HoodaThunk?

In the face of widespread disapproval from the public, the Senate has passed the abomination they called a “comprehensive” immigrations bill. Think you know what’s in it? Guess again. From Dana Rohrbacher at the Washington Times:

This “shamnesty” bill spells out the level of contempt the Senate has for middle-class Americans. This “comprehensive” bill includes:

• In-state tuition for illegal aliens. Your kid has to pay full freight if they cross state lines, but the illegal alien who broke into the country doesn’t.
• All temporary guest workers have to be paid the prevailing wage. American citizens do not have to be paid prevailing wage.
• All agricultural guest workers under this bill cannot be fired by their employers except for what the bill calls “just cause.” However, American agricultural workers can be fired for any reason.
• Illegal aliens are made eligible for Social Security. Not only will they receive retirement benefits, but their children will receive survivor benefits should the parents pass away. This is at a time when we are trying to keep Social Security solvent for the next generation.
• Expands the visa lottery program, which is itself a questionable way to make visa distribution decisions.
• Employers of illegal aliens get amnesty, too. Employers would be exempt from civil and criminal tax and criminal liability under immigration law. God forbid we hold employers accountable for helping illegal aliens break the law and being the magnet that has drawn them here for years.
• Taxpayer dollars to radical immigrant-rights groups so they can help illegal aliens adjust their status. Millions of your tax dollars will go to the same groups that organized those rallies where people who came here illegally waved foreign flags and thumbed their noses at our laws.

In case you’re wondering who the mental giants in the Senate who voted to OK this mess are, here’s the list from the Senate web site. Virginia’s Senators, John Warner and George Allen split on the issue. I am sad to say that a man I’ve held in respect for years, Senator Warner, has spent his last dime of political coin with me. His actions in the Gang of 14 severely crippled him in this household, but this betrayal on his part is the last straw. Good thing he’s not up for re-election this year.

I hope the House sticks to its guns, as Congressman Frank Wolf told several of us at the convention last weekend.