Enough already with the lies about the Dream Act

[Jeanfromfillmore]

Enough already with the lies about the Dream Act
The Bovine Scatology being reported about the Dream Act is just the latest in a long line of lies about immigration, the number of illegal aliens in our country and the effect illegal immigration has on our country. Lying about immigration has been a staple of American politics for nearly two decades.
Congressman Steve King, R-IA, believes that Senate Democrats are blocking the release of a Congressional Budget Office report that has put a $20 billion price tag on the Dream Act.
First of all, the Dream Act is an amnesty. Pay no attention to what the liars on the left are saying; it is an amnesty, period. Simply applying for status under the Dream Act prevents DHS from removing any alien regardless of how frivolous the application and regardless if they are a criminal. It is an amnesty that includes criminals.
Second, the Dream Act isn’t about students. The age range is 12-35. There is talk of reducing it to 30, but that just highlights the lie. It is about much more than just students. Under the S.3827 version of the Dream Act some applicants would be 41 years old before obtaining legal status.
Third, the talking point that, “Many of these students were unaware of their illegal status” is an oft repeated lie and laughable. Immigration has been a front burner issue in California for 20 years, over 15 years nationally. We’re supposed to believe that with all the attention illegal immigration has gotten in the media, and I include media of all languages, and with families working here illegally, obtaining fraudulent documents and everything else that these “students” didn’t know their immigration status? Any “student” in that category is either lying or too dumb to go to college, or live in my country for that matter. I don't think our future is all that bright if it depends, as the pro-Dreamers pontificate, on these dunces.
The biggest lie is, of course, that there will be a sincere effort to pass this piece of junk.
The Dream Act doesn’t stand a chance of passing and the Democrats know it. One wonders when the open borders crowd will finally acknowledge this publicly. They are being pandered to and used politically when the chances of passing any amnesty, even this Dream Act piece of junk, are zero. ZEE-row.
The conference calls to the faithful out of the White House have been less than inspiring. As early as 8 months into the Obama Administration officials from the S.E.I.U. were openly wondering if they could “trust this guy,” meaning could they trust Obama to move forward on amnesty. Anybody in the open borders crowd who is honest with himself knows that this is a sham.
Another bunch of lies lands in my e-mail box everyday with appeals for donations to “Help Stop the Dream Act.” Some of these organizations I have never heard of before and some I have never seen do anything very much to actually stop illegal immigration.
However, regardless of this useless background noise, you should still call your congressman and senators and tell them to vote against the Dream Act. Get their contact information.
Also, send them an email, fax them. Let them know. I suggest you politely use this phrase, “Vote against the Dream Act. And, I want our immigration laws and employment laws enforced.”
The American people oppose the Dream Act. They oppose amnesty. They support enforcement laws like Arizona’s SB 1070. Over 30 states are now considering such legislation. And your call opposing the Dream Act will inform your elected official that you agree with the overwhelming number of polls that show that Americans want the law enforced.
If the Dream Act were to pass, it would be all over. It would begin a cascading of events that would ultimately lead to an amnesty of almost all of the estimated 35-40 million illegal aliens in the country. (Another lie is that there are only 11 million illegal aliens in the country. Nobody who knows anything believes that.) The fraudulent document industry would go where no man has gone before. And, it would lead to a surge of tens of millions more illegal aliens coming into the country to get in on the amnesty. The chain migration resulting from those getting amnesty would beget a couple hundred million more people coming into our country in the next 40 years.
And that is why it isn’t going to pass. The political cost would be too high. Besides, the status quo of the “de-facto amnesty” of allowing open borders and not enforcing our immigration laws or employment laws works just fine for now, it has for years. Millions are coming in each year, working here, consuming here. Washington Pols and their business patróns get what they want without risking an enormous backlash from the voters. And, I think they all know now that a backlash is not just theoretical.
Never-the-less, you need to call congress today with the message; “Vote against the Dream Act and enforce the immigration and employment laws.” Have a nice day.
They’re keeping track of the calls, you can bet on it.
http://www.examiner.com/immigration-...-the-dream-act

[Jeanfromfillmore]

Lynn Woolley: Why the Dream Act should fail
07:32 PM CST on Friday, December 3, 2010
By some strange quirk of fate, the initials of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors legislation now being considered by our lame duck Congress spells "DREAM." It should spell "AMNESTY," but that wouldn't have sent the right message to compassionate taxpayers who are being asked to give away the store.
The "store" in this case is a big prize: The act offers legal status to immigrants younger than 35 if they arrived in the United States before age 16 and if they complete two years of military service or college.
The Dream Act is the brainchild of liberal members of Congress, championed by Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, who for years has been attaching it in some form to various pieces of legislation. It is a key component to the so-called "path to citizenship" that various immigrant groups have been demanding.
One of those groups is the Immigration Policy Center, which has issued a long list of reasons the Dream Act should be passed. Mostly, the IPC argues on humanitarian grounds that it's simply the right thing to do: "[Undocumented youth] have the potential to be future doctors, nurses, teachers and entrepreneurs, but they experience unique hurdles to achieving success in this country."
The argument is a non sequitur. Most of the students who are in the country legally have such potential, so what is the compelling reason to replace them in the pecking order for tough-to-get slots at the University of Texas or Texas A&M with students who are undocumented?
The other side of the argument often comes from the Center for Immigration Studies, which has published a new study claiming that each student who attends a public institution under the Dream Act will receive a subsidy from taxpayers of nearly $6,000 for each academic year. The CIS says that comes out to about $6.2 billion annually.
The biggest problem with the Dream Act is not its gargantuan price tag; it's the issue of basic fairness and the manipulation of our laws. As things stand now, a pregnant woman from south of the border can sneak into the country and make her way to Parkland Memorial Hospital just in time for Dallas taxpayers to pick up the tab on her new baby. Under our current court interpretation of the 14th Amendment, that baby is a citizen and doesn't need the Dream Act.
But say another mother – or father – sneaks a child across the border at the age of 5. That toddler is not a citizen, but the Dream Act provides the same privileges, especially because Texas law gives in-state tuition to illegal aliens. Meanwhile, a graduating senior in Lawton, Okla., who wants to cross the state border to attend college at UT at Austin has to pay the out-of-state rate.
In other words, the more of our laws you break, the better deal you get.
Victor Davis Hanson of the Hoover Institution questions the morality of rewarding illegal immigration. He asks whether citizens should also have the right to pick and choose which laws to obey and which to ignore – and whether the influx of mass illegal immigration removes the ability of the citizen-poor to bargain with employers.
But those who support the Dream Act often see it as a civil rights issue. In late November, several protesters were arrested for blocking Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's San Antonio offices in support of the act. Some had even been participating in a hunger strike. If they are Americans, they have every right to protest. Taxpayers also have a right to stand up for the Constitution, the rule of law and fairness to our own citizens.
Lynn Woolley is a Texas-based radio talk show host. His website if www.BeLogical.com and his e-mail address is lynn@belogical.com.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...1.335d2a0.html

Steve King: DREAM Act is a Multi-Billion Dollar Amnesty Nightmare
Washington D.C.- Congressman Steve King (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an analysis showing that the illegal alien amnesty bill known as the “DREAM Act” will increase federal spending and deficits by billions of dollars if it becomes law. A report prepared by the Center for Immigration Studies claims that passage of the DREAM Act would have a similar negative effect on state and local government budgets.
“With the release of the CBO report, we now have two studies showing that the DREAM Act will break budgets on both the state and federal level,” said King. “These budget-busting numbers occur even though amnesty advocates scaled back the scope of the legislation.”
“On Tuesday, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) released a report showing that giving in-state tuition discounts to illegal aliens under the DREAM Act will place an annual cost of $6.2 billion on state and local taxpayers. These costs will not be subsidized by the federal government, meaning that the bill sends a multi-billion dollar unfunded mandate to the states that will result in tuition increases, tax increases, or both.”
“Yesterday, the CBO report revealed that, beginning in 2021, federal deficits would swell by at least $5 billion as those who received amnesty gain access to federal welfare programs. What’s worse, CBO has suggested this number could rise well beyond their published estimate.”
“Taken together, these two studies show that providing illegal aliens with amnesty under the DREAM Act places a costly burden on federal, state and local taxpayers. The DREAM Act amnesty bill is a nightmare for Americans who want the federal government to balance its budget, and it will result in Americans paying higher taxes and tuition fees.”
http://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2010/...sty-nightmare/