5.20.2007

More on McCain's Immigration Plan

Here's some of the details on that "comprehensive" immigration package that's being pushed through tout de suite, the better to keep the American public from learning the nuts and bolts of it:

Title VI of a draft copy of the bill breaks down amnesty visas into three categories:

  • Z-1 — Illegal aliens present and working in the United States up to Jan. 1, 2007.
  • Z-2 — Parents and spouses of illegal aliens qualifying under the Z-1 category.
  • Z-3 — Children of illegal aliens qualifying under the Z-1 category.

These “Z Visa” holders can stay in the “Z” status indefinitely, which means they never have to pursue “a pathway to citizenship.” They also would be able to get Social Security numbers and benefit from some welfare programs. Shockingly, there is no cap on the numbers of amnesty recipients in the draft language. The only thing the Z Visa holder can’t do is vote — until, that is, a liberal judge declares this limitation unconstitutional or until a liberal president can railroad through a “technical corrections” bill.
Let me highlight part of that: These “Z Visa” holders can stay in the “Z” status indefinitely, which means they never have to pursue “a pathway to citizenship.”

This is what the Republicans in Congress that voted for this bill don't want you to realize. What the Z Visa does is grant immediate and permanent amnesty to essentially every single illegal alien in this nation at this time. Even the terrorists!

And Mr. McCain has decided not only to support this bill, but to try to convince conservatives that it's a good deal.

And people wonder why I absolutely refuse to support McCain.