American Republic Online

As a public service to our readers we have summarized 10 flaws in the Amnesty bill that the Senate and President are hell bent on reviving in spite of the recent polling that shows only 20% of the public support it.

1. Illegals get “legal” status immediately. Enforcement to follow hopefully…
2. Despite rhetoric to the contrary, the bill does not require (or fund) any additional agents, beds, or fences.
3. Background checks are not required. (Or feasible when we’re 3 months behind in passports)
4. Criminals are not exempted from amnesty. (Such an amendment was proposed but voted down by the Senate)
5. Despite claims, the new legals are not required to pay back income taxes.
6. The new legals and guest workers can both claim the earned income tax credit. (Don’t believe the claims that the new workers will reduce the tax burden)
7. The “enforcement triggers” do not require the US VISIT system (the check in & out tracking system created by Congress in ‘96 but never implemented) to be operational before commencing the guest worker program. Meaning the system to track people overstaying their Visas doesn’t need to exist before we start handing Visas out.
8. In-state tuition will be available to the new “legals” - just not to out-of-state citizens.
9. Affidavits from friends are considered acceptable evidence to establish you meet the amnesty criteria (for instance that you entered the country illegally before 1/1/07)
10. And my personal favorite is that illegal aliens with terrorist connections will not be barred from the amnesty if they show “good moral character”. (Uhm, yeah.)