Thread: Immigration bill is really amnesty bill

LETTERS

June 6, 2007

Immigration bill is really amnesty bill

Regarding "Bush attacks critics of immigration reform bill" [News, May 30], President George W. Bush, Sens. Edward Kennedy and John McCain, among others, are calling this disaster of a bill "immigration reform"? I don't think they read the bill. I have read it; it is amnesty, and it is clearly a disaster riddled with unenforceable "particulars."

All we read is how the illegal aliens will benefit, but never a mention as to how American citizens will be affected by this "grand compromise."

John D. Fickes

East Islip





As an immigrant, I agree with James P. Pinkerton that "Poor immigrants end up being expensive" [Opinion, May 29]. In fact, more people essentially mean bigger burdens: They require water, energy, food and all sorts of social services.

China already understood that three decades ago. Unfortunately, amnesty advocates want to increase the U.S. population by more than 100 million people within 20 years by misleading Americans with their "comprehensive" immigration reform.

If the Senate amnesty bill becomes law, millions of adult naturalized citizens can vote in future elections. They could add, within a few years, tens of millions of U.S. and foreign-born relatives to the U.S. population, who also will become potential voters.

Even if most naturalized citizens do not vote, how likely will it be that our immigration laws will be seriously enforced in the future? Will there be a chance that the 400,000 guest workers proposed in the bill will face deportation if they violate their immigration status?

Open-border advocates should at least have the courage to tell Americans the truth.

Yeh Ling-Ling

Editor's note: The writer is executive director of Diversity Alliance for a Sustainable America.

Oakland, Calif.


http://www.newsday.com/search/ny-opletb ... 0148.story

Representative Pete King was just on the Monica Crowley radio show and he said what turned this around was when the pols went home over Memorial Day. He said his office had over 1000 phone calls across all party lines--Dem, Ind, and Rep. Some Democrats may have a rude awakening because their moderate wing is just as angry as the Republican base. 2008 is going to be an interesting election year.

Yes, olivermyboy, this is way beyond what party one belongs too.

Citizens from all parties are fed up and illegal immigration should be a top issue for the candidates running in 2008.

Candidates need to earn our trust which will be hard for some to do because we don't trust most of them!

I hope and pray no immigration bill will be signed under the current open borders president.