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Senate Proposal
is Full of Holes
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) has been a stalwart proponent of
curbing illegal immigration and reforming the legal immigration apparatus in a
truly meaningful manner. To that end, on June 4, in the middle of the first
round of floor debate on the so-called “grand bargain” immigration bill, Sen.
Sessions issued a press
release listing egregious loopholes in the proposal, including “flaws effecting
border security, chain-migration and assimilation policies.”
In prefacing the list, Sen. Sessions indicated that he is “deeply concerned
about the numerous loopholes…found in this legislation,” which he sees as “more
than technical errors, but rather symptoms of a fundamentally flawed piece of
legislation that stands no chance of actually fixing our broken immigration
system.” Furthermore, Sen. Sessions said, “Many of the loopholes are indicative
of a desire not to have the system work.”
Flaw No. 1: Sen. Sessions pointed to perhaps the biggest flaw by noting that the
“‘enforcement trigger’ fails to require the U.S. VISIT system – the biometric
border check-in/check-out system established by Congress in 1996, but never
implemented – to be fully functioning before new worker or amnesty programs
begin. Without the system in place, the U.S. has no method of ensuring that
workers and their families do not overstay their visas.”
Flaw No. 2: While most Americans tell pollsters they want less immigration, this
bill dramatically increases overall immigration. It TRIPLES chain migration
through the year 2016 – all the while sanctioning a mass importation of
low-skill foreign workers and, by extension, a mass importation of poverty into
this country.
Flaw No. 3: Illegal aliens get “legal status before enforcement” begins;
Flaw No. 4: The “triggers” require “no more agents, beds, or fencing than
current law” mandates;
Flaw No. 5: The completion of background checks, including checks against
criminal and terrorist databases, is “not required for” the granting of amnesty
(in this bill, it is referred to as “probationary status”).
Flaw No. 6: Criminals of all kinds – including gang members, some child
molesters, and absconders (i.e., “aliens who have already had their day in court
and who are now subject to…removal” [covering “more than 636,000 fugitives”) are
eligible for the bill’s mass amnesty;
Flaw No. 7: “Illegal aliens with terrorism connections are not barred from
getting amnesty. An illegal alien seeking most immigration benefits must merely
show ‘good moral character.’”
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Flaw No. 8: Illegal aliens granted amnesty or guestworkers imported via the new
“Y” “temporary worker” program can claim the Earned Income Tax Credit, which
“will cost taxpayers billions in just 10 years”;
Flaw No. 9: “Affidavits from friends” are acceptable as evidence of satisfying
requirements for amnesty, thus “invit fraud and more illegal immigration”;
Flaw No. 10: “In-state tuition and other higher education benefits…will be made
available to current illegal aliens that are granted [amnesty>, even if the same
instate tuition rates are not offered to all U.S. citizens,” a violation of
current Federal law, which “mandates that educational institutions give citizens
the same
postsecondary education benefits they offer to illegal aliens”;
Flaw No. 11: New visas are created for individuals who are prone to overstaying
their period of authorized admission – namely, the new “parent” visa, which
allows parents of citizens, and the spouses and children of new temporary
workers, to visit a worker in the United States. Not only is this term “a
misnomer, but also an
invitation for high rates of visa overstays” because it “specifically allows the
spouse and children of new temporary workers who intend to abandon their
residence in a foreign country, to qualify to come to the U.S. to ‘visit.’” To
obtain the visa, one must only post a $1,000 bond, “which will be forfeited
when, not if,
family members of new temporary workers decide to overstay their 30 day visit.
Workers should travel to their home countries to visit their families, not the
other way around”;
Flaw No. 12: To be granted amnesty, illegal aliens need not pay back income
taxes;
Flaw No. 13: Social Security credits for work done while in the United States
illegally will be granted to “[a>liens who came to the U.S. on legal visas, but
overstayed their visas and have been working in the U.S. for years, as well as
illegal aliens who apply for Z visa status but do not qualify”; and
Flaw No. 14: “The criminal fines an illegal alien is required to pay to receive
amnesty are less than the bill’s criminal fines for paperwork violations
committed by U.S. citizens, and can be paid by installment,” which means that
“the fine for illegally entering, using false documents to work, one-tenth
the fine for a
paperwork violation committed by a government official.”
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