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To: KLP who wrote (163098)	4/7/2006 7:10:13 PM
From: Whitebeard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793800

The Senate is currently considering legislation that would, among other things, sell citizenship to illegal immigrants for the modest price of $2,000. All Americans should take offense. … Like the amnesty of 1986 which pardoned 3 million illegal immigrants, and the amnesty of the mid-1990s which legalized millions more, what historians will one day call the “Amnesty Act of 2006? promises to sanction, reward, and encourage more illegal behavior. Albert Einstein defined insanity as doing the same action over and over and expecting a different result. His words are applicable. … Our government’s first obligation is to protect and defend the American people and their Constitution. Yet our laws are flouted with contempt and our borders are mocked as irrelevant. The Senate’s response? Continue to reside in the country you entered illegally, pay some fines, and maybe learn some English before becoming an American citizen. Those who have waited in line to legally become citizens should continue to wait. This is unfair. America has always been and should remain a beacon for legal immigrants. … And the American people are justifiably upset. If this Senate immigration bill becomes law, the political consequences for Republicans will be almost as devastating as the policy implications would be for America. Fifty-six percent of Americans oppose granting temporary worker status to illegal immigrants. And 62 percent oppose easing the path to citizenship. Facing a tough election cycle this year, Republicans are not helping themselves by supporting a wildly unpopular and Democratic-crafted amnesty bill that is rejected by a majority of Americans and a supermajority of Republicans. Republicans are frittering away what could be their last opportunity to show leadership on a crucial national issue before November. They have been completely outmaneuvered. Instead of uniting the country around border security and splitting the Democratic coalition, Republicans have succeeded in dividing their own party and will soon unite the nation against their unpopular amnesty bill. -- PoliPundit