Media Back Amnesty Bill
Media Monitor | By Andy Selepak | May 18, 2007
Beck continues that senators “are concluding that the citizens of their states just aren’t all that worked up about granting an amnesty.”
In order to counteract Big Media support for the amnesty-for-illegals bill, Congress needs to hear from the American people. The Washington Post, in an editorial, calls the Bush-Kennedy bill a “breakthrough.” Yet, by the admission of the White House, it commits the U.S. to finishing only 370 miles of the border fence. Rep. Duncan Hunter declared, “The Senate’s decision to blatantly ignore the Secure Fence Act signed into law last year and only require construction of 370 miles of fence, as opposed to the 854 miles mandated by the law, is a dramatic failure of this legislation. The San Diego border fence has proven that fencing works. The time has come to quickly implement the Secure Fence Act, not retreat from its mandates.” In the Republican debate, Hunter revealed, “I called up the other day, and they’ve done two miles of border fence.” Roy Beck, President of Numbers USA, warns, “Many senators are telling staffers and other senators that they are inclined to vote for the giant Kennedy/Bush amnesty bill (S. 1348)…because they say they have been surprised at how few phone calls of protest they’ve gotten during the last two months of highly-publicized negotiations to create the amnesty.” Beck continues that senators “are concluding that the citizens of their states just aren’t all that worked up about granting an amnesty. And they’re interpreting that as a green light to give corporations the huge new supplies of legal foreign labor they desire.” Beck believes that senators are counting the number of phone calls they receive to decide if they will approve the amnesty bill. The phone number for the Capitol Hill Operator is 202-224-3121. You can ask to be connected to your senators or congressman. Beck says the bill includes: - 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); - An increase in the number of green cards (for permanent settlement) by 20 million over the next 13 years. This means 30-35 million green cards in just the next 13 years! - Raising the number of green card holders in our communities from 25 million to 60 million in just the next 13 years! - Supposed “mandatory workplace verification” and 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; - A tripling of the rate of chain migration of extended family members from around 250,000 a year to around 750,000 a year for about a decade; - 400,000 temporary foreign workers each year, bringing their families and having “anchor babies” who will be given U.S. citizenship. Although the majority of Republican senators last year voted against the amnesty bill that passed, at the moment, according to Beck, the only Republican senators who can be counted on to oppose the new amnesty bill are DeMint (SC), Enzi (WY), Crapo (ID), Vitter (LA), Allard (CO), Sessions (AL), Chambliss (GA), and Grassley (IA). It will take 41 senators to block a vote on the bill. Right now there are only eight. On the House side, there is more reason for hope. Rep. Edward Royce, who has drawn attention to provisions in a House version of the bill that creates a North American Union of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, has denounced it as amnesty. Royce declared, “The Senate bill will provide amnesty to those here illegally, no matter how the senators ‘spin’ the issue. Amnesty failed in 1986, as it prompted a massive increase in illegal immigration with the anticipation of future clemency. Amnesty says that individuals need not respect our laws, it awards people who break the law and flout our sovereignty.” In terms of the financial costs, Royce says, “Perhaps the most staggering issue is the cost. Amnesty will cost the American taxpayer two-and-a-half trillion dollars. The true costs of this amnesty will slam taxpayers and endanger this country’s economy at a time when social security will face insolvency. When all the senators who played politics and passed this bill are gone, our Social Security system will be bankrupt. The Heritage Foundation recently released a report that analyzes what low-skilled households cost the U.S. taxpayer. For every dollar they pay in taxes they get three dollars in benefits. The drain on the U.S. economy will be unsustainable.” Rep. Hunter adds, “Amnesty is not the answer. Border enforcement must be first and it must be comprehensive. To do otherwise is to repeat the mistakes of the past. This Senate bill is bad for Americans, bad for our workers, bad for law enforcement and, most importantly, bad for national security. I will fight it.”
Andy Selepak, a writer at Accuracy in Media, is the author of the study, New Evidence of Liberal Media Bias, published as an AIM Report. He can be reached at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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I strongly believe in helping those in need as well. But I do think that we have enough of our own to take care of the way it is without opening our arms to every person that knows how to hop a fence and run fast…
Really i dont understand why UN is not helping Palestine? Today i have seen in news about 500 members killed in Israel Palestine war. Even United states is with Israel. This is really bad to hear that many civilians are dying between two contries.
We should have help those are in need. But no one is comming farward :(
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You don’t know that Bush is playing major game with Palestinians. Still 2days left for Barak Obama for president seat. We all europians expect that Obama may create peace in each and every country.
Hello zara, Still 13days left for obama to occupy his seat. Everyone knows that Bush is the main cause for Isreal Palestine war.
Just wait and see how Isreal is going to suffer. It was clearly written In Bible.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa — On his desk in Assembly Hall — which he set up on Friday, his first official day of work — Indiana athletic director Fred Glass has a two-page outline of things he’d like to accomplish first. “But I’m so obsessive about it,” he said Saturday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, where he watched the men’s basketball team lose 65-60 to Iowa, “that I’ve highlighted the things on that list that are most important to me.” Glass’ goals have not diverged from the ones he stated during his introduction on Oct. 29. After meeting with more than 140 people over the last two months, though, he now has a better idea of how he plans to ensure that Indiana once again becomes synonymous with NCAA rules compliance, continues a record of academic achievement and expands on its history of athletic excellence. “It was just an amazing experience,” he said. “And a luxury. I knew that during the last two months I would have an opportunity that I wouldn’t have again once I was dealing with the minutia of running the department.” Some meetings he went into with an agenda. He met with people at the NCAA to ask them about Indiana’s reputation at the league office (which he opted not to share publicly). He spoke with Big Ten officials to ask about best practices in compliance enforcement.
I really dont agree with amnesties… either you are legal or you are not.
Are we now going to allow illegal aliens to tell us what to do, and give them citizenship when they have already proven that they care little for our laws and regulation.
People should see what our Congress is doing to our country, with the help of the business complex. They reward the ones who ruin our economy by running businesses into the ground, by bailing them out with taxpayer money.
Our President, and some members of Congress, the media, and business, are trying to change our government to socialism. If we care anything at all about our type of government, and the Constitution that we have lived by, we had better prepare for a struggle. Obama warned us when the made speech in which he mentioned those who “hang onto their guns and their bible”. He doesn’t like the citizenry to be able to protect themselves, for it will interfere with his plans for the change he has talked about throughout his campaign.
Really its a interesting post, I always enjoy reading such posts which provides wonderful information.
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I think it’s a very interesting subject where everyone can have a different opinion. Personally i’m for the amnesty because it can permit a pause in many conflict !
Why doesn’t our Congress tell us just how much money they are spending on illegal aliens (Mexicans), and how much of our money the illegals are sending out of our country? While our economy is going down and down, they still give exorbitant sums to other countries. Watch TV news, read the newspaper, and see who gets the most attention. Other countries, such as Mexico, or the United States. Congress seems to think that when one is in debt up their ears, they should borrow more money to survive. Where will it end? And, even though we are apparently in dire straights, other countries are the ones Congress seems to worry about. If they have millions of dollars to give to places such as Palestine, can we really be so bad off? Or is that Congress just doesn’t care about their constituents>
Thanks for the wonderful insight. Very helpful.
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I do not want another huge amnesty for illegals. It is very difficult now to survive and I have grandchildren who are legal residents of America that will be hurt by another amnesty. Politicians who vote for such policies are not worthy to be called Americans. I believe in helping those in need, but not to the detriment of American citizens.