Republicans Introduce Immigration Bill
Source: TPM
IGOR BOBIC 4:04 PM EST, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 27, 2012
Sens. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Kay Bailey (R-TX) introduced a bill on Tuesday designed to address thousands of the nation's young undocumented immigrants, the Associated Press reports. The bill differs from the original failed DREAM Act introduced by Democrats, however, in that it doesn't provide a path to citizenship:
[i[The Kyl-Hutchison proposal, called the Achieve Act, requires applicants to enter the country before age 14 and they must have lived in the United States for at least five years.
It provides for three different visa levels: the first, good for up to six years, for students; the second, a work visa good for four years, and the third is a permanent nonimmigrant visa that would be renewed every five years.
Their proposal sets such conditions as saying that students may not have access to federal student loans or other federal benefits and that those with permanent visas are not eligible for public welfare benefits. They also stressed that the bill was not a path to citizenship and that those applying for a green card would have to go through the same procedures as other non-citizens. That differs from the Dream Act of two years ago, under which those who met the qualifications would eventually receive a green card.
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kimbutgar
(21,224 posts)Oh hell no. Full Citizenship path and amnesty to come out of the shadows if you can prove you are a law abiding citizen.
GitRDun
(1,846 posts)They really went WAY out of their way to show compassion, a change of heart on how to get along...hahahahahaha!!!!
just hope they keep treating minorities like this. They will keep digging THEIR OWN GRAVE.
oldhippydude
(2,514 posts)guess these folks are as clueless as they seem...
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)DhhD
(4,695 posts)vote on it. Every person in Texas needs to pay close attention to this matter.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)I believe the Democrats will vote it down - it probably will not even reach the floor of the senate for a vote.
They said on the TV yesterday that under The Achieve Act folks would have to 'check in' every 6 months - just like being on probation.
I think the GOP is proposing this bill only so that they can say that the Democrats have voted against an immigration bill.
Grrr.
winstars
(4,220 posts)displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)Does anyone else think this bill looks like it's for identification purposes only?
I'd never sign up for this if I were an immigrant. Would you?