Dick “Eddie Haskell” Durbin, John McCain, Luis Guitterez, or even President Bush bristle at the notion that the “comprehensive immigration reform” that they are promoting is just another amnesty, insisting that the beneficiaries of the law would not be given a free pass. No, no, no, they protest, it’s nothing of the kind because they would have to learn English, pay a fine, and go to the back of the citizenship queue. After we’ve regained our composure after a near-death inducing guffaw attack, many of us point out that (1) because it rewards people for being illegally in the country longer, this proposed law will actually produce the bizarre result of an underground industry in fake documents so that immigrants can prove they’ve been breaking the law LONGER than they actually have and (2) more important, leaving that ridiculous result aside, no matter how tough the sanctions in the law might seem, do the proponents really expect any of us to believe that there is any way to enforce them? What are we going to have—English class police? The law’s proponents scoff at these concerns, but never offer any satisfying response. Of course not—THERE IS NONE AND THEY KNOW IT! Here’s the latest proof, the story of Elvira Arellano.

“With the help of Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Rep. Luis Guitierrez (D-Ill.) and various community groups, Arellano secured four one-year extensions to stay in the United States. They enabled her to get a legal Social Security card, Illinois driver’s license and work permit. But she’s ineligible for citizenship because of her first arrest.”
“Vigil set to halt migrant’s deportation,” Chicago Sun-Times, August 14, 2006, p. 11.

That first arrest and conviction was for using a fake Social Security number. She had also been deported once before in 1997, but crossed illegally again 3 days later.

OK, so here’s my question for Sen. Durbin and Rep. Guiterrez, zealous propopents of the latest amnesty, who claim it isn’t because of the sanctions it contains. If you are currently doing everything you can to subvert existing immigration laws, why do you think we can trust your assurances that you will make sure that the new law is enforced? Just how stupid do you think we are? I don’t know about the rest of you, but I have had it with Eddie Haskell and friends continuously demonstrating their cynical contempt for us with baloney like this.

The latest about Ms. Arellano: she’s decided that she’s the new Rosa Parks. I would ask law abiding African-American citizens: are you offended by that comparison? If not, you should be.

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