Report: Bill would set an 8-year
path to residency
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated
Press The Associated Press
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NOTE: NO MENTION OF SECURING THE BORDERS Typical Obama, He
wants what he wants ONLY! There should also
be a part in any bill that states future illegals will not be given this amnesty
or route to citizenship! ILLEGAL ENTRY NEEDS TO STOP and NOT BE REWARDED!!!
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is circulating a draft immigration bill
that would create a new visa for illegal immigrants,(Note: Not a Work
Visa-Because then they would need to hold a real above board job to stay in the
US), living in the United
States and allow them to
become legal permanent residents within eight years, according to a
report published online Saturday by USA Today.
President Barack Obama's bill would create a "Lawful Prospective
Immigrant" visa for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants living in
the United States. The bill includes more security funding(Where is this
$$$ coming from, NOT THE ILLEGALS)and requires business owners to
adopt a system for verifying the immigration status of new hires within four
years, the newspaper said.
USA Today reported that the bill would require that immigrants pass a
criminal background check, submit biometric information and pay fees to qualify
for the new visa. Immigrants who served more than a year in prison for a
criminal conviction or were convicted of three or more crimes and were
sentenced to a total of 90 days in jail would not be eligible. Crimes committed
in other countries that would bar immigrants from legally entering the country
would also be ineligible. (Hmmm. But entering the country illegally is a FEDERAL
CRIME, working under the table is a CRIME and TAX EVAION!!, not including how
many used FALSIFIED DOCUMENTSor STOLEN IDNETITIES).
Those immigrants facing deportation would be eligible to apply for the visa,
the newspaper reported. Immigrants would be eligible to apply for a green card
within eight years, if they learn English and U.S. history and government, and
they would later be eligible to become U.S. citizens.
Last month a bipartisan group of senators announced they had agreed on the
general outline of an immigration plan. For his part, Obama has said he would
not submit his own legislation to Congress so long as law makers acted "in
a timely manner." If they failed, he said, "I will send up a bill
based on my proposal and insist that they vote on it right away." (Looks Like he
lied again.. Oh Yeah.. This Bill was LEAKED!!! Common problem in his
administration!!!)
Clark Stevens, a White House spokesman, said Saturday that Obama still
supports a bipartisan effort to craft a comprehensive immigration bill.
"While the president has made clear he will move forward if Congress fails
to act, progress continues to be made and the administration has not prepared a
final bill to submit," he said in a statement.
Sen. Marco Rubio, the Florida Republican who has been crafting immigration
legislation, derided the draft bill as described by the newspaper as
"half-baked and seriously flawed" and said it was disappointing
because it repeats what he called failures of past legislation. He also said
the White House had erred in not seeking input from Republican lawmakers.
"If actually proposed, the president's bill would be dead on arrival in
Congress, leaving us with unsecured borders and a broken legal immigration
system for years to come," Rubio said in a statement.
Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, described
the draft bill as a "very moderate" proposal. While the path to
citizenship was welcomed by Noorani, he said not enough attention was being
paid to future immigration.
"Commonsense immigration reform must include a functioning immigration
system for the future," Noorani said in a statement. "Reform does not
begin and end with citizenship and enforcement alone."