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Rep. Norwood (R-GA) says Americans oppose amnesty; support using US troops to enforce border

Rep. Price (R-GA) asks colleagues to reject amnesty for illegal aliens

Rep. Flake (R-AZ) endorses President Bush's massive amnesty plan

Sen. Byrd (D-WV) voices opposition to the Section 245(i) provision and amnesty for illegal aliens

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Rep. Jackson Lee promotes her amnesty bill, H.R. 2902

Six Types of Amnesty

1. BASIC PENALTY AMNESTY:
The lawbreaker is forgiven the crime and not assessed the penalty.

The Basic Penalty Amnesty waives the penalty in current law that says if you are caught here illegally, you cannot live here legally for three or 10 years (depending on how long you have been here illegally). Most, however, would levy some kind of fine.

2. BASIC REWARD AMNESTY:
The lawbreaker is actually rewarded for lawbreaking by giving the illegal alien the very thing he/she attempted to steal in the first place. In the case of breaking immigration laws, most illegal aliens are seeking a job in the United States. A Basic Reward Amnesty would let illegal aliens have the job.

3. INSTANT JACKPOT REWARD AMNESTY:
The lawbreaker wins the jackpot of all global jackpots throughout the 3rd world - he/she is instantly rewarded for breaking our immigration laws by being given permanent U.S. residency and the right to U.S. citizenship.

4. MULTI-STEP JACKPOT REWARD AMNESTY:
The lawbreaker is first given a Basic Reward Amnesty (usually through a legal work permit) and, after a period of time and at least one more step, then given permanent U.S. residency and the right to U.S. citizenship.

5. BLANKET AMNESTY:
This is basically the Instant Jackpot Reward Amnesty but for the entire population of illegal aliens (minus a few exceptions). The 1986 amnesty was a Blanket Amnesty. All of the amnesties in the 1990s tended to be narrower and for certain nationalities only.

6. DE-FACTO AMNESTY:
This does not immediately reward illegal aliens with legal status but holds out promise that if they avoid arrest long enough they will get an amnesty. Section 245(i) is a De-Facto Amnesty because it says that all illegal aliens in the country who have the right through jobs or relatives to apply for legal immigration may do so in this country with the tacit assurance that they may remain in this country illegally until their name comes up to the top of the list for a green card years later.

Current politicians are being careful not to give Instant or Blanket Amnesties. But for most illegal aliens under the new proposals, they can almost instantly get the legal right to live here even if they don't immediately get a permanent green card. That's about all they really care about and are seeking anyway. Practically speaking, there is little difference. The right to be a legal worker who several years later can get a green card is sufficient enticement for millions upon millions more illegal aliens to flood this country.

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• Immigration issues of greatest importance and controversy are selected as NumbersUSA Hot Topics, and assigned their own page, containing a summary of the most important issues and key statistics, and of relevant bills in Congress and Executive Branch actions

Hot Topics pages also contain links to your Congressman's voting record and current position on immigration issues, and to information about how YOU can Take Action by sending a fax, or making a phone call, to YOUR elected officials — plus links to additional reading.


Key Statistics

U.S. Amnesties for Illegal Aliens
Beginning in 1986, Congress has passed 7 amnesties for illegal aliens.

Until 1986, the United States had never forgiven the act of illegal immigration in other than individual cases and had never rewarded large numbers of illegal aliens with the opportunity for U.S. citizenship.

Census 2000 results indicate that 700,000 to 800,000 illegal aliens settle in the U.S. each year, with an estimated 8-11 million illegal aliens currently living in the United States.

POLLS: A majority of Americans oppose amnesty
 
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