Speech #1100051565

Give it and they will come. Surprise. surprise. Now the outoftouch elite has introduced yet another piece of legislation. this socalled comprehensive reform bill that they claim will fix our illegal immigration crisis once and for all. Of course. this is a crisis they created. They are trumpeting the supposedly new enforcement measures and security measures that will be initiated in this bill. the border fence. new agents. new employer sanctions. if only we will swallow hard and give amnesty to those lawbreakers who are already here. Like Lucy holding out the football for Charlie Brown to kick. the bill is yet another effort to trick us. Its an illusion. a scam that will make things worse. not better. The Senate legislation now being touted by Senator KENNEDY and a few Republican Senators immediately legalizes the status of 15 to 20 million illegals. while offering more border control. yes. fences and Border Patrol agents and such. as sweeteners aimed at getting us to accept this deal. But weve already passed legislation addressing border security. Its already into law. Its already against the law. for example. to hire illegals. Weve already mandated a stronger fence and more Border Patrol agents. So. in reality. this legislation isnt about those other things which theyre trying to get us to support the legislation about. this is only about legalizing the status of 15 to 20 million illegals and then finding new ways to get more immigrants into our country. It has nothing to do with controlling the flow of illegals and controlling the flow of immigrants into our country. as much as it is expanding the number of immigrants. legal and illegal. coming into our country. In such situations as we find ourselves in today with this legislation. its fashionable on Capitol Hill to say "the devil is in the details". And this bill has enough demons to open up a whole new level of hell. Lets start. first and foremost. with the most obvious lie. the claim that this bill does not give amnesty to illegal aliens. President Bush has done great damage to his credibility by playing such word games. My friends. the first thing this bill does is legalize 15 to 20 million people who now illegally reside in our country. I dont care what the President calls it. it immediately legalizes the status of millions who are here illegally. Under the proposed legislation. this amnesty. and thats exactly what it is. is now called a probationary Z visa. Upon passage of this bill. every illegal alien who can claim they were here in the United States by January 1 of 2007 can apply for a probationary Z visa that grants them immediate legal status to be in the United States. Listen carefully. Immediately upon this bills passage. there is no waiting for triggers or clarification or bureaucratic benchmarks. their status is immediately legalized. It is very straightforward. These probationary visas are available immediately upon the passage of this bill. 15 or 20 million illegals immediately legalized in their status here. What message does this send to the 100 million or so people who are waiting overseas? The 15 to 20 million newly legalized immigrants will be quickly followed by 50 to 100 million more illegals flooding our system beyond the point of return. If we let that happen. this will be a catastrophic event of historic proportions. More importantly. for the American people. it will be a calamity for their communities and for their families. According to this socalled immigration reform bill. how does an illegal become legal? Well. first of all. he temporarily. right off the bat. becomes legal once this bill passes. Very simple.. if he wants to make himself legal. then beyond that. he or she walks in and applies.