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> The Aiding and Abetting U.S. Senate (treason at the highest levels)!
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> "Harbin" > wrote in message
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> > http://www.alipac.us/article-1242-thread-1-0.html
> > AMNESTY FOR EMPLOYERS
> >
> > Among those who will be cleared of past crimes under the Senate's
proposed
> > immigration-reform bill would be the businesses that have employed the
> > estimated 10 million illegal aliens eligible for citizenship and that
> > provided the very "magnet" that drew them here in the first place.
> >
> > Topics: illegal immigration, employers, Senate, Congress, fines,
> > penalties, statute of limitations, aiding illegals, Guest Worker,
> > temporary worker, Bush administration
> >
> > By Charles Hurt
> > THE WASHINGTON TIMES
> > Published May 22, 2006
> >
> > Buried in the more than 600 pages of legislation is a section titled
> > "Employer Protections," which states: "Employers of aliens applying for
> > adjustment of status under this section shall not be subject to civil
and
> > criminal tax liability relating directly to the employment of such
alien."
> >
> > Supporters of the legislation insist that such provisions do not amount
to
> > "amnesty."
> >
> > "The legislation we are considering today is not amnesty," Senate
> > Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said last week. "That is a
> > pejorative term, really a smear term used to denigrate the efforts at
> > comprehensive immigration reform. This is not amnesty because amnesty
> > means a pardon of those who have broken the law."
> >
> > Mr. Specter, Pennsylvania Republican, and others argue that the bill is
> > not amnesty for illegal aliens because they will have to pay $2,000 in
> > fines before they gain citizenship.
> >
> > The law does not, however, provide for such fines against employers who
> > have broken the law by hiring the illegals.
> > Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, vehemently opposes "this
> > effort to waive the rules for lawbreakers and to legalize the unlawful
> > actions of undocumented workers and the businesses that illegally employ
> > them."
> >
> > Amnesties, he said, "are the dark underbelly of our immigration
process."
> >
> > "They tarnish the magnanimous promise enshrined on the base of the
Statue
> > of Liberty," Mr. Byrd said last week on the Senate floor. "Amnesties
> > undermine that great egalitarian and American principle that the law
> > should apply equally and should apply fairly to everyone."
> >
> > While most of the focus thus far has been on the "amnesty" granted to
> > illegal aliens, opponents only now are discovering the broad range of
> > crimes that will be forgiven under the legislation.
> >
> > Lawyers for the Senate Judiciary Committee have scoured the bill and
come
> > up with a list of 31 crimes relating to illegal immigration that would
be
> > wiped clean.
> >
> > Under current law, simply entering the country illegally can result in a
> > six-month prison stay and a $250,000 fine. Aiding in that crime carries
a
> > similar fine and a five-year prison sentence. Once ordered deported, an
> > illegal racks up $500 per day of continued "illegal presence."
> >
> > In addition, there are the perjury and false statements associated with
> > fraudulently filling out federal tax forms. Each instance carries up to
a
> > five-year prison sentence and a $250,000 fine. Then there is the wide
> > array of crimes relating to forging false documents needed to obtain
work.
> > Punishments for those crimes range from civil fines to 25 years in
prison.
> > Also, there are crimes relating to the misuse of Social Security numbers
> > needed to obtain work. Those crimes can result in five years in prison
and
> > a $250,000 fine.
> >
> > Businesses that have committed any alien-hiring crimes would be forgiven
> > under the provisions of the bill, although the laws would remain on the
> > books and, thus, future violations could be prosecuted.
> >
> > In addition to absolving illegals for past misuse of Social Security
> > numbers and documentation, the Senate last week voted to allow aliens to
> > get Social Security benefits based on working in the United States
> > illegally.
> >
> > The issue of granting amnesty -- especially the employers who have drawn
> > the illegal aliens to the country in the first place -- already has
> > become a growing issue in the fall elections.
> >
> > Sen. Ben Nelson, Nebraska Democrat, who is up for re-election this fall,
> > is taking a tough stand in the current debate. He most often votes with
> > conservative Republicans who want immigration laws that are tougher than
> > what they're calling "amnesty."
> >
> > The National Republican Senatorial Committee has dug up newspaper
reports
> > from several years ago, when Mr. Nelson lobbied on behalf of companies
> > exasperated with federal immigration officials for cracking down on the
> > illegal aliens they were hiring.
> >
> > "Former Gov. Ben Nelson is representing a group of meatpackers and
> > livestock producers upset with a federal crackdown on undocumented
workers
> > at the state's packing plants," according to an Associated Press report
> > from June 3, 1999. "Nelson said a 'loosely knit' group of processors,
> > producers and feeders first approached him last month about problems
they
> > have with the Immigration and Naturalization Service's pilot program,
> > called Operation Vanguard."
> >
> > In that article, titled "Nelson: INS Crackdown Draining State's Small
> > Labor Pool," Mr. Nelson reportedly said he'd "contacted the state's
> > senators and congressmen to discuss possible changes in the INS
program."
> >
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> > --
> > SeeYaa Harbin Osteen KG6URO
> >
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> > The Mexican Solution:
> >
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.o...s&code=06-D_18
> >
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> >Senate, mosty a collection of old bloated gimps,( bipartisan gimps),
blue-haired ladies, and other such deritus of our decaying political state.

Hank
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