I Have Got To Be Dreaming
Surely our Congress critters aren't this insistent upon flaunting the will of the American public? Yeah, that's right, the DREAM Act has been introduced yet again in Congress, with bi-partisan support. Despite the fact that the public has responded with overwhelming opposition every other time it's been brought up, it's still dragged out for another shot.
It's been introduced in both the Senate (S 729) and the House (HR 1751). It's Republican supporters are Senators Lugar and Martinez. It's time to once again remind the inmates that apparently run this asylum, that when we said we didn't want the DREAM Act the first 200 times we actually meant it. Seriously, not kidding. So first things last, how you get involved, and THEN I'll tell you why you should get involved.
Pick up your phone, your Congress Critters need to hear from you ASAP.
Senator Klobuchar - 202-224-3244
Representative Michelle Bachmann - 202-225-2331
Representative Keith Ellison - 202-225-4755
Representative John Kline - 202-225-2271
Representative Betty McCollum - 202-225-6631
Representative James Oberstar - 202-225-6211
Representative Erik Paulsen - 202-225-2871
Representative Collin Peterson - 202-225-2165
Representative Tim Walz - 202-225-2472
If you’ve never made a call or aren’t sure what to say, I’ll spell it out for you.
Hi, my name is xxxxxxx yyyyyyy, and I live in Minnesota. I’m calling about bill S. 729 or H1751, the DREAM Act, and I would like to ask Senator Klobuchar/Representative ???? to please vote against this bill of amnesty. Thank you.
It’s really that simple. Depending on the Congress Critter’s office and/or the staffer, they may ask your city or zip code or may just say thank you. Now if you want to say more you can, but BE POLITE! Passions run wild and emotions get high. You may think the Senator/Representative would be a perfect outlet for those statements, but remember, you’re talking to a staffer who has already talked to hundreds of people like you.
Now....about those bills. The actual text of either bill isn't yet available, but past revisions of the DREAM Act have all been pretty similiar and have included the following:
Amnesty - Basically any illegal immigrant can claim he was brought into the country before a certain age and they get amnesty. Generally no checks are required to actually verify this information, so presumably simply a signed statement is enough. And there is generally no age limit, so you could be 80 years old and claim to have been brought in by your parents 65 years ago. Some educational requirements have typically come with this in order to preserve the feel-good aspect of the legislation, but those requirements have been so broad and/or vague as to be pretty much non-existent.
Free Instate-Tuition - It provides in-state tuition for illegal aliens at public universities. We don’t even provide in-state tuition to most American citizens from other states. In a nutshell, you are giving foreign students an advantage over American students, and putting illegal aliens on a fast track to citizenship over legal aliens who have played by the rules. So while your son/daughter is struggling to afford college, your tax dollars are being used to pay for some 30-year old illegal alien to attend college just look enough to exploit a loophole.
Chain Migration - Once a student is amnestied they can take advantage of what's called "Chain Migration". Basically they earn the right to legally bring in their parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousin's roommate's sister's best friend's babysitter, etc etc etc. Which is why border enforcement activists have so vigorously opposed the DREAM Act, it's really a broad amnesty under the guise of a feel-good educational program.
Summary - So basically in a time of high unemployment, we're going to flood the job market with illegal aliens who will compete with real Americans. In a time of huge deficits at all level of government, we're gonna to take on the additional cost of paying for the education of illegal aliens.
Sounds like a great plan huh??
No, then you know what to do...I told you at the top of this post.
[Crossposted at EckerNet.Com, comments welcome]
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