Thread: ALIPAC: 'The third rail of politics'

'The third rail of politics'
By Jenn Smith, Berkshire Eagle Staff
Article Last Updated: 10/09/2007 03:05:34 AM EDT


Tuesday, October 09
One bill may be a dream for immigrants, but it's a nightmare for critics.
The federal Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, better known as the DREAM Act of 2007, is a complex piece of legislation being proposed within the U.S. Congress.

It is meant to provide a path of citizenship for immigrant students so they can pursue a higher education or enroll in the military in the U.S.

Last month, the DREAM Act was put down in the Senate for the time being, after author Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and others tried to make it an amendment to the 2008 Defense Appropriations Bill.

William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, said this is as it should be.

"The DREAM Act is amnesty. Amnesties are the third rail of politics," said Gheen.

Gheen said that the primary reasons for opposition to the bill are because it is seen as an encouragement of immigration and because it appears that the bill would be giving illegal aliens tuition advantages and college seats over Americans born in the country, based on U.S. taxpayers' dollars.

Mariann Davies agreed, noting that she feels the bill would also jeopardize legal

students' chances for tuition benefits and financial aid, and allow the illegal students who are granted extended citizenship, a chance to later sponsor other illegal aliens. Davies is a founding member and vice chairwoman for You Don't Speak for Me, a coalition of Hispanic-Americans for legal immigration.
Gheen noted that the DREAM Act, and its various incarnations, have not been favored since being introduced in 2001, failing to ever reach a full vote in Congress.

But despite its let-downs, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has vowed to get the measure through to a full Senate vote by mid-November.

http://www.berkshireeagle.com/localnews/ci_7124272

The DREAM Act is a nightmare. It is a massive amnesty that extends to the millions of illegal aliens who entered the United States before the age of 16. Any illegal alien can walk into a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office and declare that he is eligible. For example, a 45 year old can claim that he is under 30 and illegally entered the United States before he was 16.. There is no requirement that the alien prove that he entered the United States at the claimed time by providing particular documents.

The DREAM Act’s Section 4(a) merely requires him to “demonstrateâ€

Did you write that, zeezil. If not, do you have a source link? Thanks.

Originally Posted by MW

Did you write that, zeezil. If not, do you have a source link? Thanks.

It's a letter I wrote to Senators during the last DREAM Act roll out during the DOD bill debate. A number of the factoids were pulled from a variety of sources (most, though from Numbers USA) and some of the analysis was original written by me. Best that I can tell you is that it is a "mutt". Some by me, some by others - all pulled together into what you see. If you like it and would like to use it for any reason at all...feel free.

Her'es something else you may like, which is entirey original and something I recently wrote:

In all the amnesty bills that have been proposed in the past, one particular characteristic included in all of them just sticks in my craw. They all have an inclusion that for an illegal alien to receive the amnesty they must be of "good moral character".

In my humble opinion, I don’t see how any illegal alien invader could ever claim to be of "good moral character". How can a person, who has broken the law and continued breaking the law by perpetuating their presence here through document fraud (they all have done this) and identity theft (most have committed this), be considered to be "of good moral character"?

Furthermore, they think nothing of committing theft of services (welfare, medical care, assisted housing, public education), driving without insurance on our ever increasingly crowded roads, and illegally taking jobs here. Yet you’ll hear illegal aliens characterized as hard working (very hard working at continued lawlessness) and people of good moral character. As the old saying goes, "the proof is in the pudding".

Oh and don’t fall for that "family values" ploy they use either. Many bolt from their families, at least initially, to invade America. Then, by stealing jobs from American workers, they’ll send money back to wherever they came from so the rest of the family can engage in the same crime they initially did, just this time with the help of a coyote. Family values, indeed.

But, there is more! You’ll also hear about "the children" many invaded with in tow as they crashed the border. These little illegal darlings have been given a free public school education by you and me (provided you are an American citizen taxpayer). The old "theft of services" scheme pops up again. Now, the little illegal darling invaders have grown up enough to scream and demand rights, just as their illegal alien invader parents have been doing ever since they broke in. Forget about the "in the shadows" ploy the main stream media and the Kennedy-Feinstein crowd has tried to sell you. It was never true. It just sounds good to them and they grasp for every straw to see if they can grab your sympathy.

Anyway, back to the point. Now that these "children invaders" have grown up thanks to the generosity of the American citizen, they demand the right to be a citizen (to be given amnesty) and receive all kinds of special additional educational (college) benefits. This would be, again of course, at the generosity of the American citizen, yet to the detriment of that same citizen and their children. I’ve even heard from many of my friends (only half jokingly) that they would like to renounce their citizenship and be classified as an illegal alien so they could receive all the special favors and benefits at little to no cost to themselves.

But wait, there is more to the spin that you’ll hear from open borders politicians, the illegals of good moral character and their support groups. It goes like this: "the children are innocent and shouldn’t be punished for the sins and crimes of their parents." So, let’s follow this logic and include the "family values" ploy that our own President Bush said that illegal aliens possess with greater magnitude than American citizens do. Sociologists have long said that the person you become is heavily influenced by your environment and your values are greatly influenced by your parents. Perhaps the little darlings who have now grown up didn’t choose to invade America but they sure have been exposed to a healthy dose of crimes and lawlessness over the years by the environment provided by their parents.

Is there any wonder that there is legislation being polished up in the Senate, called the DREAM Act, because of the demands by these illegal alien minors and their support groups? Oh, and just one more thing. With the amnesty awarded from the DREAM Act, who do you think would be the first two people sponsored for citizenship by the little darling invaders once they reach the age of 21? If you answered, madre and padre - you’re right!

Thanks, zeezil (excellent job).