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To: Bill who wrote (59687)	6/8/2007 12:37:29 AM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the remedy for illegal residence deportation? If not, amnesty would be an appropriate term, wouldn't it?" You can't deport them if you can't find them. They certainly aren't going to come forward voluntarily and it is highly doubtful that more than a few xenophobic extremists would be pleased with the massive resources and brutal tactics it would take to remove them by force, never mind the economic fallout. The point is the proposed reform substitutes what amounts to a large fine for deportation. It doesn't forgive anything and it imposes several more practical and financial hurdles before any of them can even get in the end of the line for permanent residency. And before any of that can happen, it builds the damn fence you all want and finally makes it possible for employers to actually verify the immigration status of potential hires. Oh, and it raises substantial revenues to help pay for enforcement. Since the word "amnesty" means, according to my dictionary, "a general pardon for offenses" or "a forgetting or overlooking of any past offense", how the hell can anyone call the above amnesty except out of ignorance? As for your "reduced tax rate" claim, this is a long bill, so please be more specific. The word "tax" appears (in the only discussion draft I can find) a total of 18 times, but none of those sections say anything at all about reduced tax rates. Where do you see this?