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 ImmigrationIt 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. LawCongress 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 ImmigrantsThose 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 FAIRs legislative department at (202) 328-7004.
IMO this Mexico deal and Japans et al's stock market downfall along with ours leads to the introduction of globalization to save? NOT!!! us all.
What? Apparently the price of attaining all the benefits of citizenship is rather cheap. $1,000 per head -- who set that price?
Three million illegals X $1,000 = far more than just money!
In the South and out West, you're probably right. But we don't experience any of those in the Northeast ;-).
I just question the complete opening of the border to any and all. I think those that truly want to come to this country to work and start businesses are either already in the system or would probably go through the steps that are in place to come in legally.
As far as native born Americans, you are absolutely correct. We have to hire a lot of Peruvian immigrants to fill some of our jobs that are deemed to be "beneath" the Americans.
That's a little wierd considering that before the mass welfare immigration we had better service, people who could get my order right BECAUSE THEY SPEAK ENGLISH, and our restrooms were actually without the mess left by immigrant vandals. We had lettuce every week, our welfare system wasn't clogged with illegals, our schools didn't have the violence brought by the illegals, and our cities were less crime ridden. My wife is a social worker, so I hear and see this crap every day. Seems we had a better country before the illegals.
Funny, too, is that the legal Mexican immigrants do very well and usually participate positively in American society. My best friend for several years was a first generation American from Mexico, and he was absolutely the most upstanding person I have ever met: Chrisitan, happily married to an American, 4 girls of great charater, etc.
So, is that why most criminals in LA's jails are Mexican? Maybe that is why most people on welfare in the southwest are mexican illegals? Maybe that is why many have children in the US to get welfare? Is that why many get us immigration so their parents can get SSI without having lived here and paid for it? Maybe that is why 3 of 5 students in Denver are Mexicans who don't speak English, because they love America so well? Is that why Mexicans and people who wants all of them over here have believe Amerca is nothing more than a paycheck?
That is because we (GWB) is and wants to give the lazy US @ssholes a free ride via entitlements. Cut off the support from the taxes of the people who work and let them either pick the lettuce and clean the johns or starve.
I would love to see how many of these fat @sses would commit suicide by starvation.
We don't know all the makings behind this, but if the Repuns in Congress go along with it, I also will.
ATF and such burning BORN Americans for minor unconstitutional laws
While: It also allows illegal aliens to avoid the State Department background checks
How many felons, domestic abusers, etc?
Welcome to America, only true Americans are dirt.
Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but this bill has to get through the House of Representatives - right? As with McBane-Feingold, bad legislation can be stopped by the hothead crowd. It would truly be an indication of globalist conspiracy if the House also voted on amnesty by voice. Let your representatives know where you stand en masse if FReepers want to stop this nasty!
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