One day for background checks?


This bill looks worse and worse. Where are OUR protections as citizens?
More immigration stuff, hopefully that ill-concieved bill will die soon, as should any legislation secretly created and rushed without deliberation.

This one is not all that surprising.

Fourteen illegal immigrants were arrested and face deportation after being picked up at an Idaho City hotel.

It happened late Tuesday night and now they're in the Ada County Jail.

The men were working for a contracted employee of the U.S. Forest Service.

They had been working for about 10 days, with one week left.

Pay close attention to that last sentence that I quoted. Then read this bit from the New York Post. Emphasis added.

1) To qualify for the Z-visa amnesty, an illegal alien need only have a job (or be the parent, spouse, or child of someone with a job) and come up with a scrap of paper suggesting he was in the country before Jan. 1 of this year. Any bank statement, pay stub, or similarly forgeable record will do.

Expect a mass influx unlike anything this country has seen before, once the 12-month period for accepting Z visa applications begins. These rules are an open invitation to sneak in and present a fraudulent piece of paper indicating that you were already here.

2) Supporters of the bill call the Z visa "temporary" - neglecting to mention that it can be renewed indefinitely until the visa holder dies. Thus, we have the country's first permanent temporary visa. On top of that, it's a super-visa - allowing the holder to work, attend college or do just about anything else.

Are you a law-abiding alien who's interested in switching to this privileged status? Sorry. Only illegal aliens can qualify.

3) Many criminals and terrorists will find it easy to get a Z visa. The bill allows the government only one day to conduct a so-called "background check" on the applicant. If the (already overstretched) feds can't find anything in that single day, the alien gets a probationary visa that lets him roam at will and seek employment legally.

Plainly, the bill's authors don't have a clue how the government maintains info on criminals and terrorists. It has no single, searchable database of all dangerous people. Much data exists only in paper records that can't be searched in 24 hours. Other information is held by foreign governments.

Now, before I get flamed into next week, I want to stress that most illegals present no danger. Ideally, we would have totally open borders with incentives to become citizens.

No, my problem is with the two tier system of law that treats known violent criminals exactly the same as other illegals, often excusing or overlooking crimes because it is politically expedient. And my problem is with a system of law that grants special rights and privileges to those who have broken the law, over and beyond the rights of citizens.

What we have is a system that is tailor made for chaos and abuse.

Exactly as the politicos wanted.

Just to give you an idea, it takes longer in many states to run a background check for gun ownership than "one day."

Perhaps the biggest objection that I have is the inability of the FedGovs to enforce current law.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Fri - May 25, 2007 at 02:09 PM  Tag


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