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Senator Kennedy Will Reintroduce Immigration Bill
in response to reader comment: AMNESTY BY ANY OTHER NAME IS STILL AMNESTY

Submitted by ferdinand, Mar 7, 2007 22:34

I think the Kennedy/ Mc Cain Bill should not be defined as amnesty, but PARDONED. The illegal aliens will still have to pay their dues to the American taxpayer with all those pre-requisites. Imagine yourself waiting for twelve years to become a permanent resident? That is if you pass all the requirements. If this people can wait that long,- free from any misdemeanor then they will be more American than the present Americans who don't want to recite the Pledge and sing the national anthem.

I myself could not say that businesses are profiteering from the illegals. Common laborers and landscapers in my county recieve an average of $8.50/ hr , much higher than the minimum wage. This of course depends on what they could do. Citizens are paid more, the problem is they don't last long.

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bill 

May 15, 2007 15:19

I think a comprehensive bill like Kennedy/Mccain will allow Pardon (or amnesty) not only for illegal immigrants, but for those... [MORE]

alice 

Apr 4, 2007 18:10

Why not send each and every illegal immigrant back to their homeland? Then, when strawberries are $10 a pound you... [MORE]

Philip Marlowe 

Mar 8, 2007 22:54

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sean 

Mar 7, 2007 13:55

The Kennedy/McCain/Bush proposal is just another attempt to grant amnesty to the millions of illegal aliens who are providing cheap... [MORE]

Dave Reader / NM 

Mar 7, 2007 09:34

Amnesty would be a free ride. The new immigration bill would put the undocumented on a path to citizenship that... [MORE]

Lisa 

Mar 7, 2007 12:31

I think the Kennedy/ Mc Cain Bill should not be defined as amnesty, but PARDONED. The illegal aliens will still...

ferdinand 

Mar 7, 2007 22:34

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