A Dream Act primer
I received a one page primer from Numbers USA on the DREAM act, which is nothing more than a huge amnesty plan disguised as a plan to help innocent illegal alien children who were duped into coming to this country by their wicked parents.
The DREAM Act has been reintroduced in both the House (H.R. 1751, by Rep. Howard
Berman (D-CA)) and the Senate (S. 729, by Sen. Dick Durban (D-IL). Several cosponsors of the
legislation have referred to the DREAM Act as a “narrow” proposal to deal only with the
children brought here illegally by their illegal-alien parents. Unfortunately, the facts belie that
claim. Here are the essentials of what the bills would do:
• They retroactively repeal the federal ban on in-state tuition for illegal aliens, so individual
states would decide whether to grant this subsidy to illegal aliens at the expense of U.S.
citizens and legal residents.
• They require DHS to award amnesty to every illegal alien claiming to meet minimal
criteria: 1) present in the U.S. for the last five years; 2) a U.S. high school diploma or GED,
or admitted to a U.S. institution of higher learning; and 3) of “good moral character” with
no more than 2 misdemeanor convictions.
o The Senate version also requires that amnesty applicants be under 35 years of age and
not be subject to a final order of removal or exclusion.
o Neither version requires specific documentation or other proof that amnesty applicants
actually meet these minimal criteria.
• Once an alien files an amnesty application, he or she cannot be removed from the United
States for any reason until the application is fully processed and a final decision to grant or
deny amnesty has been made.
• All amnesty applications go to the front of the line for processing, thus bypassing millions
of people around the world who have applied to come to the United States the right way.
• In order to deny any amnesty application, the federal government has the burden of
proving an illegal alien’s ineligibility for amnesty.
• There are no numerical limits to the amnesty and there’s no end date for the application
process.
• Amnestied aliens are required to complete two years of college or military service during
their first six years of legal residence, but DHS can waive the requirement or grant
additional time to comply for those who do not.
• At the end of the six years, amnestied aliens can apply for citizenship and petition to bring
their extended relatives—including the parents who brought them here illegally—to the
United States.
• Amnesty beneficiaries are eligible for certain federal student loans and work-study
programs.
Note that some of the “children” are 35 years old! Also, as I wrote before, the illegals merely have to self-certify that they comply with the requirements. Just by applying they cannot be deported afterward for any reason. Their application is renewable infinitely. The only way their claim can be denied is by a full FBI investigation. Like that’s going to happen. It is the simplest conduit to chain migration. After 6 years they may apply to bring in the rest of the family.
Please go to the above link and sign up for NumbersUSA updates. They give you the ability to fax, write or phone your representatives on matters of illegal immigration. Remember, in 2007 when they were trying to ram amnesty down our throats? The outrage expressed by people like us, via the good folks at NumbersUSA, is what helped tip the balance in favor of common sense.
You have the power to make a difference, use it!
Update:
Michelle Malkin opines on another good reason for secure borders. The prevention of the spread of contagious diseases. The sad part is; no matter what the problem, whether drugs, human-trafficking, terrorism or disease containment, the answer, to the powers that be, is never a more secure border. There are none so blind…
April 25, 2009
Tags: DREAM act, NumbersUSA Posted in: Illegal Immigration, Uncategorized
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