Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)--a Republican member of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” who co-sponsored the Senate immigration bill and was one of 14 Republicans who ultimately voted for it--was unaware that his own bill allows a person to forge up to two passports without penalty. “Under the Senate immigration bill, how many passports can someone forge before it becomes a crime?” CNSNews asked Rubio Thursday on Capitol Hill. “How many--you can’t forge any passports,” Rubio replied. ”That’s a federal crime now.” CNSNews: “It’s actually a part of the bill that it’s up, that you can do two, and three and on it’s a crime. Why would that be a part of it?” Rubio: “Well, first of all, I think what you’re talking about is the way the law is described vis-a-vis, umm, waivers that people can get. And as I said, I mean, there are elements of that bill that continue to be, need to be improved, and I myself have disagreements about the way the waiver structure was put in the bill, and my hope is that it can be improved through the House process when they do their own bill.” However, Section 3707 of the immigration bill (S. 744) is titled, "Reform of Passport, Visa and Immigration Fraud Offenses." It makes no mention of any “waivers," but it does specifically amend Section 1541 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code, which currently requires criminal penalties for issuing “any” unauthorized passports. As amended by S. 744--the Senate immigration bill Rubio co-sponsored--a person would not be dealt criminal penalties until they forged "3 or more passports." Continue reading via CNS News...ARE WE DEALING WITH A BUNCH OF IDIOTS HERE or WERE THEY UNAWARE THAT AMERICANS WOULD FIND OUT WHAT IS IN THEIR BILL..JUST A BAND OF CORRUPT POLITICIANS TRYING TO ALLOW CRIMINALS CITIZENSHIP...
Posted on: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 04:01:12 +0000
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