In the Race
Now, here, you see, it takes all the blogging I can do to keep in the same place.
If I want to get somewhere else, I must blog twice as fast as that!
You see, I'm in
the Red Queen's Race...
Legal Status to 9-11 Illegal Immigrants...As long as They Aren't Terrorists or Criminals?
By Janet Evans
Monday, Apr 28 2008, 07:05 AM
"Federal officials on Thursday opened a path to temporary legal status for illegal immigrants whose spouses or parents died on 9/11, a step the families’ supporters called a breakthrough in the effort to allow them to remain permanently in the United States."
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"The measure, which was prompted by a request by Ms. Steinberg [a lawyer representing several of the illegal immigrants] for help from immigration officials in resolving the legislative impasse, affects no more than two dozen immediate family members of 9/11 victims who have lived in limbo since the attacks. Their spouses, including those who were themselves illegal immigrants, were listed by name as heroes on memorial rosters of the victims. The families received payments from the Victim Compensation Fund, ranging from $875,000 to $4.1 million."
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"Homeland Security officials will use the information to decide whether to give the immigrants a temporary humanitarian parole to allow them to live and work legally in the United States, Mr. Baker [Dept. of Homeland Security] wrote. The parole would not be granted to immigrants with criminal records, ties to terrorism or formal orders of deportation, he said."
So, let me get this straight...
Illegal immigrant survivors of illegal immigrants who were working at the World Trade Center and tragically died on 9-11, and have already been compensated between $875,000 and $4.1 million....again, this to illegal immigrants, will now be allowed to legally stay in the United States?
Oh, as long as they are not terrorists or criminals?
Excuse me, but aren't they criminals in the first place because they are illegal immigrants?
There are tragedies that happen in this country every single day, which include the murder of Americans by illegal immigrants.
Do we compensate those families with our tax dollars?
Do we give them special treatment because they have had a loss?
I'm just asking...
I pesonally believe the 9-11 Victim's Compensation Fund was a huge mistake in the first place.
It was pretty obvious it was created by Congress to protect the airlines.
The trouble is, 9-11 was the fault of the terrorists, and they and their families aren't the ones who paid the compensation.
We taxpayers did.
Read the complete article in the New York Times
Steps Set for Kin of 9/11 Victims to Stay in U.S. í here
I'm very sorry the illegal immigrant families can't invest their compensation money because they don't have social security numbers.
Will we grant dual citizenship to families of all foreigners who lost a loved one here, also, because they feel a "connection?"
