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Repeating Past Mistakes on Immigration
Friday,
May 17, 2013 11:59 AM
By: James Walsh
The
immigration reform bill being proposed by the U.S. Senate’s Gang of Eight
contains legislative excesses that could create an immigration-welfare complex.
If past
is prologue, one need only consider the failures of the 1965 Immigration and
Nationality Act (INA) and the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA).
Each bill required extensive hearings and legislative give-and-take before
final votes. Still on the books today, INA and IRCA are examples of flawed
legislation that provide cautionary tales for the U.S. Senate in its
deliberations.
Flawed
immigration legislation contributed to the following statistics: The Pew
Research Center reports that the poverty rate of immigrants is higher than that
of the native born. The Social Security Administration reports that Social
Security disability claims have reached 10.9 million, the largest ever.
In additon, the convicted Muslim known as the Times Square Terrorist said he
lied when swearing allegiance to the United States to gain U.S. citizenship. New
York City Council members want non-citizens to vote; and in Denver, Colorado, illegal aliens have filed a
discrimination lawsuit because Community College signs are printed only in
English.
In 1965,
the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) was part of President Lyndon
Johnson’s War on Poverty. By reducing immigrant flows from Northern Europe and
increasing flows from the Third World, supporters of the law argued that it
would correct past discrimination. The INA changed U.S. culture, education,
heritage, and welfare entitlement.
Regarding
the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), those of us present during
its gestation and passage know that the introduced social and welfare benefits
for illegal aliens continue today. Employer sanctions go unfulfilled, and the
border is far from secure.
To pass
IRCA, Democrats promised border security. The word “Control” in the law’s title
referred to “control of the border,” which two decades later has yet to happen.
Thus, more than 20 million illegal aliens now reside in the United States. IRCA
defined border security to include not only land and sea borders but also visa
overstays that today make up an estimated 40 percent of the illegal-alien
population.
One
Congress after another has amended the immigration laws, increasing the chaos.
Democrat and Republican administrations have given lip-service to border
enforcement.
After
President Ronald Reagan signed IRCA, illegal border crossings increased as did
visa overstays. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) tracked
foreign entries with INS Form I-94 to record non-immigrant arrivals and
departures. Today all foreign persons entering the country legally must file
I-94 forms and present a copy upon departure. Many visa entrants choose not to leave
— without consequence.
Between
1986 and 1990, the estimated 2.5 million illegal aliens granted amnesty by IRCA
were able to bring in family members under the INA “family unity” concept. This
provision increased welfare and educational costs billed to U.S. taxpayers. In
2006, National Public Radio stated that the INA “family unity” provision had
changed America demographically.
The
Senate’s proposed immigration reform includes “legalization” effective
immediately upon signing of the bill; thus all illegal aliens in the country
will become “legal.” Third-World immigrants, including those with little formal
education, tend to be street smart and information savvy, as demonstrated by
the wave of illegal aliens who arrived following passage of IRCA.
Just as Reagan amnesty became a magnet for illegal aliens, so may the Senate
bill. The Border Patrol chief recently testified
that apprehensions of illegal border crossers are up 13 percent in 2013.
The
leftist Center of American Progress recently stated that the Senate bill will
help “legalize” 32.5 million immigrants over the next decade. The bill proposes
that “legalized” immigrants will not be able to bring in family members, but
“family unity” could be introduced later as a “technical adjustment.” If parts
of immigration reform conflict with IRA or IRCA, the new law would take
precedence.
Missing
from immigration legislation over the past 50 years is a requirement that
illegal aliens granted amnesty/legalization must pass health examinations
required of legal immigrants. The proposed Senate bill has no such requirement.
The IRCA
Employee Verification section (Employer Sanctions) requires U.S. employers to
verify that a prospective employee is a U.S. citizen or a foreigner in legal
status. The federal government, however, has made little effort to enforce
employer sanctions.
Immigration
reform needs to include border security (not just a promise), employer
sanctions (not just a lick and a promise), and health examinations (absent in
IRA, IRCA, and the Senate proposal). Will taxpayers be picking up the tab for
the healthcare of indigent immigrants?
Will the
Obama administration, which contends that members of the global community have
a right to enter the United States, enforce border security and employer
sanctions? Will
taxpayers have to fund an immigration-welfare complex? Will the problems that
plague INA and IRCA cast a shadow over the 2013 immigration legislation? As
Yogi Berra said, “Déjà vu, all over again.”
James H. Walsh was associate general counsel with
the U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service from 1983
to 1994. Read more reports from James Walsh — Click
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THE OBAMA and LA RAZA
CONSPIRACY to Build the Democrat party with illegals, keep wages depressed with
more illegals, and destroy the GOP with even hordes of illegals!
While
DeMint says the Heritage Foundation is supportive of the concept of immigration
reform, he characterizes the current compromise as “blanket amnesty.”
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President Barack Obama and Mexico
Partner to Expand the LA RAZA MEXICAN WELFARE STATE in America through
"amnesty"
LOOTERS TO BUILD THE DEMS’ LA RAZA PARTY BASE of ILLEGALS.
Non-deportation rate drops — to 99.2 percent
The Washington Times
Saturday, May 18, 2013
The
Homeland Security Department has granted legal status to 99.2 percent of all
illegal immigrants who have applied under President Obama's new non-deportation
policy for young adults, according to the latest numbers released Friday.
The amnesty that
never ends
By Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) - 05/06/13 08:18 PM ET
Advocates for amnesty argue that the 11 million
immigrants in the country illegally should be legalized (but what if there are
40 million? What’s the math then?).
They claim we need to
bring illegal immigrants “out of the shadows.” But illegal immigrants are very
visible — they attend public schools, obtain health services at hospital
emergency rooms at taxpayer expense and even testify before Congress.
NEW DOCUMENTARY
ON THE THIRD-WORLD INVASION OF AMERICAN
THEYCOMETOAMERICA.com
THE SABOTAGE of the
AMERICAN BORDERS by PRESIDENT OBAMA to BUILD THE LA RAZA DEM PARTY BASE of
ILLEGALS and DESTROY the GOP WITH AMNESTY for 40 MILLION NEW UNREGISTERED DEMS
Byron York: What is the real
number of illegal border crossings?
President Barack Obama and Mexico Partner to Expand the LA RAZA
MEXICAN WELFARE STATE in America through "amnesty"
ANOTHER OBAMA HANDOUT TO ILLEGALS?
Moreover, the
Inspector General released a report last year showing that illegal aliens
received an astounding $4.2 billion in taxpayer dollars by claiming the ACTC in
2010.
Inspector
General: IRS Management Discouraged Employees from Discovering Illegal Alien
Tax Fraud
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration released a
report last week indicating that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) managers
discouraged their employees from detecting illegal alien tax fraud. (Fox News, Aug. 9, 2012)
THE OBAMA
and LA RAZA CONSPIRACY to Build the Democrat party with illegals, keep wages
depressed with more illegals, and destroy the GOP with even hordes of illegals!
While
DeMint says the Heritage Foundation is supportive of the concept of immigration
reform, he characterizes the current compromise as “blanket amnesty.”
SENATE
CAPITULATES to OBAMA and MEXICO’S DEMAND THAT AMNESTY INCLUDE OPEN and
UNDEFENDED BORDERS… The Mexican drug cartels and LA RAZA SUPREMACY PARTY endorse
the compromise
Senate Judiciary Committee Balks at Enforcement
Friday,
May 10, 2013, 9:32 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
AMNESTY… Legalizing Mexico’s Occupation and looting and
Obama’s Sabotage of Our Borders, Laws and American Culture… it will also be the
death of the GOP!
THE AMNESTY HOAX…. It’s nothing more than legalizing 40
million Mexican invaders and looters and calling them UNREGISTERED DEMS!
THE AMNESTY HOAX is devised to avoid E-VERIFY to help ease
more illegals into our jobs to keep wages depressed.
THE AMNESTY HOAX will be simply a continuation of Obama’s war
on the American worker, LA RAZA rights over American’s and OPEN BORDERS.
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