My reading of the bill is that the “so called” background checks must be completed within 24 hours to deny a “Z Visa”?? I work for the Federal Gov’t and my personal experience is that for the HIGHEST clearances, we’re months behind. For routine clearances, it’s already years behind. I worked in a job that required a background investigation and “sensative” clearance for nearly 5 YEARS before the process was finally completed. By then, I not only needed the clearance initially applied for, but the highest civilian clearance = top secret. Subsequent renewals have taken months. Folks, regardless of one’s stance on legal immigration, we’re being sold a bill of goods that the Federal Government is proposing legislation that they cannot possibly enforce!

I will be actively working to support candidates that OPPOSE this bill and to DEFEAT those that do.

I truly view border security as first and foremost a SECURITY issue and oppose anything other than a focus on security first bill.

I can’t believe that some RINOs are now saying that the opposition to this bill is DECREASING just because we haven’t been flooding their offices with objections EVERY DAY DAY AFTER DAY, but if that’s what it takes Senator Kyle will get some more from me. You’d think they’d pick up that the base is PI___D OFF when we personally return the solicitation messages stating “not another dime to anyone who supports this mess” and personally terminates their membership in various GOP fundraising groups because of this issue.

One bright light in this mess is that, so far, John Thune has been holding out against it! It kind of surprised (and worried) me when he endorsed John McCain early and this is basically the McCain-Kennedy Amnesty Disaster bill.