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LEGISLATIVE ALERT: AMNESTY
By Michael Connelly
MichaelConnelly.Viviti.com
Posted
September 19, 2010
Two new things are happening in the effort by the Obama Administration to grant
amnesty to millions of illegal aliens that have invaded our country. First, as
early as Tuesday, Sep. 21st, Harry Reid is going to try and attach
the so called “Dream Act” to the Defense Authorization Act which comes up every
year to authorize the military to continue operations. The Dream Act is a back
door amnesty plan that would legalize several million people. The version that
Reid will attach will apparently grant amnesty to illegals who entered the
country as minors, graduated from high school or obtained a GED, and are
enrolled or plan to enroll in college.
They will be granted access to student loans from the Federal government and
then be granted permanent resident status upon completing two years of college.
The Act also authorizes states to grant them the right to be given the benefit
of the reduced tuition to state colleges for state residents while still denying
the same break to American citizens who are from a state outside of the one
where they want to attend college. In other words, an illegal immigrant from
Mexico or some other country who lives in California will be allowed to attend a
California university for less than an American citizen who lives in Arizona.
This is a violation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution.
In addition, the Act also allows the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive the
college attendance requirement in the case of “hardship.” Once they reach the
age of 21 those who have been granted amnesty under this law could petition to
have their relatives enter the country. Harry Reid is counting on forcing
Senators who oppose amnesty to vote in favor of this amendment or have the
Defense Authorization Bill defeated and potential harm our military. Of course,
since Reid is in a tight Senate race in Nevada where there are many illegal
immigrants he hopes that by passing this he will influence more Hispanic voters
to cast ballots for him in November, and he is willing to hold the brave men and
women in the military hostage to further his own political career.
I believe this to be part of a two pronged attack by the Obama Administration.
In the last few days, a memo has been leaked from the Department of Homeland
Security that discusses the granting of amnesty to illegal aliens by issuing a
Presidential Executive Order that would bypass Congress. The President has no
Constitutional authority to do this since Congress is given the authority in the
Constitution to set Federal immigration policy. It is probable that if the Dream
Act is passed Obama will issue such an order to cover the millions of other
illegals in the country. This will be done despite the fact that the vast
majority of Americans oppose amnesty in any form.
Remember, in the last few months the Obama administration has ordered the Border
Patrol not to detain anyone entering the country illegally unless they are
suspected terrorists or drug smugglers, ordered thousands of deportation cases
against arrested illegals dropped by the Federal government, and joined with
foreign governments to block the state of Arizona from enforcing any immigration
laws. All of this has resulted in parts of Arizona being almost completely under
the control of Mexican drug cartels. We have a President of the United States
who is openly and brazenly violating his oath of office by supporting criminals
and foreign countries instead of the American people.
At this point, many Republican Senators and some Democrats have vowed to oppose
the Dream Act, but not enough. There are Senators in both parties that remain
uncommitted. Here is a link to the
Numbers USA
website where you can find out who these Senators are. I urge everyone to
immediately contact both of their Senators and urge them to oppose this amnesty
plan.