Educated and Skilled Illegal Immigrants?

The Senate is wheeling and dealing provisions in an attempt to "overhaul" immigration legislation. The Democrats and Republicans are coming together for once, and talking points have been put out. It all comes down to one thing: AMNESTY for illegals. And worse.

Under the tentative deal, undocumented workers who crossed into the country before Jan. 1 would be offered a temporary-residency permit while they await a new "Z Visa" that would allow them to live and work lawfully here. The head of an illegal-immigrant household would have eight years to return to his or her home country to apply for permanent legal residence for members of the household, but each Z Visa itself would be renewable indefinitely, as long as the holder passes a criminal background check, remains fully employed and pays a $5,000 fine, plus a paperwork-processing fee.

In the following days if not hours, we will hear about the undisclosed portions of this deal. Illegal immigrants have no intention of returning home, for any reason. We are stupid and naive if we think otherwise. Indefinite visa? Sweet- a permit to remain legally illegal.

A separate, temporary-worker program would be established for 400,000 migrants a year. Each temporary work visa would be good for two years and could be renewed up to three times, as long as the worker leaves the country for a year between renewals.

And who is going to monitor all this? DO we have the resources and manpower to hold oversight to all these immigrants coming and going? Can we expect a group of law breaking people to come forward and suddenly obey our laws? Will the Mexican government support these measures? Of course not.

To satisfy Republicans, those provisions would come in force only after the federal government implements tough new border controls and a crackdown on employers that hire illegal immigrants. Republicans are demanding 18,000 new Border Patrol agents, 370 miles of additional border fencing and an effective, electronic employee-verification system for the workplace.

There has been much talk about this fence and the lack of progress being made on it. From what I can see, it's gone nowhere. Border control agents? Now there's a job no one wants, after all the US government is doing it's best to protect the rights of illegal aliens vs. agents. Why don't we just hire immigrants to guard the borders?

Automatic family unifications would remain but would be limited to spouses and children under 21. The adult children and siblings of U.S. residents would probably need other credentials, such as skills and education, to qualify for an immigrant visa. A number of unskilled parents would be allowed in, but that flow would be capped.

Knowing our Democrat leaders, the other "credentials" will be provided for, paid for by the American tax payer. Any skill will qualify for special privilege. Suddenly we'll see things such as toilet scrubbing become a learned "skill" acquired through some fashion of formal education.

To Republicans, the new system would make the nation more economically competitive while opening access to a wider array of migrants. "I think you'll find the point system to be pretty well balanced," said Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.).

We must not upset the business factor here. After all they stand to lose the most when it comes to economic benefits of illegal immigrants. Problem is, these new rules will create a class of immigrant workers. Some with higher education and skills, and therefore demand for higher wages and better benefits. The uneducated lower class immigrants will be crying foul. Who is anyone trying to fool here? The "educated" immigrants will be offered all those other jobs American middle class folk now hold.

Do our leaders see this coming? Do they care? I'm not sure. But I am sure of this: THIS legislation will effect more Americans negatively, by far, than it will effect any one illegal immigrant. We're selling the very soul of America here. The value of hard work means nothing when Americans aren't allowed to do it- when Americans lose jobs and their livelihood. Our government has tried to sneak in new laws and legislation -designed to accommodate the business community, and surely a means to replace American workers and save money. We need to call our elected leaders and demand an end to this. We don't need illegal immigrants. There are no jobs an American won't do, and this talking point needs to stop.