D.A. King
The related trickery, pandering, maneuvering and name calling in the senate are scheduled to start today.
Unsurprisingly, the mainstream media is doing a partial job of telling the American people what the amnesty legislation really entails.
Constantly spun as a legalization for “young people who should not be punished for what their parents did” (violate American immigration laws) the amnesty could legalize two million illegal aliens up to age 35. And then, allow them to sponsor their parents — who brought them here illegally — for U.S. citizenship, as well as extended relatives.
The Dream Act amnesty would retroactively repeal the federal ban on in-state tuition for illegal aliens, so individual states could grant this subsidy at the expense of U.S. citizens and legal residents. Put another way, if the Democrats were to be successful in finding the votes for this amnesty bill, an American citizen or a real immigrant whose family obeyed American laws and joined the American family that silly, old-fashioned legal way, would pay the higher out of state tuition rates while illegal aliens pay less to attend American universities
The Dream Act amnesty would punish legal immigrants for what their parents did not do … ignore our laws and steal American jobs.
Some more inconvenient truth that won’t make it to the front pages or CNN from the well-respected and influential pro-American immigration experts at Washington-based NumbersUSA.com:
The Dream Act amnesty “would require DHS to award amnesty to every illegal alien claiming to meet minimal criteria: 1) present in the U.S. for the last five years; 2) a U.S. high school diploma or GED, or admitted to a U.S. institution of higher learning; and 3) of “good moral character” with no more than 2 misdemeanor convictions.”
Neither the House nor Senate versions require specific documentation or other proof that amnesty applicants actually meet minimal criteria. Once an alien files an amnesty application, they cannot be removed from the United States for any reason until the application is fully processed and a final decision on amnesty has been made.
More from the NumbersUSA fact sheet:
“All amnesty applications go to the front of the line for processing, thus bypassing millions of people around the world who have applied to come to the United States the right way.”
“In order to deny any amnesty application, the federal government has the burden of proving an illegal alien’s ineligibility for amnesty.”
“There are no numerical limits to the amnesty and there’s no end date for the application process.
Amnestied aliens are required to complete two years of college or military service during their first six years of legal residence, but DHS can waive the requirement or grant additional time to comply for those who do not.”
“Amnesty beneficiaries are eligible for certain federal student loans and work-study programs.”
The internet is sizzling with pleas for calls to the senate supporting the latest legalization scheme from such anti-enforcement groups as the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the National Council of La Raza (“The Race”) and the rest of the usual suspects in the open borders industry.
The Hispanderer-in-Chief, Barack Obama, has publicly pledged his support for the amnesty bill.
Listeners to last week’s White House conference call with supporters on Dream Act strategy heard “…there are a lot of hurdles before final passage. The Administration and the Senate leadership are all united to maximize the vote. If you look at other bills over the last 28 months, not all of the Democrats voted with the President. Some won’t support this now so we will probably need a number, probably a small number, but a number of Republican votes. We are in a very tough environment. There are lots of ways for Senators to make excuses because it’s a complex debate about a lot of issues. The DREAM Act is not the only controversial thing on this bill. We have a lot of work ahead of us in order to be successful, but the Administration’s commitment is very strong.”
This amnesty legislation should be stopped.
D.A. King, a nationally recognized authority on illegal immigration is president of the Cobb-based Dustin Inman Society. On the Web: www.TheDustinInmanSociety.org
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Do you find yourself repeating the same silly points that Jerry Gonzalez taught you to be tiring? (we do). Can you just admit that you HATE American borders and immigration laws? And that you will always welcome all illegals no matter if there were another amnesty?
Rich...you are not smart.
But:
I do not support illegal immigration. I think the border should be enforced. I support 385b, a necessary tool for deportation of the most injurious illegal immigrants, especially drunk drivers and other criminals.
I do not support the rhetoric of Mr Gonzales, or La Raza. I did not refer to the senators as demagogues.
MK, I use this pseudonym because three guys in a truck came to my house, (after previous letters in the paper) drove up on the lawn, and piled out and threatened me with shovels and such. Fortunately I was not alone, in fact there were a bunch of neighbors around and no harm was done. But it was scary enough.
I DO say that it unlikely that we will massively deport, and so what other public policies are available? Are any better than assimilation?
All I'm saying is that my reasoning is sound policy and nothing you have written, true as much of it is, contradicts my actual assertion that this is the best policy available. All that other stuff, i never said.
Thanks.
Seen unemployment lately? Seen the cost of carrying the illegals that take our jobs and lower our wages? El Paso, por favor...go to El Paso. Is Mexico racist for deporting illegals El Paso? hahahahaahaha You must be one miserable open borders nut these days...si?
We are against illegals invading our country.
Come to my home and see that we have lost our state to Mexico and that the illegals hate us, even me, because we are Americans and they think we stole their country. These people are crazy and you in Georgia who support them will see soon enough.
This thread will go far and wide to display how cowardly some of the people are in Georgia. D.A. King is a hero nationwide and it is somewhat funny to read these attacks, but not unusual. VIVA LA MIGRA! NO AMNESTY EVER AGAIN!
Azil, occupied Los Angeles California, USA
As he says, we have proven that enforcement drives the illegals out. What we need to do is actually enforce the law. While it is nice of otter to admit the real number of illegal aliens is closer to 20 million that 11 million, it is important to remember that we can make many of the illegals self deport if we find someone to actually enforce the law. Again, as King says: "like they do in Mexico".
For racist demagogues, see the hate-filled Jerry Gonzalez and the La Raza mob. GO D.A.!
Lets at least deport a million a year...20 years, poof....America again! Do it for our children.
I also note that the Dream Act went down the tubes again. The Senators who stopped it - again - are "opportunistic demagogues."
The lefties kill me.
Proud to stand w/ D.A.!
mary kirkedoll
Many of your supporters still talk about getting illegals "out of their country" but I think you and I both know that the deportation of 20 million people is not going to happen here.
Assuming no deportation of 20 million, should we then have large illegal populations with no pathway to legality?
Corporations want large populations of desperate illegals, we all understand why. But such people have no stake in the country. See the riots by the alienated around Paris France for a preview.
Certainly it is true that this Dream Act is unfair to legal immigrants, but this is outweighed by the public policy disaster that would ensue if each year we had more and more young uneducated, unassimilated latinos.
Schooling these children prevents this, as the kids assimilate because of the schools. English is their new language, and the dominant one. So I'm sorry, but your position is not a sound one for a responsible policy maker; but it is a pretty good position for an opportunistic demagogue.
ENFORCE THE LAW! NO AMNESTY
I want to thank the MDJ for publishing D.A. King's columns, they seem to be the only straight and complete info we get on the illegal immigration mess.
The Dream Act is an American nightmare. It is an amnesty for people here illegally up to 35 years old. A 35 year old American citizen is considered an adult.
Attaching this bill to the defense funding bill is just another of Harry Reid's underhanded tricks to push through an amnesty for illegal aliens when the American people are not looking.
We have millions of Americans who have lost their jobs and millions who have been displaced by illegal aliens in this state and in this country. We have American student who have graduated and are looking for jobs.
In this economy, we have all tightened our belts to the last notch and now we are tying knots in them which makes it simply ridiculous for our government representatives to even consider an amnesty for 12 to 20 million illegal aliens who have been not only taking jobs that American citizens need, seats in colleges that American students need but utilizing our government programs that are tax payer funded.
Stop the insanity, secure our borders and enforce our existing immigration laws.