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Where is the justice in this bill for the millions of American men, women and children who are the victims of?

The advocates for the "comprehensive immigration reform" bill that was recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 4321) claim that it is not an amnesty bill because illegal aliens have to pay a $500 fine, which is roughly 5 percent of the cost of the services of a good "coyote" or alien-smuggler. This means that for a $500 payment, illegal aliens will be granted total amnesty from the multiple felonies that they commit in order to get jobs – document fraud, perjury on I-9 forms and identity theft. In addition, under Sec. 404 of H.R. 4321 (see text below), all information provided by illegal aliens on their applications for legal status will be treated by the federal government as secret. This will allow the illegal aliens to list the stolen Social Security numbers, stolen identities, and counterfeit "green cards" that they have been using to get jobs on their applications for legalization without fear of prosecution. This information cannot be released to any law enforcement officer or even to the victims of identity theft. This is outrageous since, according to the Social Security Administration, 75 percent of illegal aliens use fraudulent Social Security cards. According to the Federal Trade Commission which tracks identity theft, one in every seven cases (15 percent) of identity theft committed in the United States in 2008 was employment-related. The simple fact is that identity theft and illegal immigration go hand-in-hand. Children are prime targets of illegal aliens since no one checks their credit histories. An impartial study in Arizona found that as many as 1.1 million Arizona children had their identities stolen. These are not victimless crimes. Children and other Americans suffer very real harm when illegal aliens use their Social Security numbers. They have their credit ruined, are saddled with arrest records, are denied government means-tested benefits, and may even suffer life-threatening consequences if the illegal aliens using their Social Security numbers corrupt their medical records. However, under H.R. 4321, the millions of American men, women, and children who are victims of illegal-alien job-related felonies will be sacrificed so illegal aliens can get on the path to citizenship. This bill even prohibits government employees who are processing the applications of illegal aliens applying for legal status from reporting any criminal activity found in the applications to law enforcement authorities. And it threatens government employees with a $10,000 fine if they violate this prohibition. Thus, under this legislation, if a government employee tries to help an American citizen who is the victim of an illegal alien, the government employee will have to pay $10,000 and will risk losing her job. If she protects illegal aliens and ignores the American citizens who are the victims of illegal-alien crimes she will be rewarded and allowed to keep her job. In addition to protecting criminal illegal aliens, the bill (Sec. 407; see below) also protects and rewards the dishonest employers of these criminals. This is simply a bribe to ensure that employers provide the employment verification information required by illegal aliens to get on the pathway to amnesty and citizenship. In return for helping the illegal aliens who have been using the Social Security numbers of American children, employers are granted amnesty, pure and simple. They don't even have to pay a token fine. According to the bill, employers "shall not be subject to civil and criminal tax liability relating directly to the employment of such alien before receiving employment authorization under this subtitle" and they "shall not be subject to civil and criminal liability under section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a) for employing such unauthorized aliens." And what about those employers who obeyed the law and only hired legal workers and paid their taxes? They don’t even get a letter of thanks for playing by the rules – assuming they are still in business. So in spite of the denials by the advocates for illegal aliens and their phony $500 fine, this bill, just like all previous "comprehensive immigration reform" bills, is indeed an amnesty bill for illegal aliens and their employers who have committed and facilitated felonies ranging from identity theft to tax evasion. http://cis.org/mortensen/hr4321 Where is the justice in this bill for the millions of American men, women, and children who are the victims of illegal alien identity theft?

Public Comments

1. There is none. The only "justice" I see in this is that America voted for Obama and the Democrats, and now deserves what it gets. I tried to warn people! Many others did also. I wish I didn't have to suffer along with everyone else.
2. I'll agree... there is little or no justice. Our gov't and it's representatives have strayed far off the political path that was set forth in the Constitution. They have turned what was once an honorable position of service into a money making machine. Between the base salary and the "contribution" from industries/companies they easily clear $100,000 annually.... so how could they possibly relate to (or sincerely care about) our plight? And thank for making that point about how the ID theft effects young U.S. citizens. I know from personal experience the kinds of problems it causes... it happened to my oldest son when he was 2 years old. We had about 6 months worth of problems with the IRS before the situation was straightened out.
3. It's not justice. Everyone knows this is not a solution to ending illegal immigration. There is absolutely no way the Feds can justify giving amnesty. Past experience proves this is not the answer. There is not reason to believe this time would be any different. The illegals would not have a tax liability. Lack of education, number of dependents and level of income prove that. That claim is false; bring them out of the shadows accomplishes nothing for the US. As Legal Residents they are eligible for ALL programs previously denied them. As LPR they can now sponsor extended family members. It will not stop illegal immigration. So really, what is the true purpose of amnesty!!!!!!! Is it really going to stop ID theft? Is it going to put smugglers & coyotes out of business? Is it going to lower the crime rate? Make driving safer? Generate more revenue to pay for social programs? OR Is it going to increase crime, ID theft, smuggling, kidnapping. Make our roads more unsafe. Increase dependence on welfare programs. And RAISE our TAXES to PAY for it all, because the illegals sure won't be.
4. You're wrong on this! Amesty is only to those that have contributed to the country and have avoided any felonious behavior for six years. Read about it here: http://www.ojornal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20396682&BRD=2677&PAG=461&dept_id=543384&rfi=6 Amnesty will not only help the economy, but it'll help US citizen workers to! http://hispanic.cc/legalization_of_mexican_immigrants_substantially_improves_status_of_u.s._economy.htm New Report Finds Legalization of Mexican Immigrants Substantially Improves Status of U.S. Economy http://reformimmigrationforamerica.org/blog/why-reform/why-reform-for-americas-workers/ For America’s Workers Reforming immigration will help protect all workers from exploitation and unfair competition. Currently, millions of workers — one in twenty in the U.S. workforce — are vulnerable to employers who seek unfair advantage over their competitors by not paying workers minimum wage or by ignoring labor rights protected by law. Bringing undocumented workers into the system will allow them to stand up for their rights and to unionize. When they are on equal footing with other workers, unscrupulous employers will not easily be able to pit one group of workers against another, driving down wages for all Americans. For America’s Families The family is the basic unit of our society, and immigrants who have the support of strong families are more likely to contribute to society, pay taxes, and start businesses that create jobs. But our broken immigration system divides families and keeps loved ones apart for years and even decades, which discourages them from following the rules and working within the system. For America’s Security The immigration system we have today makes little sense in terms of America’s security. With few legal options to come in through the system, many seek ways to go around it. The broken system has spawned a thriving market for smugglers and has generated chaos on the border. A seemingly random enforcement regime targets ordinary immigrant workers and families, diverting resources away from protecting against genuine threats. Millions of immigrants are unknown to the government. Unscrupulous employers have little fear of punishment for recruiting and exploiting undocumented workers and undermining their honest competitors.
5. CIS is your source? This is the true story on them http://www.splcenter.org/intel/nativist_cis.jsp Center for Immigration Studies The nativist lobby's supposedly 'independent' think tank has never found any aspect of immigration it likes "CIS' attempts to blame immigrants for all of the U.S.'s problems have been laughable," said Angela Kelley of the Immigration Policy Center, a Washington, D.C., organization that uses well-known scholars to produce reports on immigration-related issues and has debunked many of the studies issued by CIS. "It is clear that CIS is not interested in serious research or getting the facts straight." CIS makes much of its mainstream credentials, saying it seeks "to expand the base of public knowledge" in an effort to show the need for immigration policies that serve "the broad national interest." And indeed, CIS' website shows that it has testified to Congress close to 100 times since Krikorian took over in 1995. But the history of CIS make clear that it has always been part of a broad-based and well-planned effort to attack immigration in all forms. CIS Senior Policy Analyst Stephen Steinlight pretty much captured CIS' brand of "independent" analysis when he told the Inter Press Service News Agency in 2005 that immigration threatens "the American people as a whole and the future of Western civilization."