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This is entirely too fair and rational to make it through the current
political establishment of special interests, lobbyists, and oligarchs
of money.


"arminius" <richard norton@cybertrails.com> wrote in message
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> "Graphic Queen" <xxx.xxx@xxx.xxx.com> wrote in message
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> > 7 Principles of True Comprehensive Immigration Reform
> >
> >
> > It is critical to distinguish the reform that the public seeks from
> > the deceptive package of measures that the immigration lobby is
> > peddling. We feel it time the nation's largest immigration reform
> > organization speak out about "true comprehensive immigration reform."
> >
> > The evidence that illegal immigration and mass immigration are harming
> > our country is overwhelming and irrefutable. Congestion, environment,
> > crime, health care, education - the costs are too high for the
> > American family to continue to bear.
> >
> > Since immigration burst on the scene as a major national issue some 20
> > years ago, the term "reform" has been associated with those who
> > believe that large-scale illegal immigration is a serious problem and
> > overall levels of immigration need to be reduced. We've been educating
> > the public for the last 25 years on the need for true and
> > comprehensive reform, so when it comes to defining "reform", we've
> > written the book on it. Opponents of these reforms claimed that a
> > problem did not exist and therefore reform was unnecessary.
> >
> > Recently the political winds have shifted. As opponents of reform
> > learned that the majority of the public were "pro-reform", they
> > changed their tune and have tried to wrap their defense of unchecked
> > illegal immigration and record levels of legal immigration as being
> > "reform measures" when, in fact, they are measures that will "deform"
> > our already broken system.
> >
> > True comprehensive immigration reform, as FAIR - the nation's largest
> > immigration reform organization - and the overwhelming majority of
> > Americans believe it to be, must adhere to this set of immutable
> > principles:
> >
> > First Principle: Cut the Numbers
> > Any level of illegal immigration is unacceptable, and current legal
> > immigrant admissions of about one million persons each year are
> > entirely too many.
> > Any measure that increases either illegal or legal immigration
> > violates this principle. Immigration is a discretionary public policy.
> > Its primary purpose, since our founding, is to advance the interests
> > and security of the nation.
> >
> > Second Principle: No Amnesty or Mass Guest-Worker Program
> > The 1986 amnesty was a failure; rather than reducing illegal
> > immigration, it led to an increase. Any new amnesty measure will
> > further weaken respect for our immigration law. Therefore, all amnesty
> > measures must be defeated.
> > Laws against illegal immigration must be enforced, if they are going
> > to act as a deterrent. Redefining illegal aliens as "guest-workers" or
> > anything else is just that: a redefinition that attempts to hide the
> > fact it is an amnesty, not reform.
> >
> > Third Principle: Protect Wages and Standards of Living
> > Immigration policy should not be permitted to undermine opportunities
> > for America's poor and vulnerable citizens to improve their working
> > conditions and wages. The need for guest workers must be determined by
> > objective indicators that a shortage of workers exists, i.e., extreme
> > wage inflation in a particular sector of the labor market.
> > The current system accepts self-serving attestations of employers who
> > seek lower labor costs as protections of American workers. True reform
> > requires an objective test of labor shortage demonstrated by rising
> > wages to attract more American workers.
> >
> > Fourth Principle: Major Upgrade in Interior Enforcement, Led by Strong
> > Employers Penalties
> > Employers who knowingly employ unauthorized workers are the magnet
> > that attracts illegal entry into the U.S. These employers are
> > complicit in the illegal alien cartel activity of smuggling,
> > trafficking, harboring, and employing and must be punished. We must
> > reform the current system by enforcing employer sanctions and fully
> > punishing employers who break the laws of this country. These
> > punishments will be fines, jailing for repeat offenders, and loss of
> > corporate charters.
> > Employers who knowingly or unknowingly employ illegal workers must be
> > weaned off of their growing use of such workers by assuring a level
> > playing field for all employers and demonstrating effective
> > enforcement actions against employers who continue to exploit illegal
> > workers. No U.S. industry has jobs in which there are no American
> > workers. If illegal workers are decreased over time, wages offered
> > will rise to attract back more American workers. Real shortages, as
> > noted above, can be met with short-term temporary foreign workers.
> >
> > The Basic Pilot Employment Verification program must be made mandatory
> > and at no extra cost to employers.
> >
> > Effective immigration enforcement on the border and the interior of
> > the country requires that staffing, equipment, detention facilities,
> > and removal capabilities be adequate to fully meet current needs. The
> > measures needed to identify and remove illegal aliens will also remove
> > the ability of potential terrorists to operate freely in our country
> > as they plot the next catastrophic attack on our people.
> >
> > Fifth Principle: Stop Special Interest Asylum Abuse
> > Reforming the refugee and asylum system means returning to the
> > original purpose and definition of the program: "any person who... is
> > unable or unwilling to return to, and is unable or unwilling to avail
> > himself or herself of the protection of that country because of
> > persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race,
> > religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or
> > political opinion...."
> > America must honor it responsibilities to protect people who are
> > fleeing true political persecution as defined by U.S. and
> > international law. Efforts to expand those definitions to include all
> > forms of "social persecution" invite massive fraud and endanger the
> > security of this nation. Similarly, treating aliens illegally residing
> > in the country the same as foreigners on legal visitor visas for
> > purposes of the Temporary Protected Status designation is illogical
> > and a form of amnesty that must be ended.
> >
> > Sixth Principle: Immigration Time Out
> > We must restore moderation to legal immigration. Beginning with the
> > recommendations of the Jordan Commission in 1995, we need to restrict
> > immigration to the minimum consistent with stabilizing the U.S.
> > population.
> > Overall immigration must be reduced to balance out-migration, i.e.,
> > about 300,000 per year while still permitting nuclear family
> > reunification and a narrowly focused refugee resettlement program. A
> > moratorium on all other immigration should be immediately adopted
> > pending true comprehensive immigration reform. We should abolish the
> > extended relation preferences.
> >
> > Seventh Principle: Equal Under the Law
> > There should be no favoritism toward or discrimination against any
> > person on the basis of race, color, creed, or nationality.
> > All admission of immigrants should come within a single, stable
> > ceiling which is periodically reviewed on the basis of a reasoned,
> > explicit goal of achieving population stability. We should abolish
> > special preferences such as the Cuban Adjustment Act.
> >
> > http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_research3327
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