Pro-Amnesty Immigration Bill Will Cripple America

RightWingPatriot.com ^ | June 19, 2013 | RightWingPatriot

The pro-amnesty immigration bill continues forward in the US Senate despite the fact that it will vastly hurt Americans and reward unlawful behavior. Right now, many amendments are being voted on for this piece of trash that will pave the way for amnesty for 11+ million illegal aliens, thus ensuring that conservatives will never win a national election for decades to come. Like most legislation coming out of Washington, this bill is a travesty.
Republican defenders of the bill originally said that this wasn't amnesty and that border security would be the top priority. We were also told that illegal aliens wouldn't get government handouts, that it would boost the economy, and that this wouldn't hurt working (or looking for work) Americans. Well, surprise, surprise. It seems that all these are flat out lies. First, the border security issue. Even Marco Rubio has admitted that amnesty will come before border security. Of course, we're expected to believe that the federal government (and the progressives) will actually enforce such laws in the future. However, we all know that this is a total crock. Our current laws are not being enforced, illegal immigration is running rampant, and border security is a joke. If our past and present laws are not being enforced, why the heck should we believe that any future laws will be?
As for getting amnesty, we were told that people would have to get in the back of the line, pay fines, etc. The Congressional Budget Office has come out and said that, under the current bill, 8 million illegals would get legal status and be eligible for benefits. The progressive left desperately wants this as 8 million new voters, who will vote liberal, will instantly join the electorate. All the talk of illegals not being able to receive federal benefits has just been refuted in the CBO report, not to mention the fact that illegal aliens would still get benefits through state and local governments.
This piece of garbage bill, weighing in at over 24 pounds, will keep Americans from working, or if they're working, earning less money. The vast, vast majority of illegal aliens are low-skilled workers. Coincidentally, low-skilled American workers have been more severely affected by the Obama economy, with minorities being especially hit hard. Flooding the market with cheap, legal labor will further decimate American workers. Also, it has been estimated that a further 30+ million illegal aliens will come across the border within the next ten years if the current bill is passed. The CBO and the JCT (Joint Committee on Taxation) have stated that passage of the bill will also drive down the wages of American workers. Hmmm....a flood of new illegal aliens, who are primarily unskilled, pushing American workers out of the job market....sounds like a good thing to me. (If I was a left-wing loon!) Even hardcore liberal Bernie Sanders, Senator from Vermont, derided the bill saying that it would take jobs away from Americans. When even a socialist is ripping your bill, you know it stinks bad.
Passage of this bill into law would fundamentally restructure America politically, which is the reason that it's being pushed. Look at what happened in California after Reagan agreed to amnesty in 1986. California went from a state that had voted Republican for presidential elections a total of nine out of ten from 1952 to 1988. Since then, six straight elections all to liberal Democrats. What happened in California is the progressive blueprint for America.