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Congressional leaders are planning to grant citizenship and work privileges to millions of illegal aliens in the upcoming budget reconciliation package.
That’s a slap in the face for legal immigrants like me. Lawmakers are effectively saying that tens of millions of us — who followed all the rules for the privilege of coming to this great nation — are a bunch of dopes. That we’d have been better wading the Rio Grande or overstaying our tourist visas.
Amnesty isn’t merely an insult, of course. It poses a tangible, dire economic threat to American workers, native-born and naturalized citizens alike.
The $3.5 trillion budget package will reportedly include amnesty for up to 6 million illegal aliens — about half of those in this country without permission. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, a Washington state Democrat, speaks blithely of a pathway to citizenship for “Dreamers, TPS, essential workers, and farm workers.”
TPS refers to those with Temporary Protected Status, a government program that deferred deportation for illegal aliens experiencing turmoil in their homelands due to natural disasters, like earthquakes, or civil war. Like so many other federal programs, it has been greatly abused. Many recipients have been here for decades — hardly the intent of a “temporary” program.
It’s unrealistic for the United States to offer permanent residence to everyone from a troubled country. My native Bangladesh, population 163 million, faces extreme poverty and dire threats from climate change. Does that mean every Bangladeshi deserves a “get out of deportation free” card if they manage to sneak into this country?
White House officials, meanwhile, claim amnesty will help “rebuild and strengthen our immigration system.” Hang on a minute! How does lavishing rewards on people who flagrantly disobeyed the law “strengthen” the system? It certainly won’t convince people to wait patiently for a visa. Many people will conclude — understandably — that they’re better off coming illegally and hoping for future amnesties. It’ll make the current crisis at the border worse, not better. It’s particularly unfair to upstanding would-be immigrants from around the world who refuse to break the law.
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