Posted by Jon Fleischman at 12:00 am on Jun 25, 2007 Comments Off on Of course the President’s Immigration Bill is Amnesty
Once again, today, I had someone try to tell me that the
President’s proposal to grant amnesty to the millions of criminal
aliens here in America is actually NOT amnesty.
According to the latest White House propaganda sheet on the
Bush/Kennedy package, they make the following case as to why the
proposal is not amnesty:
This
Proposal Is Not Amnesty Because Illegal Workers Must Acknowledge
That They Broke The Law, Pay A $1,000 Fine, And Undergo Criminal
Background Checks To Obtain A Z Visa. To apply for a green
card at a date years into the future, Z visa workers must wait in
line behind those who applied lawfully, pay an additional $4,000
fine, complete accelerated English and civics requirements, and
compete in the merit system based on the skills and attributes they
will bring to the United States.
Apparently the folks at the White House aren’t familiar with the
term proportional
justice, which essential says, "Let the punishment fit the
crime."
It would seem that the President and supporters of… Read More