I Can’t Figure Out Who This Guy Is
He sounds familiar, but can’t quite place him…
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September 20th, 2007 at 8:52 am
Readers of VDARE are well aware of this, but maybe not all your faithful readers, Tom. The Senators — and the House, for that matter — are at it again.
Rather than a blanket amnesty, they’re chipping away at the “national question” now with SA 2237 (DREAM Act amendment). This time, attached to a defense bill; the OBL — that’s “Open Borders Lobby”, not Osama Bin Laden (tho’ they seem to have a similar goal in the destruction of the US) — is getting smarter. This amendment — “not an amnesty” — would grant amnesty to any illegal who makes a sworn statement (because they wouldn’t lie; the fact of their presence in the US being a criminal act notwithstanding, they’re honest people) [sarcasm meter pegged] stating that they have been in the US since before their 16th birthday. The “reasoning” here is that the children should not be punished for the sins of the fathers.
Question: Aren’t 16-year-old criminals usually tried as adults? That would, by derivation, suggest that an illegal alien would be responsible for his own continued illegal presence here after he turned 16 — or 18 at the latest — and thus subject to the same arrest and deportation as his parents.
Of course, both houses are or will soon be considering different levels of nickel-and-dime amnesty, among other pro- and anti-illegal alien measures [read that: "anti-America and pro-America measures"].
I recently wrote our Senators and my Representative. I got an obvious form letter — which read like an auto-response — from Cornyn, nothing from Carter yet, and a letter that sounded pat from Hutchison, but which also made it quite obvious she — or whoever had written it — had not actually read the durned thing (mostly telling me she has no control over any legislation passed). [NOTE: According to Americans for Better Immigration, Hutchison has the worst immigration record of the Texas Republican delegation... but they give her a score of nearly double the best of the Democrat delegation.]
I strongly encourage — despite my limited success — all citizens concerned about their futures and the country they’ll leave for future generations to write their representatives in the Congress, as I did.
September 27th, 2007 at 7:32 am
From the Houston Chronicle:
HOPE FADES FOR PASSAGE OF BILL TO AID YOUNG ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
By Michelle Mittelstadt
“The hope for immediate Senate action on the DREAM Act, which would grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants, faded Tuesday as the measure’s chief Senate sponsor acknowledged he was having difficulty surmounting Republican opposition.
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“‘We haven’t given up completely, but the options on this bill are limited,” [Sen. Dick] Durbin [D-Ill] said.
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“‘There is no question that this issue doesn’t stop here,’ said Cecilia Muñoz, senior vice president of the National Council of La Raza. ‘The longer we wait, the more talented young people we close the door of opportunity to.’
“The DREAM Act would allow illegal immigrants who entered the U.S. before the age of 16, and have lived here at least five years, to receive conditional legal status if they have graduated from high school and have a clean record. After six years, they could become permanent legal residents if they serve in the U.S. military for at least two years or complete at least two years of college. As with most green card holders, they could apply for citizenship after five years.
“The non-partisan Migration Policy Institute estimates slightly more than 1 million high school graduates and children still in school could gain legal status under the legislation.
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“Other Republicans aren’t ready to revisit an immigration debate that imploded in June when the Senate scuttled a sweeping overhaul endorsed by the White House that would have given most illegal immigrants a chance for legal status.
“‘People, I think, want to let the immigration thing cool off a bit before we jump back in,’ said Sen. Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican who helped derail the comprehensive immigration bill.
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“‘The politics is right and the commitment is there,’ [Josh Bernstein, federal policy director for the National Immigration Law Center] said. ‘We’re not giving up.’”
Now, call me crazy, but that doesn’t sound like a crushing victory for advocates of US sovereignty. I think they “have not yet begun to fight” …but, hopefully, neither have we.