Commentary by James L. Lambert
It
is anticipated that this week Democrat Senator leader Harry Reid will once
again introduce legislation to provide a way for illegal aliens to get citizenship.
Many opponents are calling this just another incremental attempt by Democrats
to grant legal status to illegal aliens.
The
Dream Act (Senate bill # 3827) would grant “illegal immigrants in the country
amnesty by offering them a college education or the option of to join the
military as a means to join the legal immigration ranks.” (Dvorak/
Examiner.com) The committee that summarizes legislation for the Senate says
that the bill, if passed, will do the following: It will “authorize the
Secretary of Homeland Security to cancel the removal of, and adjust to
conditional permanent resident status, an alien who (1) entered the U.S. before
his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States
for at least five years immediately preceding this Act’s enactment; (2) is a
person of good moral character; is not deportable under specified grounds of
the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of
higher education or has earned a high school diploma … and was under the age of
35 on the date of this Act’s enactment.”
The
White House has already had meetings with Democrat members of the Latino caucus
who desperately want the bill to be passed. Heading up the effort for the Obama
administration is the Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan. In a teleconference
call held last week, Duncan declared in his opening statement that these
(illegal alien) “residents” should be given a passage to citizenship because
they’ve “played by the rules…”
Coming
from a state that has severe budget deficit ($20+ billion) problem, like
California, I had to question Secretary Duncan’s assertion. It is con-servatively
estimated that there are over 3 million illegal alien “residents” in our state
alone. If only 15% (or 450,000) of this total are getting free public education,
this means that already over-burdened California taxpayers are picking up the
tab.
Do
the math yourself: 450,000 illegal alien “residents” x $7,571 (per student cost
of public education as provided by the California Federation of Teachers –
CCFT.org) amounts to $3,415,950,000 in taxpayer funded expense. Taxpayers from California
can not afford this!
The
statement claiming that illegal aliens have “played by the rules” is a blatant
lie. Anyone who misrepresents their citizenship status, falsifies their (or
their children’s) birth place, social security numbers, drivers licenses, along
with breaking our immigration laws is not “playing by the rules.” Apparently,
the Secretary of Education does not understand this. I questioned him on this
and reminded him of the results of the most recent election. The Secretary responded
by saying that there will always be 1 or 2 cases out of 50,000+ that do not
adhere to the law. Hello?
Don’t
believe these proponents of the Dream Act. They tell us that the Dream Act
“would aid the ailing economy and generate tax revenues” … (and) “will prepare
the country for the new global economy.” (NILC.org) Hogwash! The Act will, in
fact, allow these “newly amnestied aliens to be eligible for numerous
taxpayer-funded student loan programs.” (F.A.I.R.) Neither the states nor the
federal government can sustain this new expense.
Already,
California taxpayers are supporting the community college education of illegal
immigrants - thanks to the Democratic controlled state legislature. Jeff
Schwilk, founder of www.SanDiegoMinutemen.com
recently said, passage of the Dream Act “would just encourage more illegal
immigration and lead to a massive chain migration from family members. The
American people do not support more amnesty for illegal aliens at this time.”
Finally,
I encourage each of you to call both of your Senators (by phone: 202-224-3121
or www.Senate.gov ) & voice your
opinion today.
James
L. Lambert, a frequent contributor to ChristianMirror.net and author of
Porn in America, is a licensed nationwide real-estate mortgage loan
sales agent and can be contacted through his website.
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