Thread: Hearing on HR 750 - Comp. Immigration Reform

House Judiciary Subcommittee to Consider Immigration Reform Bill

On Thursday, the House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee will hold a hearing on H.R. 750, the Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2007, sponsored by Representative Sheila Jackson Lee. The bill creates a path for some illegal aliens to attain status as legal permanent residents. Under this legislation, illegal immigrants would have to take an English class and perform 40 hours of community service, provided that they are non-criminals. ----Congress.org

The details of the bill......

http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/sh ... R_750.html

Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to provide increased protections and eligibility for family-sponsored immigrants.

Directs the Secretary of State to establish a Board of Family-based Visa Appeals within the Department of State.

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to deny a family-based immigration petition by a U.S. petitioner for an alien spouse or child if: (1) the petitioner is on the national sex offender registry for a conviction that resulted in more than one year's imprisonment; (2) the petitioner has failed to rebut such information within 90 days; and (3) granting the petition would put a spouse or child beneficiary in danger of sexual abuse.

Directs the Secretary to establish the Task Force to Rescue Immigrant Victims of American Sex Offenders.

Authorizes the Secretary to adjust the status of aliens who would otherwise be inadmissible (due to unlawful presence, document fraud, or other specified grounds of inadmissibility) if such aliens have been in the United States for at least five years and meet other requirements.

Authorizes the emergency deployment of Border Patrol agents to a requesting border state.

Sets forth provisions for Border Patrol acquisition and use of specified equipment.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for additional detention space for illegal aliens; (2) increase Border Patrol agents, airport and land border immigration inspectors, immigration enforcement officers, and fraud and document fraud investigators; (3) enhance Border Patrol training and operational facilities; (4) establish immigration, customs, and agriculture inspector occupations within the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection; (5) reestablish the Border Patrol anti-smuggling unit; (6) establish criminal investigator occupations within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS ); (7) increase Border Patrol agent and investigator pay; (8 ) require foreign language training for appropriate DHS employees; and (9) establish the Fraudulent Documents Task Force.

Redefines the term "law enforcement officer" under provisions of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to include: (1) federal employees not otherwise covered by such term whose duties include the investigation or apprehension of suspected or convicted individuals and who are authorized to carry a firearm; and (2) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees whose duties are primarily the collection of delinquent taxes and the securing of delinquent returns.

Authorizes S (witness or informant) nonimmigrant status for aliens in possession of critical reliable information concerning commercial alien smuggling or trafficking in immigration documents.

Establishes a reward program to assist in eliminating immigration-related commercial document fraud operations.

Sets forth unfair immigration-related employment practices.

Requires petitioners for nonimmigrant labor to describe their efforts to recruit lawful permanent residents or U.S. citizens.

Makes permanent an INA provision allowing adjustment of status of certain aliens for whom family-sponsored or employment-based applications or petitions were filed by a specified date.

Lessens immigration consequences for minor criminal offenses. Eliminates retroactive changes in grounds of inadmissibility and removal.

Amends criminal offense removal-related provisions.

Increases the worldwide level of diversity immigrants.
Authorizes adjustment of status for certain nationals or citizens of Haiti.

Eliminates mandatory detention in expedited removal proceedings.

Amends the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 to: (1) waive document fraud as a ground of inadmissibility; and (2) address determinations with respect to children.

Eliminates the one-year filing requirement for asylum applicants. Includes gender persecution within the particular social group category of persecution.

Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of certain temporary protected status persons.

Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to eliminate a provision prohibiting restrictions on the communication of immigration status information by a government entity.

Replaces the existing fashion model H-1B visa classification with an O-visa classification

What kind of crap is this? This is infuriating, and not just about the title of this piece of **** moronic pile of junk.

Get this:

- It expands chain migration
- It burdens the Secretary of State with additional immigration appeals process and boards
- It applys additional immigration burdens to the Department of Homeland Security
- It tries the same ploy as the Kennedy-McCain Comprehensive bill...some border security for amnesty and benefits to illegals.
- It mentions specific amnesty provisions for illegal Haitians
- It removes document fraud as a grounds for inadmissability
- It also minimizes or removes other offenses as grounds for inadmissability
- It calls for the "expansion of the diversity" of immigrants
- It changes the H-1B visa classificationto the O-visa classification. WTF for? Sounds like Orwellian doublespeak to me!!!

And here's the real kick in the b***s:
Authorizes the Secretary to adjust the status of aliens who would otherwise be inadmissible (due to unlawful presence, document fraud, or other specified grounds of inadmissibility) if such aliens have been in the United States for at least five years and meet other requirements.

That's right..read it again so that you don't miss anything!!! Are you freeking kidding me?!? This is outrageous!!!

I am infuriated and mad as hell over this crap! I hope all of you are outraged over this too. PLEASE...contact your Congressman and tell them in no uncertain terms NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!

There is a poll (on the right) and comments can be left.Just click on the Washington Watch article address above to go to article & poll.I believe this is an important poll and it is running abut 50-50 for and against this amnesty !

41% For, 59% Against

sponsored by Representative Sheila Jackson Lee.

Why this black congresswoman loves illegals so much is beyond anyone since she is turning her back on those who are affected the most by illegals. When she was asked if they were taking away jobs from blacks, she responded by saying, "blacks shouldn't be doing those jobs anyway."

40% For, 60% Against

What People Think

36% For, 64% Against

Vote, Vote!
was:
65% against
35% for
now already:
63% against
37% for

36% for
64% against