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SENATORS SESSIONS' "TEN MYTHS" ABOUT AMNESTY

            Few members of Congress have been more aggressive or on-target in working to turn back the rush towards comprehensive immigration reform than Senator Jeff Sessions (R - AL).  Our nation started 2014 with word of a "big push" to get this legislation through Congress, with Republicans issuing a new "set of principles" that would guide their actions.  We ended last week with Speaker Boehner saying immigration reform may be totally dead in the 113^th Session, because too many in Congress don't trust President Obama to enforce any new laws that might pass.

The key here is to keep alert.  It would be shocking if the powers-that-be in Washington, who worked so hard to get this legislation through the Senate last year, are going to simply stand down or go into full retreat.

            Whatever the future of immigration reform, NPG has high praise for Senator Sessions.  Once again, he has taken a leadership role in derailing any foolhardy plans for Congress to advance legislation that contains an avenue for amnesty/citizenship.  On the day of President Obama's State of the Union speech, the Senator's staff distributed a well-documented, 14-page Myth vs. Fact review of the amnesty issue.  Sessions' memo addressed 10 myths advanced by the open-border lobby.  They were:

1. Those who broke our immigration laws will not get any special path to citizenship;
2. The plan is not amnesty because illegals will have to pay fines and back taxes, learn English, and pass background checks;
3. The immigration-reform debate in Congress will be full and open;
4. The majority of Americans support immigration reform;
5. We need a guest-worker program to fill our labor shortages and take jobs America's won't do;
6. Those granted legalization must be able to support themselves and will not get welfare;
7. Immigration reform will help the economy;
8. Border security will come first and no legalization can happen unless triggers have been implemented;
9. Passing "immigration reform" and fixing the border will end illegal immigration;
10. Congress will force [President] Obama to fully enforce the immigration reform bill if it passes it.

Clearly, these statements are ridiculous - and none of them are based on facts.  Yet this is the "logic" that NPG, and our nation as a whole, is facing when it comes to immigration reform.  We applaud Senator Sessions for putting forth these myths, so that American citizens and legislators can learn the truth about this proposed legislation.