area and talk about this bill.

We need a strong and immediate reaction from across the nation to this move by Feinstein and Craig!

Diane Feinstein pulled her fast one, and the battle we didn't want is now upon is. We must respond.

We can beat this amnesty ONLY if all of you send faxes, make phone calls, send emails, and otherwise make your views known to your members.

This amendment is just another attempt by the amnesty crowd to do away with our borders. We must be strong and active to short-circuit this latest underhanded attempt to impose amnesty on us.

We beat them last year because the American people FOCUSED for a few weeks and told the U.S. Senators who is their boss. We must beat them again this year. Do not let these corrupt officials get away with this underhanded legislative trick.


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Anyone want to take bets on how the RINO Juan McVain votes on this bill? I'm surprised he let Wide Stance Craig co-sponsor instead of getting is own name on it.

When we're through contacting Congress, we should contact President Bush and ask him to veto it.

This sneaky, corrupt amnesty must be stopped. We did t before, we can do it again.

1 posted on 05/19/2008 8:32:23 AM PDT by TBP
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To: TBP

Wonder if the Craig defenders will be on this thread. I think Hillary has pictures from the FBI files


2 posted on 05/19/2008 8:36:10 AM PDT by sharkhawk (Here come the Hawks)
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To: TBP

That’s another reason why 132 Republicans refused to sign the bill.


3 posted on 05/19/2008 8:38:40 AM PDT by SolidWood (Refusal to vote for McCain is active support for Obama.)
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To: HiJinx; gubamyster

4 posted on 05/19/2008 8:40:07 AM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: SolidWood
Five years is FULL amnesty.
If an alien is in the country legally, i.e. a work visa for five years they are eligible under immigration law to apply for naturalization
5 posted on 05/19/2008 8:41:59 AM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: TBP

When we’re through contacting Congress, we should contact President Bush and ask him to veto it.

This sneaky, corrupt amnesty must be stopped. We did t before, we can do it again.
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Don’t waste your time on El Jefe Presidente Bush, he will sign it GLADLY as he would have before. This is your Congress in action folks. A bunch of crooks and charlatans BUYING POWER AND CONTROL AT ANY PRICE TO AMERICA. PLAIN AND SIMPLE.


6 posted on 05/19/2008 8:42:08 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: sharkhawk

I was one who said his indictment wsa improper. He didn’t go far enough to be arrested, and in any event he was on is way to Washington to perform his official duties, so it could be argued that the arrest violated the speech and debate clause.

Nonetheless, he should have resigned.

That doesn’t mean that I approve of what he is doing on this issue. He needs to be reminded that his bosses, the people, who are (in one of the best phrases Ross Perot ever uttered) “the owners of this country”, do not approve of what he is doing.

I’m still surprised that McVain isn’t co-sponsoring this travesty. And Hitlery and Osama Obama for that matter.

Conservatives should support someone who will defend our borders.


7 posted on 05/19/2008 8:43:54 AM PDT by TBP
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I’d suggest calling Senate Minority Leader McConnell as well.


8 posted on 05/19/2008 8:47:31 AM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: TBP
Five years is FULL amnesty. If an alien is in the country legally, i.e. a work visa for five years they are eligable under immigration law to apply for naturalization (citizenship).

General Naturalization Requirements

Age
Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
Refer to the section, Naturalized Citizen's Children under Waivers, Exceptions, and Special Cases for information on applicants who are less than 18 years old.
See Also INA 334

Residency
An applicant must have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. Lawfully admitted for permanent residence means having been legally accorded the privilege of residing permanently in the United States as an immigrant in accordance with the immigration laws. Individuals who have been lawfully admitted as permanent residents will be asked to produce an I-551, Alien Registration Receipt Card, as proof of their status.

See Also INA 316

Residence and Physical Presence

An applicant is eligible to file if, immediately preceding the filing of the application, he or she:

has been lawfully admitted for permanent residence (see preceding section);
has resided continuously as a lawful permanent resident in the U.S. for at least 5 years prior to filing with no single absence from the United States of more than one year;
has been physically present in the United States for at least 30 months out of the previous five years (absences of more than six months but less than one year shall disrupt the applicant's continuity of residence unless the applicant can establish that he or she did not abandon his or her residence during such period)
has resided within a state or district for at least three months

LINK

9 posted on 05/19/2008 8:48:21 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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DAMN THESE LIBERALS!!!!!!!! I just can’t believe they are still willing to override the will of the people on this issue. What will it take?


10 posted on 05/19/2008 8:54:57 AM PDT by pctech
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Feinswine, the senator from Gomorrah, added this treason laced crap to a badly needed Iraq supplemental funding bill. She is a disgrace to this state and to our country.

I called her state office and faxed her DC office. I do this at the minimum of once a month. I question her patriotism.

11 posted on 05/19/2008 9:04:32 AM PDT by afnamvet
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To: pctech
What will it take?

Blood from patriots and tyrants to water the Liberty Tree.

12 posted on 05/19/2008 9:10:39 AM PDT by afnamvet
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To: afnamvet

“Feinswine, the senator from Gomorrah, added this treason laced crap to a badly needed Iraq supplemental funding bill. She is a disgrace to this state and to our country.”

As a happy ex-Californian (native born, no less), I constantly marvel at the monumental ignorance, stupidity and hubris of Pelosi, Feinstein and Boxer. What a sad testimony to the California electorate.


13 posted on 05/19/2008 9:10:53 AM PDT by PreciousLiberty
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To: TBP
In your 5th line you use the phrase "form of amnesty".

To be more accurate, it is amnesty to guest worker, which was the Bush Plan, as opposed to amnesty onto the path, which was McCain Kennedy.

The third type of amnesty is the Pence Plan, which the Gang of 12 adopted in 2007, which is touch-back amnesty.

14 posted on 05/19/2008 9:11:54 AM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: TBP

I’ve pretty much given up on amnesty. It won’t take McCain twelve months before he will have granted amnesty to between 20 and 35 million illegal aliens. Those who were convinced that “WE STOPPED THEM” the last time will get a full dose of reality.

With the McCain amnesty will come chain immigration as family members are allowed to join their relatives already here. By the time McCain is done, we’ll see about 25 to 30% of our current population total, added to our population all from one nation.

We ain’t seen nothin yet folks! Buckle up!


15 posted on 05/19/2008 9:19:37 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (If you continue to hold your nose and vote, and always win, your nation will be destroyed.)
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To: afnamvet

A clear majority of Americans are opposed to this legislation.
http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_polldataamn
“65% disagree with granting amnesty to illegal Mexican immigrants in the U.S. (Zogby Intl., May 2002)”
Our federal taxes are taken and spent, but we are not being properly represented.


16 posted on 05/19/2008 9:23:24 AM PDT by tumblindice (keep your powder dry)
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To: TBP

You can count on one thing. Boosh will not veto this bill!


17 posted on 05/19/2008 9:24:07 AM PDT by Paperdoll ( on the cutting edge)
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To: TBP

From an email I received today:

“The vote has been pushed back and is now scheduled for Wed May 21!

This delay is to our advantage, if we use the time wisely. In the past, delays have played to our favor, because it takes us a few days to get our political machinery in full gear and the public warned into action.”


18 posted on 05/19/2008 9:56:07 AM PDT by TBP
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To: TBP

From an email I received today:

“The vote has been pushed back and is now scheduled for Wed May 21!

This delay is to our advantage, if we use the time wisely. In the past, delays have played to our favor, because it takes us a few days to get our political machinery in full gear and the public warned into action.”


19 posted on 05/19/2008 9:57:37 AM PDT by TBP
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To: SolidWood

Remember, a vote for McCain is a vote for amnesty.


20 posted on 05/19/2008 9:59:56 AM PDT by TBP
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