By Any Other Name, Amnesty Bill Still Stinks!

One of Shakespeare`s most
oft-quoted phrases comes from

Romeo and Juliet, where Juliet asks Romeo:
"What`s in a name? That which we call a rose by any
other name would smell as sweet." Accordingly,
President Bush and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid can
call their immigration bill by

any name they want to, but it is still amnesty, and
it still stinks!

Hopefully, readers are aware that
the Bush/Kennedy amnesty bill is being debated in the
U.S. Senate this week with both the White House and
senate leaders hopeful of quick passage.

If it passes, the

proposed immigration bill would immediately give all
12-20 million illegal aliens already in the United
States "probationary"
citizenship. It would also put an estimated 60 million
immigrants on the path to citizenship over the next 20
years. In exchange for granting

U.S. citizenship to tens of millions of illegals,
the bill promises to better protect America`s borders.

However, what is abundantly clear
is that the federal government`s idea of border
enforcement is totally without meaning or merit.
Consider the fact that the United States already has
copious laws against illegal immigration, including
punishment for businesses that hire illegals. So, what
good have these laws done?

Very little.

No one with any sense of
objective truth believes that the Bush administration is

serious about

border enforcement. No one. Therefore, how can
anyone believe that

more promises of border enforcement will accomplish
any more than with existing laws?

The plain truth is, President

George W. Bush, Senators

Ted Kennedy,

John McCain, et al., are simply hell-bent to provide
amnesty to tens of millions of illegal aliens, and this
bill will give them the power to do it.

Do I need to convince readers
that any kind of amnesty will put America on the fast
track to ruin? The United States simply cannot absorb
upwards of 60 million, mostly unskilled,

non-English-speaking, migrants in the next few
years. It just is not possible.

Already, America is reaping the
consequences of unbridled illegal immigration. Americans
are being squeezed out of work by illegal immigrants who
will work at significantly reduced wages. Of course our
unemployment is low: Americans are

working two or three jobs just to

make ends meet.

Add to the strain of the loss of
good paying jobs the strain of an

ever-growing financial burden to taxpayers. For
example, Heritage Foundation scholar Robert Rector
recently released a new study entitled,

"The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Households to the U.S.
Taxpayer." In the report, Rector notes that
two-thirds of the millions of illegal aliens in this
country fall into the category of "low-skill"
households. Contrast that with just 10% of native-born
Americans falling into that category.

Writing for National Review
Online, Byron York

states, "Rector found that in 2004, the most
recent year for which figures are available, low-skill
households received an average of $32,138 per
household—the great majority in the form of means-tested
aid and direct benefits…. Against that, Rector found
that low-skill households paid an average of $9,689 in
taxes…. In the final calculation, he found, the
average low-skill household received $22,449 more in
benefits than it paid in taxes…"

According to

World Net Daily, "If the lower figure of 12
million illegal aliens is used for estimation purposes,
the [current] total tax burden translates to $2.2
trillion."

It doesn`t take a mathematical
genius to calculate that with an added 60 million mostly
unskilled immigrants moving into the country, the
financial cost would be more than taxpayers could
possibly pay for.

Consider also the toll upon
America`s safety and security. Already, law enforcement
agencies are very much cognizant of a surge of Latin
American "ultra-violent" gangs that have sprung
up in more than 40 U.S. states. According to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI), one gang called MS-13 has
been identified in 42 states. Another group called the
18th Street Gang is in 37 states. According to FBI MS-13
National Gang Task Force director Brian Truchon,
"When the gang migrates throughout the U.S., there is
always a road back to L.A. From L.A., there is always a
road back to Central America."[

Ultra-violent gang found in 42 states Central,
April 27, 2007, WorldNetDaily.com, By Jerome R. Corsi  ]

Retired lawman Jim Kouri

recently wrote, "According to Lt. Steve Rogers, a
decorated cop and award-winning writer, there are tens
of thousands of murderers, rapists, child predators,
robbers and drug dealers who are illegally in the United
States. One study shows over 200,000 criminal aliens are
preying on U.S. citizens."

As I have previously noted in
this column, illegal aliens already murder at least 12
Americans every day. Think of the

potential violence that another 60 million aliens
will bring. Not to mention the threat of potential
terrorism.

America`s law enforcement
communities are keenly aware of the probability that
international terrorists have already infiltrated the
United States due to our lack of border control.

For example, William Gheen,
President of Americans for Legal Immigration Political
Action Committee (ALIPAC), recently said, "MS-13 and
other illegal immigrant gangs are bringing in the
illegals, drugs, heavy weapons, and possibly terrorists.
The biggest threat from their members is contained in
the multiple intelligence reports provided to Congress
indicating that Al-Qaeda and MS-13 are now working
together to smuggle terrorist operatives and materials
into the U.S." [Illegal
Immigration: Terrorist Gangs From Across the Border
by Sher Zieve, PostChronicle.com,  Oct 22, 2005]

In light of all of the above, how
in the world can President Bush and senate leaders
proceed with plans to explode the growth of unskilled
immigrants into the United States? Perhaps the answer
lies within the details of the bill.

According to World Net Daily,
"The controversial `Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity
and Immigration Reform Act of 2007,` which would grant
millions of illegal aliens the right to stay in the U.S.
under certain conditions, contains provisions for the
acceleration of the Security and Prosperity Partnership,
a plan for North American economic and defense
integration, WND has learned.

"The bill, as worked out
by Senate and White House negotiators, cites the SPP
agreement signed by President Bush and his counterparts
in Mexico and Canada March 23, 2005–an agreement that
has been criticized as a blueprint for building a
European Union-style merger of the three countries of
North America.

"`It is the sense of Congress
that the United States and Mexico should accelerate the
implementation of the Partnership for Prosperity to help
generate economic growth and improve the standard of
living in Mexico, which will lead to reduced migration,`
the draft legislation states on page 211 on the version
time-stamped May 18, 2007 11:58 p.m."

Aw! There is the underlying
reason President Bush is willing to incur the wrath of
his conservative constituents: he is determined to
implement the SPP and pave the way for the emerging
North American Union before he leaves office. The
amnesty bill being pushed through the Senate this week
is absolutely essential to this end.

As Juliet said, "What`s in a
name?" Bush, Kennedy, McCain and Company are playing
word games with us. They know this is amnesty. You know
this is amnesty. And millions of illegal aliens know
this is amnesty.

If it walks like amnesty, talks
like amnesty, looks like amnesty, and smells like
amnesty, it`s amnesty! Now, the question is, Will the
American people sit back and let it happen?

Dr. Chuck Baldwin is the
pastor of Crossroad Baptist Church in Pensacola,
Florida. He hosts a

weekly radio show. His
website is

here.