Sunday, May 20, 2007

Hugh Hewitt - 1

Hugh Hewitt:

"Translation: Except for those illegal aliens qualifying under Section 601(h),
no illegal aliens can obtain new status until the Secretary of Homeland Security
sends the president and Congress a letter saying all triggers have been met.
The proposed bill goes on to detail the triggers which include the hiring of
Border Patrol agents until 18,000 are on staff, the construction of at least 200
miles of vehicular barriers and 360 miles of fencing, the end of 'catch and
return,' the establishment and use of new enforcement tools designed to keep
illegals from working, and the processing of applications of aliens for Z
status."


While this sounds good on the face of it that no action would be taken on the status of immigrants already in the country until key changes are made. The truth of the matter is that the gateway that is described here to sound like a garden gate that will allow a few to be given an accepted status before the triggers are met is actually a gap that will undermine the triggers and any move to take action on them. While those who are given an accepted status under this bill will not be given citizenship until the triggers are met. With little political motivation to attain the goals it will take years for them to be met, if they are ever met. During that time this group is neither legal or illegal, a limbo that only grants them the right to stay and little other rights, becoming an underclass by definition.

I think this is a weak bill and should not pass. Either you give them the rights of citizens, which they have not earned, or send them home.

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