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WEBCommentary Contributor
Author: Barbara Anderson

Date: June 26, 2007
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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: PORK WITH A FOREIGN FLAVOR

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As the Senate gets ready to vote on amnesty for millions of illegal aliens, the dynamics of handling the bill get very interesting. It seems the Senate has tired of just handing out domestic pork and are going into the more exotic distribution of pork to non-citizens.
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How else to explain what they are willing to give away, thanks to the taxpayers? It seems there is no benefit too precious for them to extend to the people who have come into this country without our permission, and who remain here and work here, breaking two more laws. From cradle to grave, every benefit extended to citizens will be given to lawbreakers.

As soon as the Congress passes the amnesty bill, every illegal alien will be eligible to apply for a Z card. They will become legal almost immediately. There is a provision that they must pass a background check, but that check cannot last more than 24 hours. No matter if they belong to a dangerous gang. No matter if they have been ordered to appear in court for deportation hearings. Even those who have ignored deportation orders will be in. No matter if they are terrorists who are able to assume a false identity. No matter if they are rapists, murderers, robbers, identity thieves or drug traffickers. All they have to do is assume an identity and get a Z card and they are made legal. Full citizenship may be had later if somebody wants it. But why would they want it, in particular, when they can access every benefit now available only to citizens?

Those benefits are:

Freedom to compete with Americans for jobs.

Race based preferences. These newly made legal will have access to programs that are not available to most Americans. It will put them at the head of the line for educational opportunities, jobs and endless state and Federal entitlement programs. They will assume minority status and be considered ahead of the majority of citizens for all these programs.

Social Security. Those granted amnesty will be able to collect Social Security benefits that they never paid into. If they have stolen or “borrowedâ€