http://www.radiojamaica.com/news/story. ... tory=22144

Thu Dec 29, 2005
US anti-immigration bill called racist

A Congressional bill that would tighten border controls and prevent illegal immigrants from getting jobs in the United States has been condemned by Caribbean immigration advocates as racist, discriminatory and unfair.

Chairman of the New York City Council on Immigration, Vincentian-born Dr. Kendall Stewart, said Caribbean and other minorities were unfairly singled out in the new push to curb immigration. {SO WHAT?}

Mr. Stewart urged the Bush administration to take a better look at immigration, rather than pinning blame on poor immigrants from the region and Latin America.

Just before the Christmas break, the US House of Representatives rushed through passage of the Border Protection, Anti-terrorism and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005.

The measure would combat the hiring of illegal workers by providing employers with a reliable method in determining whether employees are legally eligible to work in the country.

The Bush administration has proposed that undocumented immigrants be allowed to get three-year work visas.

Under Bush's plan, illegal immigrants could extend their visas for an additional three years.

However, they must return to their home countries for a year to apply for a new work permit. {Which we all know will never happen, they will never return home}