Harry Reid is warning lawmakers to be ready for weekend votes on the Amnesty Bill. Supporters of the Amnesty Bill might have a trick up their sleeve as well.
Under the tentative plan, Reid as early as Friday would launch his target – an amendment encompassing all 22 proposals – and shoot it into its component pieces. The Senate would then vote on ending debate on the immigration measure, which would take 60 votes and limit discussion of the bill to 30 more hours. After that interval, all 22 amendments would have to be voted on, with little opportunity for foes to interfere.
Our government still hasn’t built the fence authorized in the Secure Fence Act of 2006 and they keep waiving the Real I.D. Act of 2005, so what makes them believe we should trust them now? Until they start enforcing our current laws, how can they guarantee they will fund, let alone implement, any of the triggers defined in the Amnesty Bill?
NumbersUSA has a petition to send a message to Trent Lott. If you’re from Mississippi, you may want to sign it.
Mike sends an open letter to Senator Lindsey Graham.
Enforcement is at the heart of concerns shared by those who oppose this bill as it currently stands. How many years now have we talked about border security and yet many of us ask “Where’s the Fence” required by previous legislation to protect our Southern border? If the Senate cannot show a seriousness for border security which previously passed legislation requires, how can we put trust in promises made under this bill?
Speaking of Lindsey Graham, he says,
We’re not forgiving anybody. We’re saying you stay here on our terms. You learn English. You learn civics. Your’e going to stay here on our terms. You pay taxes.
He fails to mention that “our terms” include the new Z-Visa and no one will be required to learn English, learn civics, pay taxes, or any of the other requirements. If you’re against this bill, for any reason, he also thinks you’re a bigot.
Over at Political Mavens, Arnold asks,
If you came to this country illegally, and could get a “Z visa” which allows you to stay indefinitely, why would you continue the process of becoming a citizen which might require paying a fine and back taxes, learning English, and staying employed?
Illegal immigrants have so much respect for our country, that we will be paying $62.9 million for cleaning up all if the litter and pollution damage along the border of Arizona. That doesn’t include the cost of fighting the fires they are setting as diversions, or the cost of the land they are being awarded when citizens of our country actually try to stop them from crossing the border.
John Hawkins stresses a couple of points when comparing the 1986 amnesty and the current Amnesty Bill. Remember, he also has the Payback Project set up, just in case.
Somehow I don’t feel comfortable with the fact that Ted Kennedy has started admiring President Bush and joking that he is his new best friend. It just give me the creeps.
Kennedy called President George Bush’s support of the bill “courageous” and said he hoped to take up debate in the Senate later this week and through the weekend.
“I’m going to be working together with my new best friend,” Kennedy joked of Bush.
As the Senate returns to the Amnesty debate, we must remember the impact that illegal immigration has made on our country, and fight the provisions at the very heart of the Amnesty Bill.
Unless your senators hear from you, they won’t know how you feel about the Amnesty Bill. Please, take a moment out of your day to contact your senators or send them a fax. Urge them to oppose this measure and support enforcing our current immigration laws. When you’re done calling them, call the National Republican Senatorial Committee at (202) 675-6000 and let them know you won’t support the reelection of any senator who votes for this bill. Then call the Republican National Committee at (202) 863-8500 (option 1) and tell them the same thing. You should also contact the White House and tell the President that, as an American, you do, in fact, know what’s right for America.
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Pingback by The Thomas Chronicles » The Wild Wild Border on Jun 19th, 2007 @ 15:42
Why does the President want amnesty for all the illegals in this country? What does Mexico possess (besides a source of cheap labor) that Bush’s Texas power structure covets?
Could the answer to both of these questions be the same: OIL
If liberals are willing to proclaim that Bush went to war in Iraq for oil, why would they not think that he is willing to allow millions of illegal Mexicans to become legal American citizens in order to obtain access to Mexico’s oil?
Mexico’s government has used the profits from its oil to prop up its corrupt system and thus does not have the money to invest in oil exploration. Where could Mexico get the required funding to explore for future sources of oil?
What if America’s oil industry was allowed by the Mexican government to “invest” in oil exploration in Mexico and share in the profits with the Mexican government in exchange for amnesty for illegal Mexican?
I have not read any articles supporting this possibility nor have I read of any evidence of this “cooperation” so I only raise the question for discussion.
Comment by Gary Clark on Jun 19th, 2007 @ 16:53