The following causes much concern for me. I am against this bill and wanted to get feed back from members that have an opinion.
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There can be no doubt as to why the supporters of Amnesty want this pushed through so quickly; it is to avoid the drawn out publicity and public debate that would allow the majority of Americans to speak out against it.

This bill will provide, along with massive Amnesty for 12 to 20 million illegal immigrants:

A permanent “temporary” visa—called the z visa-- that can be renewed every four years for the life of the holder. The visa will allow the holder to work, attend college, or travel abroad and re-enter, it will even give them access to welfare and Social Security benefits. NOTE: A law-abiding alien with a normal nonimmigrant visa would surely desire this privileged status, but it is ONLY available to illegal immigrants. Can that be considered anything less than a reward for breaking our laws?
Weak background checks—the government will be given ONE business day to conduct the check, whether the illegal is a terrorist or criminal. The burden is put on the government to find a reason NOT to grant the visa, once that day passes, the illegal immigrant is granted a six-month probationary z visa- which as mentioned, provides much freedom and many benefits—a terrorist can accomplish a lot in six months!
Amnesty for fugitives who have been ordered deported by an immigration judge but chose to ignore those orders. More than 636,000 such fugitives are in this country now, having defied the law twice: once when they broke U.S. immigration laws and again when they ignored the orders of the immigration courts. WOW! Crime really does pay, doesn’t it?
Amnesty for Gang Members. You read that right! And what could possibly be the justification for this provision? To qualify for amnesty, all a gang member would need to do is note his gang membership and sign a "renunciation of gang affiliation."

Tuition Subsidies for Illegal Aliens: The Senate bill incorporates the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act). The DREAM Act effectively repeals a 1996 federal law that prohibits any state from offering in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens unless the state also offers in-state tuition rates to all U.S. citizens. Illegal aliens would receive a taxpayer subsidy worth tens of thousands of dollars and would be treated better than U.S. citizens from out of state-- who must pay three to four times as much to attend college.
Taxpayer-Funded Lawyers for Illegal Aliens; the bill would allow millions of illegal aliens who work in agriculture to receive free legal services. Every illegal alien working in the agricultural sector would have access to an immigration attorney to argue his case through the immigration courts and federal courts of appeals—all at taxpayer expense. Think of the cost to taxpayers in just a year’s time!
It isn’t hard to see why they want to avoid public debate on this bill—these provisions are impossible to defend. They will endanger us all and cost taxpayers billions while endangering Social Security as well as other welfare programs.

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