Did you know that the most recent Iraq funding bill has a provision for illegals amnesty? 100 pages (ONE HUNDRED PAGES!!) of text attempting to give illegals amnesty!!!
These sons of bitches just don’t give up, do they?
“There were no hearings on it and nobody had any idea that this was about to happen,” Sessions said from his Capitol Hill office.
His staff had a late night analyzing the 101-page provision that would allow certain agricultural workers to stay in the country legally, and when Sessions came to work the next day, he was back in fiery form as lead critic of any new program that doesn’t cut down on the number of border crossers…
… At issue was an amendment giving temporary legal status to those who can prove they’ve been working on U.S. farms in the past two years, pay a fine, and continue to work at least 100 days a year over the next five years.
“This amendment provides a consistent, stable workforce for an industry that depends almost exclusively on undocumented labor – agriculture,” said sponsor Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. She and fellow sponsor, Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, called it an emergency measure to keep planters, pickers, pruners and packers on the job. The number receiving the special status would be capped at 1.35 million, according to Craig’s office.
Although similar to a plan that was in the failed immigration reform legislation last year, it had one key difference – a five-year expiration date. In response, the Senate Appropriations Committee agreed by a 17-12 vote to add it to the war funding bill.
The expiration date did not assuage Sessions. He figures the 1.35 million workers who gain the temporary legal status would be joined by about 1.62 million of their relatives.
“What do you think will happen at the end of five years? Is anybody going to ask them to go back home?” Sessions asked.
For this we can thank asshats like Juan MexiCain and Jorge Arbusto.
In what may be considered a small bit of good news, there are 10 Senators with balls who drafted a letter to Harry Reid decrying this abuse.
Dear Majority Leader Reid:
We write to express disappointment that the Senate Appropriations Committee chose to include in the War Supplemental more than 100 pages of immigration language that would grant legal status to more than one million illegal alien agricultural workers and their families. We urge you to remove these controversial provisions from the bill so we can enact essential funding for our troops without delay. If these provisions remain in the bill, you can expect a vigorous debate on immigration policy.
Senator Inhofe has a website where you can sign a petition denouncing this foul play.
Meanwhile, in Arkansas we have that state’s governor not supporting a provision in a bill that requires anyone requesting government services prove they are legal residents.
Gov. Mike Beebe says that he “cannot support” a ballot measure that would require government agencies to verify that everybody seeking public benefits in the state is a legal U.S. resident.Governor Mike Beebe says that he opposes a ballot measure that would require government agencies to verify that everybody seeking public benefits in the state is a legal U.S. resident. . . .
A group called Secure Arkansas is gathering signatures to place the proposal on the November ballot. . . .Jeannie Burlsworth, a chairwoman for Secure Arkansas, says she disagrees with the governor and believes the measure would help strengthen existing law. She said she was disappointed that Beebe was unwilling to lead on the issue of illegal immigration. She said a government agency asking for proof of citizenship is not increased bureaucracy, it’s just common sense.
