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Re: Get angry, get engaged, and make a difference now!
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That Immigration Bill
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It's passed the House and will most likely pass the Senate with very few changes. If it does, it will be hell on immigrants. Imagine, overstaying one's visa would be a felony!
www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS...index.html
The bill makes unlawful presence in the United States, currently a civil offense, a felony.
An amendment to reduce the crime from a felony to a misdemeanor was defeated, with many Democrats voting against the proposal in protest over subjecting people who have overstayed their visas to any criminal charges.
By making it a crime to be present in the country illegally, said the National Immigration Forum, foreign students who drop a class or high-tech workers who lose jobs and take too long to find a new employer would be subject to arrest.
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