I was standing in a line yesterday at the market and two young bilingual men were in front of me with two huge carts of frozen dinners and junk food. It was obvious that they had never been in a supermarket before..they didn't even know that they were supposed to place their groceries on the conveyor belt. They had no clue as to what coupons or a "Ralph's Card" was...so we all had to wait 15 minutes while they laboriously filled out the application. And they did not understand our currency ...the clerk had to explan the difference between nickels, dimes and quarters.

We struck up a conversation and I asked them where they were from. They were from Russia and worked for an airline cargo transport co. They said they had just arrived the day before, rented an apt. and were going to apply for a Z-Visa when they became available!!!!! I was speechless! They said it so matter of factly that you would have thought they were applying for a credit card!

I played dumb and asked them what a Z-Visa was!!! They looked at me like "how could you not know...you're an American"! One of them said to me in his broken English: "You know...it's like a permanent visa...for people who want to live in America but don't want to become citizens!" I asked him how he knows so much about the American immigration system and he replied: EVERYONE in the world knows about it! It's not immigration; it's like a free pass to live in America! Anyone can come here now..it's LEGAL!!!" He added: "We are the luckiest guys in the world...thanks to your President!"

If this catastrophic legislation passes the Senate, we must demand a public Congressional Hearing strictly on the Z Visas!!! Everything else in this so-called COMPROMISE is just noise!!! IT'S THE SUPER DUPER AMNESTY PLUS called the probationary ZVisa!

We must demand that every single Senator and Congressman stand on the floor of the Senate and tell us to our faces that the Z Visa does NOT legalize anyone who shows up in the US by land, air or sea!

I can't sleep at night thinking about the tens of thousands who have probably already arrived in the US waiting for 'instant legalization'! Even if the Senate bill is defeated...these people will still be here and more will be coming. The universal code is "Z-Visa"!