o become full legal residents, under a compromise Senate leaders announced Thursday, Mr. RamÃrez and other illegal immigrants would have to pay a total of $5,000 in fines, more than 14 times the typical weekly earnings on the streets here, return to their home countries at least once, and wait as long as eight years. During the wait, they would have limited possibilities to bring other family members. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
This story starts out with quotes from migrant workers, hardly an informed source on a 380 page bill. It does not say how many immigrants per year would be allowed into the US. It does not talk about any border enforcement measures (fences) nor about employer verification of applicant's citizenship. The authors opine that a $5000 dollar fine is "no big deal" for migrant workers, which sounds odd. I make more than a migrant worker and $5000 is a big deal to me. Bottom line. Article is long on opinions, long on quotes from uninformed sources, and short on real facts. I doubt that the authors have actually read the proposed bill. Clearly the authors feel it is a good bill. I might even agree with them, but the author's don't present enough facts in their story for me to make up my mind. The opinions of migrant workers toward the bill is interesting, but I'd rather have more solid information about the contents of the bill. This piece is more of an editorial than a news story.
