And in today's "Sarah Palin Is Only Qualified To Run A Child's Lemonade Stand And Little Else" news...
Palin's currently visiting America's most American sites in America on a self-proclaimed Freedom Trail tour--that's Alaskan for "Media Troll Campaign" -- which took her Wednesday to Ellis Island, our monument to immigrants and their struggle for a better life, and the place where a staggering 100 million Americans can trace their beginnings in this country. To honor that struggle, Palin weighed in before her visit on the DREAM Act, which Democrats want to reintroduce into the Senate:
"The immigrants of the past, they had to literally and figuratively stand in line to become U.S. citizens. I'd like to see that continue," Palin said. "And unfortunately, the DREAM Act kind of usurps that-the system that is a legal system to make sure that immigrants who want to be here legally, working hard, producing and supplying revenue and resources for their families, that they're able to do that right and legally. Unfortunately, the DREAM Act doesn't accomplish that."
Now, I'm guessing in the "lots of things" that Sarah Palin reads but has trouble naming, you won't find the "Brief History of Ellis Island" among them, which states that those immigrants of the past to whom she's referring had to literally stand in line for "only a few short hours" before they were granted citizenship:
Despite the island's reputation as an "Island of Tears", the vast majority of immigrants were treated courteously and respectfully, and were free to begin their new lives in America after only a few short hours on Ellis Island. Only two percent of the arriving immigrants were excluded from entry. The two main reasons why an immigrant would be excluded were if a doctor diagnosed that the immigrant had a contagious disease that would endanger the public health or if a legal inspector thought the immigrant was likely to become a public charge or an illegal contract laborer.
Contrast this with the "line" that would-be immigrants seeking permanent residency under the DREAM Act would have to stand in, which would require them to:
And if and only if those criteria are met, then DREAM Act beneficiaries must still:
Not to mention that the fulfillment of this commitment is to take place within a 6 year "conditional" period, and only after that can a DREAM Act beneficiary even apply for a green card. Yet Palin maintains a 3 hour wait at Ellis Island is truly waiting one's turn, while 6 years under the DREAM Act is cutting the line?
So not only are Palin's reading skills sub-par, her 'rithmetic sucks too. On second thought, don't put her in charge of that lemonade stand either.
[Politico: After Ellis Island, Sarah Palin heads to Boston]
[Ellis Island History & Culture]
[Wikipedia: DREAM Act]
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How many of today's illegal immigrants would fail to qualify if even those two simple rules were followed?
1. Lived here since 15. No proof required by the illegal. They claim it and it would up to a besieged bureaucrat to prove otherwise.
2. The 29 y/o requirement is still far far too old. These are kids anymore and haven't been for a long time. The 29 y/o limit is actually much lower then the first version that has pushed for a 35 y/o limit.
3. Lived here 5 years. See 1 above.
4. good moral character means they can have two convictions for criminal offenses and unlimited arrests. They can be known gang members. The head of hs can waive these "tough" standards at any time.
5.With office personnel that can't keep up now I'll bet they do a thorough job with 3 million (3 years worth of work) all added on in a few months.
6. Taxpayers fund the medical checks.
7. Not be "likely" to be a public charge but it's still ok to be one.
8. Multiple loopholes for military or college so they are nothing more then suggestions. All they have to do is claim "hardship" and they are not required to do so. They also can then get lots of taxpayer funded college programs - since there is so much extra money for all the kids going now - sorry sarcasm off.
The dream act is a nightmare.
hese people are here ILLEGALLY - the only thing I am willing to give them is a one way ticket - bus or airplane- back to their own countries.
The laws in this country state that you must have a visa in order to stay in this country LEGALLY - if you didn't get one before you came here or yours has expired then you need to go back to your own country NO MATTER WHERE THAT MIGHT BE! Bye- Bye!
The DREAM kids at least know where to find the spell-check, dude.
She probably wouldn't have the common sense to wash her hands once and a while, either.
(Bet she didn't pay taxes on that lemonade stand...)
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