How Will They Vote on The Dream Act?

The following letter came to our attention and, because of the recurring attempts to pass immigration amnesty legislation, we believe it important to reprint the letter so that citizens be made aware of the attitudes of their elected Senators and Congressmen.  This legislation will likely be voted on this week in the Senate.   

The letter is presented without further comment.

Paddy Pearse

paddypearse@olcrf.com

September 19, 2007

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

State of Texas

Richard Ribbentrop

Chief of Staff

Jamie Loftus

Press Secretary

My Relatives, Friends, Various Newspapers, and Talk Show Hosts

I received the letter copied below from Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison in response to an e-mail asking her to vote against the Dream Act.  Even as a form letter, this correspondence can only be described as disingenuous dribble, which is a discourteous response to a reasoned request for her vote against the Dream Act.   

 The tone of the letter sounds like Senator Hutchison is laying the base for her Yea vote.  I find it interesting that she uses the Texas law donating in-state tuition to illegal aliens as justification.  This is an assumption that Texans now agree with this law.  I doubt this. 

The Heritage Foundation has done two outstanding analyses of this bill http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/wm1468.cfm.& http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/bg2069.cfm

Here are the main points these articles make: 

1.     It is A Massive Amnesty.  One point not mentioned in the analysis.  There is no cut off.  Any one at any age can claimed to have arrived prior to their sixteenth birthday, offer "documents", such as affidavits from unrelated people including those who have made their livelihood by preparing counterfeit social security cards.  After proving their time in the States, the illegal may attend whatever past high school level educational institution and then receive a green card.  Of course, Americans need not worry about an illegal acting illegally in this process as there will stringent federal enforcement procedure in the bill.  RIGHT.  SURE, I BELIEVE IT.  After all, the federal government has diligently the enforced immigration laws that now exist.

2.     Illegals are issued immediately The Permanent "Temporary" Visa.

3.     There will be Hobbled Background Checks.

4.     Anther bit of goodwill for these lawbreakers will be Amnesty for "Absconders"  

5.     You needn't worry about these law breakers being ground by U. S. legal machinery as there will be Reverse Justice, where by the legal system is effectively hidden behind closed doors before being completely shut down by an alien saying, "Time out, time out.  I want amnesty."

6.     This bill will introduce the Enforcement of Amnesty, Not Laws.

7.     Not to worry about the misguided young thugs who originally broke our laws by stealing across our borders as there will be Amnesty for Gang Members.

8.     As we know, illegals, who initially fled poverty in their homes countries, find themselves mired in poverty once here.  They are a major cause of the increased income/wealth disparity, the number of persons lacking health insurance, urban sprawl, and substandard housing.  The bill provides Tuition Subsidies for Illegal Aliens.  This includes lowered tuition rates and student loans, which are not available to legal aliens who attend our schools.

9.     To further ease the financial strain on the illegals have affronted our laws and assaulted our society, there will be Taxpayer-Funded Lawyers for Illegal Aliens. 

10.  To shield the illegals from the horrors of our legal system, there will be Amnesty Before Enforcement Triggers.

11.  The result of this will be States Subsidizing the College Education of Illegal Aliens.  Now how does this work.  The federal government’s policy has been for many years, and substantially so during the Bush administration, to not enforce immigration laws.  Twenty million illegals deluge our country ? 11 million allowed by George W. Bush as a sweetheart deal for President Vicente Fox ? take jobs, pack our hospitals, drain our tax-funded programs, and drive down.  Now the federal government is in effect levying a tax on the citizens of each sovereign state by requiring state legislatures to raise the revenue required by this bill.  We can just forget the Constitution.  It does not protect any one except those who shun our laws.  

12.  Under this bill, state taxpayers will be required to fund State-Subsidized Lawbreaking.  

All the gory details are in the Heritage Foundation articles cited.  

This bill is nothing but an amnesty bill shrouded in the darkness of self-motivated generosity to the supposed, but unworthy, disadvantaged.  There is no need for this bill.  There is no justice in its enactment.  This legislation bounds over the confines of the Constitution inflicting undue costs and restrictions on the Sovereign States and their citizens. 

For those of you who elect Senators and have not called your senator yet, you must unless you want amnesty disguised as charity.

Always remember that the United States immigration policy, regardless of the party leading the charge, has at its heart, Globalization.  The Liberals advocate open borders because they love One World Government.  The Neo-Mercantilists within the Old Guard Republicans insist on open borders because they love Transnationalist control of economies by international companies.

Any senator who votes for this bill is unworthy of representing his or her state and should be replaced by someone who will always vote the state’s good.

Senator Hutchison stood tall when she voted against the immigration bill this past June.  I am sure she will again when she considers that that will be lost with a Yea vote. 

Patrick McNamara

Marble Falls, Texas

830-693-0560 

TEXT OF SENATOR HUTCHISON’S LETTER

----- Original Message -----

From: Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

To: padraig@zeecon.com

Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 11:34 AM

Subject: Constituent Response From Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

Dear Dr. McNamara:

Thank you for contacting me regarding in-state tuition for long-term resident immigrants.  I welcome your thoughts and comments on this issue.

On March 1, 2007, Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA) introduced H.R. 1275, the American Dream Act. This legislation would allow states to offer in-state tuition rates to long-term resident immigrant students. Specifically, it seeks to repeal a provision in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 which requires states providing in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants to offer the same benefits to out-of-state residents.

A similar measure, S. 774, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2007, was introduced by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) on March 6, 2007, and has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, on which I do not serve. This measure would also allow certain long-term residents who entered the U.S. as children to have their immigration or residency status adjusted to conditional permanent residents or permanent residents. Should H.R. 1275 or S. 774 come before the full Senate, you may be certain I will keep your views in mind.

On June 17, 2001, Texas began allowing nonresident students who have graduated from a Texas high school and resided in the state for at least three years to qualify for in-state tuition.  These students are also eligible for state financial aid programs such as the Texas Public Educational Grant Program and the Students Incentive Grant Program.

I appreciate hearing from you and hope you will not hesitate to keep in touch on any issue of concern to you.


Sincerely,
Kay Bailey Hutchison