"Hail Mary" Amnesty Letter in WA Times Today
The amnesty game
In the article "Senate working on immigration reform plan," (Web site, Saturday) many details were omitted. It should have been titled "Congress attempting to speed amnesty bill past American citizens in last-ditch effort."
Congress is attempting to pass a "Hail Mary" amnesty bill as fast as it can be thrown over the heads of the American people, dodging scrutiny, and into the end zone where the greedy open hands of pro-illegal activists and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce await its delivery.
What is in the amnesty "bomb" they are about to drop this week that is so offensive it must be rushed through Congress before the American people have the opportunity to analyze, understand and provide feedback to their congressmen?
Congress and the president are sidestepping the fact that enforcement of existing law has never been tried. Secured borders, fines levied against employers, asset seizure and the disallowing of taxpayer-subsidized benefits would encourage self-deportation. Instead, Congress wants to pass new laws to circumvent existing law. No congressional hearings have been held to determine why abuse of our borders and of taxpaying American citizens has been permitted by the executive branch. Indeed, we have seen the results of the president's failure to protect American citizens in the thwarted Fort Dix terror plot.
The amnesty game is being played against the interests of American people by Congress and the president and for the sole benefit of business and the compensation of lawbreakers with legalization. Congressional amnesty proposals allow people who have illegally entered our country through porous borders and their enablers in the business community to escape consequences for breaking U.S. law. Amnesty rewards illegal aliens with the ability to remain in the United States and find employment and eventual citizenship -- which they broke our laws to attain. Americans will pick up the multitrillion-dollar tab and suffer the environmental consequences of overpopulation.
The "Hail Mary" amnesty bill makes one wonder if 2008 might be a good year to purge Congress of those we dare not trust to represent the American citizen any longer.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20 ... _page2.htm
