Thread: RESEARCH NEEDED: New Durbin Amendment !!!

I called Sen Sessions office and the person I talked to knew nothing of this amendment. She said to call back tomorrow and she would try to tell us.

She also said a LOT of people have been calling there.

I also told her I was from Pa, and to PLEASE tell Sen. Session, God Bless him for helping us fight for America!

I e-mailed two at the Heritage Foundation:

Matthew Streit (Assistant Director) and Robert Rector (Senior Research Fellow) and asked if they would be able to make the text of SA 2919 available as soon as possible.

If they are taking amendments in numerical sequence, SA 2919 may be next. SA 2918 is coming up next (cspan).

Here is info from NumbersUSA on Durbin's minor changes...needless to say, it's still a bad amnesty so keep on calling! Fill up those voice mails!

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The new DREAM Act amendment (SA 2919) sponsored by Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is similar to a stand-alone bill Durbin sponsored (S. 774). The measure authorizes DHS to cancel removal for, or adjust to lawful permanent resident status (in other words, grant amnesty to), an alien who is inadmissible or deportable in cases where the alien demonstrated that he/she:

has maintained continuous presence in the United States for five years and was not yet 16 years old upon initial entry, but is no older than 30 years of age;
is of "good moral character" and is not inadmissible or deportable on certain criminal grounds or on the basis of being a risk to national security; and
has been admitted to an institution of higher education, has attained a high school diploma, or has obtained a GED in the United States.
The DREAM Act also would grant amnesty to illegal aliens who satisfy these criteria as of enactment.

The newest iteration of the nightmarish DREAM Act makes two notable changes:

It removes a provision repealing existing statutory provisions barring illegal aliens from being eligible for in-state tuition unless a U.S. citizen or legal resident is eligible regardless of state residence.

It imposes an upper age limit of 30 years old on applicants for "conditional permanent resident status" (i.e., amnesty).

This latter revision narrows, but does not close, a gaping loophole because any illegal alien up to age 30 can still walk into any U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office, declare that he is eligible, and be granted amnesty with minimal documentation of eligibility. That 30-year-old could claim that he illegally entered the United States when he was 15, but there is no requirement that the alien prove that he entered the United States at the claimed time by providing particular documents. The proposal merely requires him to "demonstrate" that he is eligible-which in practice could mean simply making a sworn statement to that effect. Thus, it is an invitation for just about every illegal alien 30-and-under to fraudulently claim the amnesty.

In addition, the alien then has six years to adjust his status from a conditional green card holder to a non-conditional one. To do so, he need only complete two years of study at an institution of higher education, including any vocational school. If the alien has already completed two years of study, he can convert to non-conditional status immediately (and use his green card as a platform to sponsor parents and other family members). As an alternative to two years of study, he can enlist in the U.S. military (or any other of the "uniformed services," such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or Public Health Service) for two years. This provision allows Senator Durbin to claim that the DREAM Act is somehow germane to the DoD authorization bill.

An illegal alien who applies for this nightmare of an amnesty gets to count his years under "conditional" green card status toward the five years needed for citizenship. On top of that, the illegal alien could claim "retroactive benefits" and start the clock running the day that the DREAM Act is enacted. In combination, these two provisions put illegal aliens on a high-speed track to U.S. citizenship-moving from illegal alien to U.S. citizen in as little as five years. Lawfully present aliens, meanwhile, must follow a slower path to citizenship.

It would be absurdly easy for just about any illegal alien-even one who does not qualify for the amnesty-to evade the law. Once an alien files an application-any application, no matter how ridiculous-the federal government is prohibited from deporting him. Moreover, with few exceptions, Federal officers are prohibited from either using information from the application to deport the alien or sharing that information with another federal agency, under threat of up to $10,000 fine. Consequently, an alien's admission that he has violated Federal immigration law cannot be used against him-even if he never had any chance of qualifying for the DREAM Act amnesty in the first place.

The DREAM Act also makes illegal aliens eligible for Federal student loans and federal work-study programs – another benefit that law-abiding foreign students cannot receive – all at taxpayer expense.

These creeps are worthless. If nothing else we have to get rid of them.

Maybe we should all leave the parties and become independents and let them beg around for money.....no support from us.

Let's hope we did enough damage with the calls, faxes and emails.

I have been doing this job since last Friday and I need a rest.

Durbin just doesn't quit, does he? These people will do anything to legalize the criminals in this country and I'm getting really tired of their tricks.

Rep. Guiteirez was just on Lou Dobbs spouting off about his Strive Act. They have been having hearings on it, so expect it to come up anytime. Bilbray was on there debating against him, but these OBL are deaf. They refuse to listen to logic. Kitty had a hard time shutting him up so Bilbray could speak.

Originally Posted by CitizenJustice

If they are taking amendments in numerical sequence, SA 2919 may be next. SA 2918 is coming up next (cspan).

Talking about AMT now.

And how will they have to prove they are under 30 years old? With a Mexican ID card? Plus all the illegals that would sign up for some phony vocational classes would not have gotten in-state tuition in the first place. This amendment is a big scam, it changes almost nothing.

It imposes an upper age limit of 30 years old on applicants for "conditional permanent resident status" (i.e., amnesty).

Make me laugh!!!!!!!!!

Everyone since the last Amnesty in 1996!!!!!!!!

Let me see... The max age for voluntary military enlistment is 35 years old.

NO MEANS NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go home illegals, go home.
We are not passing out Amnesty under any conditions.

Dixie

I was thinking about the revised amendment. If they eliminate the in-state tuition, nothing is left but pure amnesty for every illegal alien who entered this country prior to age 16 who graduates from high school. That is not going to fly. The citizenship provision (amnesty) is the major objection, more than in-state tuition. How can this be considered anything other than amnesty, which they have argued it isn't?

Also, given the fact that many who oppose the amendment do so because they object to an immigration issue being included in a DoD bill, they may revise it to only include the military provision. For example, if an illegal alien volunteers for military service and is on active duty for two years, then they will be on a path to citizenship.