Response from Senator Burr
A few weeks ago, when amnesty was the word of the day from the United States Senate, I wrote an email to both my Senators. The email was done from their contact forms on their official US Senate sites. It was rather short and to the point. I didn't save the exact words, but they were something alone these lines:
As Representative Myrick told President Bush during the ports discussion, not only No, but Hell NO to amnesty. Please do not support any amnesty for criminals.
I received a written response from him the other day (I'll be sure and let you, the good reader know if I get a response to the bricks I send, too). It's probably a form letter, and I can understand that. In it, he says that he is a co-sponsor of S.1438. I think I'll go take a peek... Gee, only 70 pages long. I wonder what's hidden inside (my comments in parenthesis): Sec 101a: A whopping 250 extra border patrol agents per year. (Well that's a good start.)
Sec 101c: Roads and barriers needed to "achieve operational control of the borders of the United States"
Sec 103: Training so border agents can recognize forged documents.
Sec 104: Requires biometric portions of ID accepted
Sec 201: Authorize funds to detain criminal aliens
Sec 203: Increase penalties for drug and people smuggling
Sec 207: More cash to deport aliens
Sec 208: More cash to hire people in immigration positions
Sec 210: Allows (but does not require) federal department to deny benefits to criminal aliens
Sec 220: Grants states the authority to enforce immigration laws (they already can if they want to).
Sec 222: Requires state to inform DHS about aliens apprehended
Sec 225: Requires the feds to take control of aliens transferred to them by states
Sec 227: Requires the feds to pay for state costs associated with criminal prosecution of aliens
Sec 301: Hire 3,000 federal
Sec 302: Increases fines for those who knowingly hire aliens
Sec 311: Improves social security cards (tamper resistant)
Sec 501: Creates guest worker program
Sec 218A: Details guest worker program -- requires a fee from worker, requires job offer, application, medical form. Maximum duration of guest worker: 6 years -- unless they're a migrant worker (<6 mos per year). Families of guest workers could only visit for 30 days. If unemployed for 30 days, must depart.
Sec 218B: Allows anyone already in the US to stay -- if they admit, in writing, that they're illegal; give up all their forged documents; and agrees to leave within 5 years unless they become legal during that time. If they agree to leave and do not, they're fined.
Sec 801: Give piles of money -- $120 million -- to organizations who help illegals.
Sec 901: Give these "temporary workers" their own social security accounts called "temporary worker investment accounts" -- including taking anything they might have put into social security already. And lots of other technical changes. Well, it's not too bad, but it sure isn't good. I don't see a wall there, do you? I don't see anything about getting the illegals already here out, do you? I'm not impressed. My Senator's letter also says
I support a comprehensive approach
Ah, crap. That's the Republican code word for amnesty. Well, at least one of my senators responded.
Comments
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At least you got something back. Of course, I have sent emails, not letters. I have recieved a letter back from Elizabeth Dole every time. Have like 10. Have several from McCain, and one from a Senator in Colorado, forget his name, too lazy to look it up at the moment. Plus from assorted House critters.
Burr? Nada. He's not much of a replacement for Edwards, in my opinion.
Burr? Nada. He's not much of a replacement for Edwards, in my opinion.
Posted by: William Teach at April 21, 2006 12:12 AM (doAuV)
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I think both our NC Senators are just kind of hanging around, collecting paychecks.
Posted by: Ogre at April 21, 2006 11:27 AM (/k+l4)
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I wrote the chairman of the Senate committe on transportation, Wayne Allard, of Colorado, over the Triangle Transit Lite Rail idiocy, since Dole was so clueless over it. Got a letter back from him. Used the real name.
Kinda funny how the next letter back from Dole wasn't as polite as the others. Coincidence?
Kinda funny how the next letter back from Dole wasn't as polite as the others. Coincidence?
Posted by: William Teach at April 21, 2006 11:27 PM (doAuV)
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That is interesting. Usually I'm pretty convinced that they get thousands of letters and would never recognize my name if I sent them one a day -- and hell, I've given money to some of the bums.
Posted by: Ogre at April 22, 2006 12:25 PM (blszc)
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