The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (CIRA, S.2611), which recently passed the Senate, provides amnesty to illegal immigrants and creates a massive "guest worker" for life program. Earlier this month, The Heritage Foundation released an analysis calculating that the bill, if enacted, likely would result in 103 million immigrants obtaining legal status or entering in the U.S.
In crafting immigration reform legislation, given the stakesinvolved, Congress should oppose and, if necessary, the President should veto any reforms or reform packages that do not comport withAmerica's core principles, are not in the best interests of theUnited States, and are inconsistent with the traditions andcompassionate practices of America's ongoing experiment in orderedliberty.
By a ratio of three to one, Americans prefer to decrease rather than increase immigration into the U.S.[1] But the immigration bill passed by the Senate ("The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act," S.2611) contained a vast increase in legal immigration. This enormous increase in legal immigration has been effectively concealed from the public.