Posted on 09/10/2001 9:23:00 AM PDT by RaceBannon
FAIR Action Alert
September 7, 2001
Section 245(i) Passed in Senate--House Will Vote Early Next Week
At the request of President Bush, the Senate passed S. 778, the Section 245(i) extension bill by unanimous consent on Thursday night. Section 245(i) permits illegal aliens who have established an employment or familial relationship while in the U.S. illegally to adjust their status with the INS after payment of a $1,000 fee. It also allows illegal aliens to avoid the State Department background checks for other immigrants coming from overseas.
As in previous years, the immigration lobby and now President Bush are trying to revive this loophole as a backdoor approach of amnesty. Many of those who have supported “temporary” extension of Section 245(i) are really after a permanent extension, thereby institutionalizing illegal immigration as an avenue for gaining permanent residence. This is manifest in the fact that S. 778 allows additional illegal aliens who were not earlier eligible for the provision to benefit as well.
House Republican leaders, under pressure from the Bush Administration, have agreed to go along with the measure the Senate passed. The House will take up the measure early next week, perhaps on Monday. Bush said this week that he would like to see Section 245(i) passed as a good will gesture to Mexican President Vicente Fox.
Under the compromise, the 245(i) program would be extended through April 2002, or four months after the Immigration and Naturalization Service establishes regulations for the program. The extension would apply to illegal aliens who meet the program's requirements by August 15 by proving they are related to a legal U.S. resident or have a job or the promise of a job in the United States.
What You Need to Do
Contact your Representatives (Capitol Switchboard 202-224-3121) and tell them you are opposed to an extension of Section 245(i).
Talking Points
Section 245(i) Encourages Illegal Immigration—It sends the message that it is OK to break the law as long as you can pay $1,000 to the INS.
Section 245(i) Upends U.S. Law—Congress in 1996 declared that those who overstay their visas or are otherwise illegal aliens should be barred from legal entry into the country for three or 10 years depending on the extent of the violation of U.S. immigration law. Section 245(i) allows illegal aliens to evade this penalty. Section 245(i) Harms Legal Immigrants—Those applicants patiently staying in their home countries awaiting an immigrant visa, as U.S. immigration law requires, will be forced to wait even longer.
You can visit our website at www.fairus.org and go to the Legislative Action Center to find your representatives and local media contact information. For more information, call FAIR’s legislative department at (202) 328-7004.
I'd rather give them to AMerican Citizens first, like our shildren who can work on farms to learn what it is to work, or to the unemployed or those on welfare who need jobs, yeah, rednecks...
I just came from a town meeting in AMherst Mass. I wish I knew of the other towns that Ihave heard of, but in AMherst Mass, illegal aliens are allowed to vote in all elections.
Let's see, I knew we needed to start a thread on this soon...
He rejected the full tax cut the house wanted, and settled for a much smaller on
< the tax rate going down on payroll yet?
How many homosexuals did he appoint?
Which Clinton crime is he pursuing?
Which Clinton crime is Ashcroft being supeoned for by the house for not releasing information?
The Senate PASSED, not bluffed, but PASSED this bill at the request of GWB
Man, we really need to collate this stuff, you Bush-Uber-Alles people scare me more and more!
True but consider this:
THEY ARENT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!!!THEY ARE ILLEGAL, OK??? THEY ARENE'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE HERE!~!!!!!
Which brand if immigrant does NOT work hard when they get here? Why arent we giving amnesty to Koreans??
AND BECAUSE NOT ONE CENT CAN BE TAXED FROM AN ILLEGAL WHO IS HERE THROUGH HIS PAY BECAUSE BY DEFINITION HE HAS TO BE PAID UNDER THE TABLE, WE PAY FOR THEM ALL.
Me shut up? Why dont you just send in your entire paycheck instead, ...go on, do your part to support the illegals. Me? I'd rather obey the law, LIKE WE ELECTED BUSH FOR, UNFORTUNATELY........
Yes he feels he needs those votes because he is alienating the conservatives in the Republican party.
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