Thread: Dems want to attach amnesty provision to immigration enforce

Dems want to attach amnesty provision to immigration enforcement bill

Jim Brown - OneNewsNow - 3/19/2008 12:30:00 PM

The immigration reduction group Numbers USA is chastising House Democratic leaders for blocking legislation designed to reduce illegal immigration and its devastating impact on the country.

Supporters of the Secure America with Verification and Enforcement (SAVE) Act (HR 408 need 218 signatures on a discharge petition to bring the bill to the floor for a vote. The legislation, sponsored by Congressmen Heath Shuler (D-North Carolina) and Brian Bilbray (R-California) would beef up border security, as well as crack down on illegal immigrants and employers who hire them.

Rosemary Jenks, director of government relations for Numbers USA, says Democratic leaders are blocking the bill because they do not want an enforcement-only measure to pass Congress. Those legislators, she argues, realize that the only way to get any form of amnesty or increase in visas for temporary or permanent workers is to attach it to an enforcement measure.

"[T]hey know that the American people want enforcement and will hold them responsible if they pass something that does not look like an enforcement bill," says Jenks. "So essentially they are trying to negotiate a deal to attach various kinds of visas, including amnesty visas, to this bill."

Democratic leaders, she contends, are speaking out of both sides of their mouth on the issue of illegal immigration. "The [Congressional] Hispanic Caucus is driving the negotiations to attach an amnesty to the SAVE Act," she explains. "They want something that they can go home and tell their special-interest constituents that they voted for in terms of amnesty."

At the same time, she notes, Democratic leadership was quick to point out that the recently approved tax rebates would not go to illegal aliens. "[But] in fact, the way the House passed that economic stimulus package, illegal aliens would in fact have been eligible for rebates," Jenks continues. "It was partially fixed in the Senate with an amendment, but there are still going to be some illegal aliens who get tax rebates."

Jenks predicts House Democrats will eventually allow a vote on the bill before enough signatures are collected for the discharge petition -- so Republicans will not be given control of the floor. So far, only a handful of Democrats have signed the discharge petition.

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OH HELL NO!

NO amnesty!

Hmmm. They will stop at nothing. Now we will have to save the Save Act.

As I mentioned on another thread (on SAVE ACT), even though a lot are signing on, DON'T BELIEVE FOR ONE MINUTE, THEY ALL BACK THE ACT.

The democrats want an amendment added TO GIVE CITIZENSHIP TO THE ILLEGAL ALIENS CURRENTLY IN THE U.S.

They will agree to enforcing all the laws, getting the fence built, etc., as LONG AS THEY GET THEIR AMENDMENT.

Just sent this article to my address book.

Over MY dead body!

hey know that the American people want enforcement and will hold them responsible if they pass something that does not look like an enforcement bill," says Jenks. "So essentially they are trying to negotiate a deal to attach various kinds of visas, including amnesty visas, to this bill."

Once again, the Dems are attempting to hijack and thwart the will of the people in an effort satisfy their own selfish and self-serving desires which will reward those individuals who entered this country in violation of US Law.

NO AMNESTY! THIS IS NOT NEGOTIABLE! GET IT DEMS!!

The OBL and ethnocentric special interest groups got their MASS amnesty in 1986, and we NEVER got the promised enforcement.

We are not fools -- the answer remains NO MORE AMNESTIES in any way, shape or form. And this includes Joe Baca's and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus's 5-year (i.e, forever) visa amnesty scheme.

We the American people demand enforcement of our laws NOW!

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