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McCain/Kennedy has two purposes, neither of which is to strengthen the borders or enhance the security of the United States. Instead, it first is intended to garner the gratitude of invading hordes of illegal aliens, thus guaranteeing their loyalty and servitude to Washington in perpetuity. Secondly, it is structured in such a manner as to hopefully allow supporting Senators from both parties to camouflage this latest abdication of their Constitutional duty under the auspices of "reform."
John McCain, Ted Kennedy, and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the bill's loudest advocates, are busily traversing the TV roundtable and morning news program circuit in an aggressive effort to make their case "airtight." Yet even a cursory analysis of their words reveals their bill as a dangerous step in entirely the wrong direction.
Consider their monotonously repeated mantra that this bill is "not amnesty." In justification, they explain that illegals will ostensibly be required to pay a thousand dollar fine. Yet even a single visit to the emergency room can cost much more than that. So in truth, the "fine" represents the shallowest example of symbolism.
Secondly, they insist that the illegals presently in the country will be sent to the "back of the line" in their efforts to attain citizenship. But what does this really mean? Clearly, the illegals would have no less freedom to move about and conduct their lives than they presently possess. Tell that to the poor refugee languishing at the "front" of the line in some third-world country, waiting for entry into the United States.
Nor would their status as "non-citizens" prevent them from participation in the political process. The massive demonstrations of the last few weeks, and the intimidating effect they clearly had on the Senate, inarguably prove as much.
Like campaign finance "reform" legislation, which McCain ramrodded through the Congress in perhaps his most famous crusade, immigration "reform" does not address any aspect of the current crisis in a manner that would alleviate the concerns of average citizens who see their country being stolen from them. Rather, it gives Washington insiders an opportunity to appear engaged and responsive, while guaranteeing that absolutely nothing of substance is accomplished.
