The DREAM is really a nightmare that won't go away

Only three months after the big "scamnesty" bill for illegal aliens died a very loud and public death in the Senate, the shills for the lawbreakers are again trying to obtain backdoor amnesty for the illegals by reintroducing the DREAM Act, a bill that will force states to give in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants, a benefit that is denied to out-of-state resident students, as well as to foreign students here legally.

How is this backdoor amnesty? You see, the bill does far more than just its stated purpose of letting a poor downtrodden immigrant student attend college classes. Kris Kobach, a fellow at the Heritage Foundation, wrote an article summing up just what exactly this legislation does, and it's quite frightening in what it will allow:

"It is a mas­sive amnesty that extends to the millions of illegal aliens who entered the United States before the age of 16. The illegal alien who applies for this amnesty is immediately rewarded with "conditional" lawful per­manent resident (green card) status, which can be converted to a non-conditional green card in short order. The alien can then use his newly acquired status to seek green cards for the parents who brought him in illegally in the first place. In this way, it is also a back­door amnesty for the millions of illegal aliens who brought their children with them to the United States."

Here's how the scam works. If this legislation is passed, millions of illegals will be able to claim amnesty, ostensibly due to the fact that they have children seeking secondary education who were born here, or whose children arrived with them while they were under the age of sixteen.

Oh, but here's the rub: There is no upper age limit for claiming that one came here before they were 16, allowing any alien who claims to have done so to apply immediately for a green card, no matter their age, and without any supporting documentation:

"For example, a 45 year old can claim that he illegally entered the United States 30 years ago at the age of 15. There is no requirement that the alien prove that he entered the United States at the claimed time by providing particular documents. The DREAM Act's Section 4(a) merely requires him to "demonstrate" that he is eligible—which in practice could mean simply making a sworn statement to that effect. Thus, it is an invitation for just about every illegal alien to fraudulently claim the amnesty."

Furthermore, any illegal can get temporary status by merely filling out an application, even if it contains no valid information at all, and the government cannot deport them while it's being processed (and we all know how fast the government works). Additionally, the submitted information, even if it's found to be false, cannot be used as evidence to deport the illegal:

"According to Section 4(f) of the DREAM Act, once an alien files an application—any application, no matter how ridiculous—the federal government is prohib­ited from deporting him. Moreover, with few exceptions, federal officers are prohibited from either using information from the application to deport the alien or sharing that information with another federal agency, under threat of up to $10,000 fine. Thus, an alien's admission that he has violated federal immigration law cannot be used against him—even if he never had any chance of qualifying for the DREAM Act amnesty in the first place."

Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill, has announced that he is going to attach an amendment passing the DREAM Act to a defense authorization bill.

Why? Because the DREAM Act doesn't have a prayer of passing by itself, and the Democrats can now attack people who will vote against the defense bill because this amendment is attached to it, calling them "anti-troops" and "against homeland defense".

Professor Kobach details many other reasons to oppose the bill in his article, noting how many benefits, such as federal student loans and expedited citizenship status, will be available to illegal immigrants, but will not be allowed for foreign students here legally and people seeking citizenship through proper legal means. He also describes how, in effect, American taxpayers will end up subsidizing the education of illegal aliens, even as they struggle to pay for their own childrens' college bills. His article is well worth a read.