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.
What you myopic people don't realize is that you are paying more. In terms of what it costs you for the social services to illegals, the law enforcement costs, ad infinitum.
People like you who would rather have cheap goods and services due to the influence of ILLEGALS, at the expense of the rest of us and the country in general are the worst kind of citizen.
The public is against this, it should be a no-brainer for everyone involved, but it isn't. There is a concerted effort here to ram this down Americans throats and I am sick and tired of people using their elected office to pander to criminals while forcing the rest of us to conform to every stupid law ever passed.
I am tired of being treated like a second class citizen in my own country, and I don't care if the politician doing it has an "R" behind his name or not.
Well said Jhoffa.
also "what part of we're at war don't you understand?"
also "I trust W, he's awsome"
or "He's been chosin by God to lead us"
Heh Heh Heh
Joke's on us
LOL!
Yeah, funny I don't recall hearing that line even once from 1992 thru 2000
But, gross hypocrisy suits many FReepers.
I think what you do not understand is that this Amnesty I mean "regularization" bill is just a master plan by Bush and the GOP to screw the democrats. That's what the Bushies tell me. And when Bush signs the immigration welfare bill this is also part of the master plan. They got the democrats just where they want them. Life is good in Bush La La Land.
That's something else I didn't hear during the Clinton years either. Bill Clinton was always wrong, no matter what and if he did something like this there was never a desire not to take it at 100% face value.
Truth be told, while I hate the democrats.. Both parties are equally worthless on this issue.
They don't care, neither one of them. and the funny part is Dubya's antics are going to do nothing but increase the Democrat voter base..
I sometimes wonder if both parties sat down and decided what they DIDN'T want to accomplish.. Then shook hands and went from there.
And instead stoop to pandering like the Demoncrats do?
Look, if this issue has such populat support, why is it a third rail? I thought we would be supporting something like this if we wanted to win?
Same thing with Term Limits, BAM! 80% + support every time it's polled.. Even a part of our Senate Winning, Contract With America.. And you can see what happened to that.
I swear, it's amazing to me how the Repubs can expect me to go and vote, to write letters and basically stay informed when they continue to sandbag on winning, moral issues like this.
Both parties have been bought off by business interests that profit from having more bodies in the country and of course cheap labor. We have the best government money can buy.
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