IF we are going to allow all these unauthorized immigrants to flood our state, how about they put a special provision in this bill that says these immigrants would NOT qualify for food stamps, Medicaid, college funding or any other government sponsored welfare UNTIL they became citizens after their 13 year path to citizenship. I am all for extending opportunities but at the same time Texas and the United States needs to take care of its own citizens BORN here FIRST. We send too much money to foreign countries to help out WHEN there are homeless people, hungry people, jobless people right here in the United States! Likewise, if people rely on welfare for their whole life, then they have not really contributed to our society as productive citizens. Welfare should not be a hand out and those that receive it should be subjected to random drug tests and be required to prove they are actively seeking employment! S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. ...That effort got a strong boost in the U.S. Senate yesterday as 84 senators voted to bring the bill up for debate and possible amendments on the Senate floor. The two Republican U.S. senators from Texas split on this vote, with John Cornyn voting in favor of the motion to proceed on S. 744 and Ted Cruz among the 15 senators voting against even discussing the bill. Besides creating a 13-year path to citizenship for unauthorized immigrants who can pass a background check and demonstrate payment of taxes, the bill alters the system of legal immigration for the future, giving special emphasis to employment-based immigration by highly skilled workers. In addition, a new visa for a limited number of less-skilled workers (ranging from 20,000 up to a ceiling of 200,000 depending on labor-market conditions) would be made available. Importantly, the bill would provide enhanced worker protections against exploitation by recruiters and would ban the charging of fees to workers to get jobs in the U.S.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:01:59 +0000
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