Illegal immigrants who commit crimes face lesser punishment than U.S. citizens

[Dave]

Its sad that the citizens of these great states are the ones that will be victims in the farce of bills going through congress relating to new immigration laws. All makes you want to renounce your citizenship, leave the country and then sneak back in.

According to Sen. John McCain, a member of the Senate’s Gang of Eight, criminals will not be legalized under the proposed bipartisan immigration bill.

“Anyone who has committed crimes in this country is going to be deported,” the Arizona Republican declared on the Senate floor last week.

However, as Washington Examiner columnist Byron York recently reported, “the bottom line is an immigrant could have more than three misdemeanor convictions in his background check and still qualify for legalization.”

Furthermore, the following chart published June 21 by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a nonprofit organization that opposes liberalization of immigration law, compares the consequences for an array of crimes and discovered that while illegal immigrants might be exonerated and legalized, U.S. citizens and legal immigrants face years of incarceration or temporary expulsion from the country.

The Gang of Eight’s bill would allow illegal immigrants who entered the country before Dec. 31, 2011, and committed up to three misdemeanor offenses including but not limited to assault, battery, identity or document fraud, tax evasion, to remain eligible for Registered Provisional Status. Meanwhile, U.S. citizens and persons who entered the country legally could incur up to $100,000 in fines,15 years of imprisonment, or be prohibited to reenter the country for up to 10 years.

“What it [the Gang of Eight bill] indicates is this is more than just an amnesty, it’s an amnesty for all kinds of violations,” said FAIR’s media director, Ira Mehlman. “We say nobody is above the law, but apparently illegal immigrants are.”

http://washingtonexaminer.com/illegal-immigrants-who-commit-crimes-...

[AQUAMAN]

Great thread Dave, and it's landmark 1200 page legislation here that's important to note. The same kind which the "Pelosi types" want passed in haste, without reading the "fine Print". Which no one voting for or against will have true time to read. Rush today emphasized, and proved categorically with stats, that the Hispanic vote, in the electorate relation, is truly unimportant, and not vital to getting elected President. Even Reagan, got only 36% of those nationwide Hispanic votes. Others like Bush 1, got 27% or so, and still won. Bush II even less, like 22% or so. Imho, it's another distraction of monumental lies that the GOP has to overcome, and the Dems. want them to waste time on, but should ignore, for all intents and purposes, at least for the present. Maybe the future will bode different. With only 30 out of 637 miles of fence/walls being built to keep out the Illegals, which Congress already authorized in past bills years ago, we have a dilemma of untold proportions, and will continue until this Obama Administration follows the law. Which they tend to ignore, and implicitly and illegally instruct officers of that Border Patrol to look the other way.

[Willy]

More twisted logic from Washington. I dare say that Ludingtons Governing elite would fit right in with the D.C. crowd. If the Republicans fall for this foolishness, I predict they will lose heavily in the next election.