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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.
Whats stopping these foreign powers or terrorists from enlisting illegals now without any amnesty? Duh?
Libertarians advocate unregulated open borders and amnesty for all.
You need to review your political definitions instead of calling people names in error.
Did you happen to read, right in front of your face, where it says that all 245(i) does is extend the current system until April 2002 (that's another 6 months, Genius).
Be a man, pull your head out of your arse, and stop kneejerking and trying to scare people (and piss them off).
Oh yeah, and you really should SHUT UP.
Damn, Dude, I'm really disappointed in you...
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I kindly disagree. Don't you dare tell me to shut up, why don't you shut folks up by posting facts of reasonable debate and start adhering to the rules of this forum, mind your manners and stop attacking; until then there is no need to reply to you.
20 Posted on 09/10/2001 10:12:09 PDT by Phantom Lord
What I *could* do, is provide articles from 1996, which told of the push for Hispanics quickly made citizens; in order to process these folks, Algore authorized as much overtime and add'l personnel needed by the INS to accomplish these tasks. Perhaps you've heard of Las Hermanos ???? (can't tremember the rest of it) who worked hand-in-hand with the Dems to insure Clinton was elected.
OTOH, if you're interested, you may do a search. The Dems have many vote-fraud tricks up their sleeves, and this is one. If Bush believes these new citizens will vote Republican, you can bet McAuliffe and the DNC are there to insure they don't.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Following months of increasing interest in immigration and a three-day state visit by Mexican President Vicente Fox, Democrats asked yesterday that Americans set aside their fears of change and loosen regulations on immigration.
Rep. Ed Pastor of Arizona used the Democrats' weekly radio address to emphasize the party's support of a revamped immigration policy in response to the nation's changing needs.
"Attracting ambitious workers from all over the globe is a sign of our national strength, not a weakness," he said.
The focus of the issue should be redirected "to take advantage of, rather than fear, the economic and cultural evolution of our nation," said Mr. Pastor.
On Friday, business leaders told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee that the nation's economy will have an estimated 161 million jobs by 2008 and only 154 million Americans available to fill them.
Labor leaders also suggested that forcing immigrants to accept substandard pay and working conditions will in time only create the same situation for American workers.
Parts of the issue have crossed party lines. A bill passed by the Senate on Thursday night extending the deadline for illegal immigrants to apply for visas -- also has the support of President Bush and Republican lawmakers in the House.
But Mr. Pastor said his party's goal includes much more, such as expanding limits on some immigrant visas and exempting Canada and Mexico from limits entirely.
"There are millions of resident undocumented immigrants in this country " he said. "This is their home, and they are not going anywhere."
Loses to whom? Hillary? We're a bit short on alternatives.
Now as for your April 2002 comment- did you even READ the article?
All this article says, my sensitive friend, is that the current law that is in effect is going to be EXTENDED until April 2002- and if you know anything about the situation at the INS centers down there, you would know their is a 10 year log jam that makes it impossible for folks who are in this country legally under a work visa to extend their visa's due to the log jam, thereby resulting in "illegal aliens."
Maybe you should read the article before you accuse me of not posting facts, Sunshine. Now go dry your crying eyes...
WEAKNESS and GUTLESSNESS IS NEVER REWARDED!!!!
Well, let's see. The current estimate of 14 million Mexicans with approx. 3 million being illegal, there should be enough farm labor to last for the nexr 50 years yet they still continue swarming across our southern borders like locusts.
Would you still maintain your benevolent stance if 14 million ChiComs came swarming across our borders?
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