How can illegal aliens be in "the shadows" when each one receives thousands of dollars in benefits each year?

Out from the shadows: We are told -- or rather, instructed -- by the Beltway ruling class that our duty as Americans is to bring illegal aliens "out from the shadows". Never mind that we can find illegal aliens wherever we turn.

Illegal immigration costs American taxpayers more than $110 billion each year.

Worse yet, we're starting to discover all of the nuggets hidden inside the Corker-Rubio-Schumer Amnesty Crap Sandwich -- you know, that other bill no one bothered to read. Some of the pieces of undigested corn:

BUSINESSES GET TAX BREAKS FOR HIRING ILLEGAL ALIENS OVER CITIZENS

Well, now we know why the corporatists like Karl Rove and Jeb Bush support this madness. According to Sen. Ted Cruz, businesses get a tax break for hiring a legalized illegal over an American citizen.

...the “bipartisan” immigration bill creates a $5,000 incentive per employee for businesses to hire workers legalized under the immigration bill, in preference to citizens or legal immigrants.

BORDER SECURITY IS LEFT UP TO THE DISCRETION OF... JANET NAPOLITANO

Have you seen those commercials on television that assert the Rove-Rubio-Schumer Amnesty bill is "conservative"? The ones that say the border will be secured? Can you guess what I'm going to say next? Yep: it's bullcrap.

The new version of the “Gang of Eight” bill, repackaged with the “border surge” amendment from Sens. Bob Corker (R-TN) and John Hoeven (R-ND), would grant the Secretary of Homeland Security the authority to decide whether or not to implement the border security technology and fencing provisions in the bill...

Ignoring them would result in no repercussions whatsoever.

In short, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano gets to veto any of the border security measures passed by Congress.

DHS HAS NEARLY TOTAL DISCRETION OVER WHO GETS TO STAY IN THE U.S.

Another loophole in the McCain-Graham-McConnell Amnesty bill gives Napolitano complete latitude over who gets to stay in the U.S..

The Secretary can do pretty much whatever she wants in terms of waiving removal or deportation of a person attempting to enter the country or in the country illegally based on her determination of the “public interest"... There are similar provisions in section 3215 as to admissibility into the United States...

The section not only guarantees that a single family member being lawfully in the country will allow the full immediate family to stay, but it also will provide the Secretary — Janet Napolitano now — with broad discretion to allow anyone to stay for almost any reason.

THE 9/11 TERRORISTS COULD HAVE RECEIVED AMNESTY UNDER THE RUBIO-SCHUMER-CORKER BILL

Walid Shoebat observes that many of the 9/11 terrorists violated the terms of their visas and others overstayed their visas. Under the Mendendez-Graham Amnesty Bill, these terrorists could have been rewarded with citizenship.

If this amendment – or something like it – is part of any final bill that becomes law, obtaining a work visa will become quite desirous on the part of those who plot against the U.S. Are there stealth jihadists out there who would set out to acquire a work visa if they knew that once it expired, they could overstay it, not only without consequence, but with the reward of citizenship?

What about that secure border?

Perhaps in another ten years, we can make it contingent on giving stealth jihadists the right to vote.

William A. Jacobson summarizes the Senate's undemocratic process: "The rush to a vote in the Senate does not allow time to fully understand all the provisions. And that’s why the rush is taking place."

This bill must be stopped in the House. We will need to put maximum pressure on the feckless House leadership and every Republican member of Congress. Gird your loins.


Hat tip: Mark Levin.