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FAIR's Top Ten List of the Worst Provisions of the Senate's Kennedy-Bush-McCain Guest Worker Amnesty Bill
"Don Gabacho" > wrote in message ups.com... > FAIR's Top Ten List of the Worst Provisions of the Senate's > Kennedy-Bush-McCain Guest Worker Amnesty Bill > > While David Letterman's writing staff struggles to come up with ten > funny things to say about a topical issue each night, FAIR's > legislative staff took a long look at the immigration bill passed by > the U.S. Senate late last month to pick out its worst provisions. The > bill, S.2611, includes so many features that would damage the interests > of American citizens we found it difficult to list just ten. > > In descending order (Letterman style), FAIR's list of the ten worst > provisions of the Kennedy-McCain-Bush illegal alien guest worker > amnesty: > > 10. Allows illegal aliens to claim Social Security benefits for work > performed illegally. > > 9. Creates new foreign student visa programs with a direct path to > legal permanent residence status and citizenship. > > 8. Requires consultation with the Mexican government before > construction of fencing along the border. > > 7. Allows states to give illegal aliens in-state tuition benefits that > they can deny to citizens who live in other states. > > 6. Gives the Department of Homeland Security the discretion to waive > fines for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens. > > 5. Increases the number of employment-based immigrants admitted to the > U.S. each year by more than 400 percent. > > 4. Admits 1.5 million agricultural "guest workers" with a direct > path to legal permanent residence status and citizenship. > > 3. Admits hundreds of thousands unskilled "guest workers" through a > new guest worker program and gives them a direct path to legal > permanent residence and citizenship. > > 2. Grants amnesty to family members of illegal aliens who live outside > the country. > > 1. Grants amnesty to millions (nobody really knows how many millions) > of illegal aliens living in the U.S. > > "It would certainly be reasonable to quibble over which provisions of > this bill do the most damage to the interests of the nation and the > American public," admitted Dan Stein, president of FAIR. "The > bottom line is that should S. 2611 ever become law, America will face > the largest influx of immigrants in human history, devastating > overpopulation, destruction of the middle class, deep social and > linguistic divisions, and crippling unfunded mandates. > > "We believe that as the American public learns about what is included > in the Kennedy-McCain-Bush amnesty/guest worker bill, their anger at a > Senate and an administration that is indifferent to their needs and > interests will boil over," continued Stein. "The Senate bill is > such a complete sell-out of American principles and interests that the > voters will take their anger to the polls with them this November. Who > knows? The topic for an upcoming Late Show program might be the "Top > Ten Jobs Now Being Done by Former Members of Congress." It's time to get rid of the old bloated gimps in the US Senate. Hank > |
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