Speech #1100055578

And as for the muchpublicized background checks that amnesty seekers are supposed to have. the background checks are going to happen on those people applying for citizenship. The background checks are going to happen after legal status has already been granted as a temporary status. a legal status that can be again renewed. Background checks are not reqiuired before the probationary visas are issued. And yes. you heard it correctly. legal status must be granted to an illegal alien within 24 hours of that illegal alien making application. Even if the alien has not passed all of the appropriate background checks. within 24 hours. the Department of Homeland Security has to grant him legal status. a "probationary visa" which can go on forever. Can you imagine the criminals. the carriers of communicable diseases. the dregs of other societies. who will obtain a legal right to live and work in the United States because of this loophole? How about the gang who flew planes into the World Trade Center? How about the terrorists. would they have been granted legal status immediately by this bill? Many of them of course were here illegally. They had overstayed their visas. The answer is yes. they would have made legal status almost immediately. It is insanity. And a final burst of insanity. illegals who have been ordered deported by a United States court already. and the court has ordered them to be deported because they are not here legally. those people already under court order to be deported. will be eligible for this amnesty. for this legalization of their status. Now listen to this carefully. Illegals who have been through the courts and are under court order to leave the United States. can apply for amnesty. Almost 636.000 aliens are in this country in defiance of a court order to leave. All of them can now apply to stay here under this bill. They will be given a temporary visa. a "probationary visa." that can be renewed. Talk about teaching a disrespect for law. Does a court order mean nothing?