bman

Wow. Im really pissed. So I wake to some news today that Congress has supposedly come up with some immigration reform bill that both sides of the aisle have compromised on. On the outside this looks real good however when I found out the details I came unglued. We conservatives have been sold out by our President and our congressional representatives and Im not happy about it.

Those here illegally before Jan 1 2007 can qualify for an Z-visa. The proposed agreement would allow illegal immigrants to come forward and obtain a probationary "Z visa" and — after paying fees and fines of up to $5,000 and returning to their home countries ultimately try for permanent residency, which could take between eight and 13 years.

Um.. excuse me? You cannot find them all now.. how in the hell are you going to find out when they got here? What's to stop them from pouring in en masse now in an attempt to say they've been here since December 2006? Stupid idiots. Um.. ok so how do they intend to do this? How do they figure that we'll be able to collect any money from them? Why is it in their interest to start reporting their wages and paying some silly fine AND having to go back home? Dear god.

In perhaps its most contentious change, the proposed plan would radically shift the entire immigration system from one heavily weighted toward family ties toward one with preferences for those with advanced degrees and sophisticated skills.

Oh so now we're picking and choosing who can come into the US? How can they do this? WHAT?! Anyone who knows me knows Im all against illegal immigration BUT how the hell can we pick and choose who comes in based upon their knowledge and education?!? OMFG

Ok ok.. I need to quit before I stroke out. There are pages and pages of silly little rules that appear to be harder to read than US tax code. Im pissed. This is nothing but more governmental waste and adding even more stupid programs that we'll never be able to keep track of. Even now we cannot find all the welfare fraud so there is no way in hell we'll be able to keep track of all this. They're talking electronic ID systems for all employers, phoning into homeland security to verify a persons status before you employ them etc etc etc etc.

They've taken a complex problem and turned it into an exponentially complex problem that will require even more tax dollars to fund. On top of all this we're now telling the world that we'll accept you faster if you are an educated person and can contribute to society? Yes Im a proud conservative.. but this is just all wrong.. wrong wrong wrong.

Holy shit someone put a stop to this. This cannot be the USA.. can it?