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Originally Posted by cold1
The Reaper, I called senator Burrs office this morning to tell him to vote no, So did several of my family members. We have been betrayed. Also have you noticed his web site has an "en espanol" translation button on it? What a sell out.
8944, One item that I would like to see addressed is what is the punishment for non compliance. Everyone on both side have been talking about how the illegals will comply an become citizens, but no one has addressed what will happen if they just say "to hell"with it. The illegals already have a track record of not obeying the laws, so why would this new bill compel them to do so now?
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Sec. 275A. (a) In General- In addition to any other penalty, an alien who is present in the United States in violation of this Act shall be guilty of a felony and shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not less than 1 year, or both, and the assets of such an alien shall be subject to forfeiture under title 18, United States Code.
`(b) Defense- An alien who is present in the United States in violation of this Act shall not be subject to the penalties described in subsection (a), if such period of unlawful presence began upon the expiration of a period of the alien's lawful presence in the United States and the alien failed to depart the United States at the expiration of the period of lawful presence due to an exceptional and extremely unusual hardship or physical illness that prevented the alien from departing the United States.'.
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT- The table of contents of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 275 the following:
`Sec. 275A. Criminal penalties and forfeiture for unlawful presence in the United States.'.
(b) Increase in Criminal Penalties for Illegal Entry- Section 275(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325(a)) is amended by striking `not more than 6 months,' and inserting `not less than 1 year,'.
Mind you the Secretary of Homeland Security has to come up with facilities to detain up to 20,000 illegals (including accomdodations for families) and is to consider the possibility of using Federal property that has been designated for BRAC....of course the housing area will have to be upgraded and modernized once the military dependants get out of there....