FAIR gives us some details on the Z visa contained in the Senate immigration bill (S.1348).

However, the details of this Senate compromise prove that it is nothing more than an amnesty. The language creates a “Z” visa program for illegal aliens and illegal aliens only. Specifically, the Senate deal:

• Provides that Z visas last for 4 years and may be renewed indefinitely.
• Waives numerous criminal provisions for eligibility purposes and no medical exam is needed up front.
• Requires state and local governments are required to assist illegal aliens in providing documentation to support a Z visa application as a condition of receiving state impact assistance money.
• Immediately grants probationary benefits (including work authorization, protection from removal, and a social security number) based only on an application and a 24-hour wait on a background check. Probationary benefits are not affected by the “trigger” in Title I of the bill.
• Provides that any knowledge of English is required only upon the first renewal of a Z visa (i.e. after four years).
• Allows Z aliens to apply for green cards and become citizens. While they must wait until some existing applications are processed, they are not required to wait in line behind those who have applied for green cards after May 1, 2005. Moreover, they get to live and work in the U.S. while they wait.
• Provides that green card applications (for heads of households) must be filed in person outside the U.S. but not necessarily in the alien’s country of origin. The alien can then re-enter under a Z nonimmigrant visa because it serves as a valid travel document.
• Requires certain fees and a penalties. To become a Z nonimmigrant (head of household only) must pay a $1,000 penalty. To become a legal permanent resident (i.e. obtain a green card), a head of household must pay a $4,000 penalty.

Looks like state and local governments are going to get hammered again if this bill goes through. I also am curious how a background check is to be done on an illegal alien who often times have multiple spellings of their names and fraudulent identities.

This is just another garden variety amnesty pushed through by Kennedy and his ilk with a wrapping to look like they’ve covered security which will never be implemented. These are details found with just a scanning of the supposedly 1000 page bill. Imagine what other onerous details could be contained in the bill?

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