‘It’s here: The Bush-Kennedy amnesty Report: Potential cost = $2.5 trillion Updated with GOP reax’ from Michelle Malkin.
The amnesty sellout arrives. Background at this post.
Lie of the day from Arlen “Illegal Alien Gold Card” Specter: “This will restore the rule of law.”
Bush called it “a much-needed solution to the problem of illegal immigration in this country” and said, if approved, the proposal “delivers an immigration system that is secure, productive, orderly and fair.”
Update: Reax from Sen. Jim DeMint…
“I hope we don’t take a thousand page bill written in secret and try to ram it through the Senate in a few days. This is a very important issue for America and we need time to debate it.”"But the little we do know about the bill is troubling. According to reports, the bill contains a new ‘Z-visa’ that allows those who entered our country illegally to stay here permanently without ever returning home. This rewards people who broke the law with permanent legal status, and puts them ahead of millions of law-abiding immigrants waiting to come to America. I don’t care how you try to spin it, this is amnesty.”
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Via Kate O’Beirne, Heritage Foundation scholar Robert Rector estimates the bill’s pricetag at a potential $2.5 trillion with a “t:”
Giving amnesty to illegal immigrants would increase the costs outlined in this testimony. Some 50 to 60 percent of illegal immigrants lack a high school degree. Granting amnesty or conditional amnesty to illegal immigrants would, overtime, increase their use of means-tested welfare, Social Security and Medicare. Fiscal costs would go up significantly in the short term but would go up dramatically after the amnesty recipient reached retirement. Based on my current research, I estimate that if all the current adult illegal immigrants in the U.S. were granted amnesty the net retirement costs to government (benefits minus taxes) could be over $2.5 trillion.
Excerpts from an e-mail bulletin by Roy Beck of NumbersUSA:
Although we don’t have the legislative language yet, here are the key components:WE LOSE — by getting an immediate amnesty for nearly all 12-20 million illegal aliens who will get legal status for residence and jobs (with assurance of green cards no later than 13 years).
IN EXCHANGE FOR — we get mandatory workplace verification and a lot of extra enforcement (with a lot of typical Kennedy loopholes) to try to slow the flow of the next 12 million illegal aliens enticed by the amnesty;
WE LOSE — by getting a tripling of the rate of chain migration of extended family from around 250,000 a year to around 750,000 a year for about a decade;
IN EXCHANGE FOR — after about a decade, there should be no more chain migration (assuming that Kennedy doesn’t add it back in by then);
WE LOSE — by getting new flows of 400,000 temporary foreign workers each year, bringing their families and having anchor babies who will be given U.S. citizenship;
IN EXCHANGE FOR — at least the temporary workers are supposed to leave and not be able to apply for greencards and permanent residency.
WHY THE REPUBLICANS ARE STAMPEDING TO BACK THIS AMNESTY
The majority of Republican Senators last year voted against the S. 2611 amnesty that passed.
But at a noon meeting today with nearly all GOP Senators, Sen. Kyl outlined the amnesty agreement he had negotiated with Sen. Kennedy. Our sources say only about three Senators raised concerns. Most of the rest were saying things like, “If you think this is a good idea, John, I guess that should be good enough for us.”
Pres. Bush and staff have been brilliant in moving Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Martinez (R-Fla.) into a more secondary role and persuading conservative leader Kyl to lead the negotiations. Kyl is able to lead many Senators to follow him who would otherwise not support an amnesty of any kind.
At the moment, the only Senators whom we feel relatively certain are opposing this new amnesty are Sen. DeMint (R-SC), Enzi (R-Wyo.), Crapo (R-Idaho), Vitter (R-La.), Allard (R-Colo.), Sessions (R-Ala.), Chambliss (R-Ga.), Grassley (R-Iowa)…
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NRO says “No to Bush-Kennedy:”
The 1986 immigration reform, with amnesty provisions that were implemented and enforcement provisions that weren’t, is instructive. But there is no need to hark back 20 years to illustrate the bad faith of “comprehensive” immigration reformers. Before last year’s elections, the Secure Fence Act, providing for the construction of a 700-mile fence at the southern border, handily passed Congress. In this week’s Republican presidential debate, Rep. Duncan Hunter, the fence bill’s House sponsor, angrily noted, “We have $1 billion cash on hand at the Department of Homeland Security right now for building the border fence. . . . They have done two miles. I think they want to drag their feet and hook this up with amnesty.” They do and they now have.The Bush administration’s price for its modestly beefed-up border security and workplace enforcement is amnesty for millions and a temporary-worker program for a few hundred thousand more each year. And the proposal’s conservative features vanish upon inspection.
Bush-Kennedy includes some enforcement “triggers” that increase resources at the border and establish an employment-verification program before amnesty or the new temporary-worker program can take effect. But there is no requirement that these measures be proved effective before the full implementation of Kennedy’s wish list, and the reform does not include critical provisions to prevent identity theft and the use of fraudulent documents. Granting amnesty to millions of illegal aliens without first securing the border and ensuring a reliable system of workplace enforcement invites millions of others to follow their example in the hope of being granted amnesty during the inevitable next round of immigration reform.
The proposal contemplates ending “chain migration” by extended family members in favor of a merit system based on needed skills ” eventually. The current waiting lists for family members must first be eliminated, and immigration advocates can be expected to aggressively lobby for the status quo. Tamar Jacoby is already arguing against moving to merit. Not even yahoos will be fooled by the bill’s empty promise.
Finally, the enormous cost of granting legal status to millions of illegal aliens is being wholly ignored. Nearly two-thirds of illegal immigrants are low-skilled workers. Based on a detailed analysis of the net cost of low-skill households, Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation estimates that the typical illegal-alien household receives $19,588 more in benefits than it pays in taxes each year. He explains that these costs would increase dramatically when an illegal alien reached retirement. Rector estimates that if all current illegal aliens were granted amnesty, the net retirement costs (benefits minus taxes) could be over $2.5 trillion.
As bad as the status quo on immigration policy is, it is preferable to this bill.
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Rep. Steve King: “Each one of these Senators should wear a scarlet letter ‘A’ for amnesty.”
HotAir has: Breaking: Bush, Senate leaders reach immigration agreement; Update: “I don’t care how you try to spin it, this is amnesty”
Others blogging:
- Michelle Malkin
- Captain’s Quarters
- Conservative Blogger
- GOP raises White Flag on Immigration, RIP America? | The Texas Blog
- Graham, DeMint on immigration deal » The Palmetto Scoop
- Ed Driscoll.com
- Mark Nicodemo
- BizzyBlog » ¿descanse en la paz, los Estados Unitos?
- No Runny Eggs » Blog Archive » R.I.P. United States of America (1789-2007)
- Ace of Spades HQ
- BETRAYED (AGAIN)Â
- GOP raises White Flag on Immigration, RIPÂ America?Â
- Senate and President To Grant Amnesty to 15 million Illegal ImmigrantsÂ
- 2007.05.17 Immigration Sellout RoundupÂ
- Immigration D�j� VuÂ
- Senate Sells Out on Amnesty For Illegal ImmigrantsÂ
- Bend Over, Senators Screw Legal AmericansÂ
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In 1948, Israeli Jews were forced off their lands in front of the Arab final solution. Only fools like you who are so quick to appease the real evil in the world refuse to see the facts.
Are you actually trying to describe the Arab-Israeli War? Again, read a book or two.
Also, you refuse to acknowledge that Israeli Jews were in the area first.
The modern state of Israel didn’t exist until the 1940s. It came into being as the result of a series of European mandates As for the policies that I’m not fond of: In 2005, Israel’s own interior minister Ophir Pines-Paz admitted that the country’s policy toward its Arab citizens has always been one of “institutional discrimination.” This is basically apartheid. I’m against it; unsurprisingly, given that you seem to be a horrible person, you support it (or maybe you’re just too ignorant to even know what it means).
You’ve shown no indication that you even understand what I mean by a two state option: big surprise.
Do you ever win an argument, PCD. Or do you always just embarass yourself.
AKD, Actually I’ve read several. As usual you pur out your opinion as fact. Israeli Jews occupied the west bank, the Gaza Strip and other lands outside the 1948 borders. You are the dolt that refuses to accept that.
I know there are Jews that don’t accept Zionism, too, as well as Reform Jews who reject orthodoxy because they don’t want to be burdened by following Jewish law.
You keep dodging and weaving, adding new subjects as you get pushed off others when your opinions are not accepted as fact, or you get called on changing facts to suit your position, like arguing artificaillay only after 1900. That is the hallmark of a weasel loser who has lost before and will continue to lose as long as you, AKD, can control the debate. Well, asshole, you can’t control it here. It is called the court of public opinion, not AKD’s kangaroo court of appeasement.
PCD,
you’re primary argument so far is that jews were in the Israel region a long time ago before any muslim (or christian) was. Well, regarding the fact that the jewish people/religion existed already some thousand years before Christ and it took yet another 700 years until Islam was “founded” it is not really difficult to assume that jewish people were present in that area (before anybody else). Also it is not unlikely that some of the muslims in Israel are descendants of converted jews who lived in the same region.
But I wonder why you take that as a reason to promote a jewish claim on the Israel region. The bible is the christian holy book. If it was ever used to promote some claim to people, then it would be “make the whole world christians -> banish all non-believers!”. So the only message you could see in the description of the pre-christian history would be, that this was the state it used to be- but no concept for the present or the future… (or are you a lukewarm christian believer
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The crusades and various other radical christian stupidities/cruelties were based upon such way of bible interpretation!
82. PCD. Still no arguments, huh? Sad.
How did this topic get from illegal aliens to the Jewish/Palestinian conflict?
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I mention that those immigrants which came to the US from my country during the independence war may have found the NRA
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Somebody mentioned on the Gun/NRA topic that it is nice in Israel that teachers may carry guns to prevent terror assaults
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I proposed that it was better to solve the cause of the situation than treating symptons
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Which led to the question what was the cause for the problems in Israel…
…PCD thinks, it is because those ignorant muslims refuse to read the Bible and its commonly accepted legal claims…
Matthias my people came here in 1635 some long before I know who married who and some are Native Americans going back 10,000 years the people who are coming here now hate this nation and love that so called third world life and ideals, Bush is one of the oligarchs families who have always hated the ideals of Laws under the bill of rights just look at his family and ask why he hates us so much. all of his boys are married into mexican oligarchs and third world ruler families and all hate our freedoms, the linega of bush is a history of total Treason and racism against all people.
Long Live the ideals of 1776 by the way Israel is part of the USA For political reason, the Muslims never played the game right so that Group will be removed, see people its all a game of evil doers.
Listen to Savage Nation.
when the rats sign the evil amnesty bill it will be the end of the USA Ask why? the system pigs want us to be just like any-other third world hell, so why fight in Iraq? why pay Tax’s why follow Laws? if the pigs think “We the People are nothing” why not start showing the pigs what we can do? but NO ONE of you will do anything but write and talk up the line BS, hey people it is the doonsday hell but most will start to act like its nothing and move on with your Mexican Friends! most of you will look at your kids and hope for the best until your kids are beaten to death in a school or raped for being a non Hispanic or not saying the right political line in school so get in line and say “yes”, to the evil doers in this low life government of drug dealers, and watch some more T.V. Show’s Its good for you to watch some nice fiction or listen to some political pig do a little fabrication it will help you in the end game. And may God help you all.
Are the last two posts intended to be serious?
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Hi Fred,
I am completely confused on what you want to tell me or which political pattern you might fit into (but that might be a language problem from my side).
However I saw your myspace-page and I liked it (Can somebody who refers to W.Shatner & Star Trek be completely bad/wrong?). If you weren’t there you had to be invented!!
Live long & prosper,
Matthias
PS: By the way… do you have the phone number of “Lillian”
90, Mattias, you are a P’Tok.
AKD, you are just a jerk who over estimates his own worth and debating value. You’ve offered nothing but conceit and arrogance. Go live your valueless lifestyle elsewhere.
91. PCD, I do wish that you’d get out of my country. As I’ve mentioned, uneducated morons like you are hurting America.
92, AKD, you arrogant ASS, it is not your country. Go to Zimbabwe. See first hand what your “solutions” bring about.
MATTHIAS Just pointing out the system is coming apart over this evil and insane plan of so called Amnesty its not about people it’s about evil doers making a world of total population enslavement of all people.
read Alex Jones listen to the savgae nation, but what the hell most people want to be inside the third world hell of total corruption, and it maybe fun to watch the fools do each other like dogs.
Watch HBO, “Bury my heart at wounded knee”, you may need the info on how to live inside a hispanic drug country being run by evil pigs from mexico city. we can only hope for a mass nuke attack that will end the take over before the drug dealers get WMD To use on each other drug kingdoms.
Enough with the name calling…
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