Why isn’t anyone talking about the new governmental agency needed to implement the Senate’s “comprehensive” immigration reform bill?

For weeks now we have been hearing about, and have been discussing, S. 1348 – the Senate’s “Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007”. Presidential candidates, Senators, Representatives, talk show hosts, journalists, and scholars have been debating the details of the Senate’s latest “grand” compromise on immigration. The buzz word details of the bill have been knocked around newscasts and talk shows like ping pong balls. For example, we are constantly hearing about temporary workers, guest workers, undocumented workers, Z visas, triggers, amnesty, the shadows, touching base, chain migration, anchor babies, regularization, and a path to citizenship.

It all sounds very expensive to me, and very confusing.

I began to wonder – who would implement the details of the bill being discussed with such vigor by our leaders? Who would oversee the new “guest worker program”? Who would make sure the new “workers” paid the fines they would be assessed? Who would calculate their back taxes? Who would make the determination as to which level of “regularization” each new “worker” would be assigned? Who would regulate which family members would be allowed to enter the country? Who would prepare, organize and authorize the new documents to be given to the “undocumented” workers? Who would do the 24 hour background checks? Who would oversee the “probationary” period of the Z visa holders? Who would make sure they learned English? And so on…..

Since our leaders were not answering these questions for us, I decided to study the details of the bill and answer the questions myself. Fortunately for us, for each detail of the bill, we already have a giant governmental agency in place to immediately and efficiently fulfill its new responsibilities.

As you are reading about each agency’s involvement in the implementation of the Senate’s immigration bill, please keep in mind that each agency will be working together and communicating with all of the other agencies at the same time. If an example of our government’s ability to do that does not immediately come to mind, just remember the success it had on September 11, 2001.

First, we will need the Department of Labor. Title VI of the bill provides for a guest worker program, so the Department of Labor will be needed to manage a program for millions of “guest” workers.

We will need the Department of Education. Title VI Subtitle C of the bill implements the DREAM Act of 2007 providing in-state tuition and other benefits for illegal aliens, so the Department of Education will be needed to supervise that program and guard against fraud and abuse. Also, Title VI Section 643 requires that at some point, within 12 years, the illegal alien must pass a basic English test to obtain a second Z visa renewal. So, the Department of Education will need to make sure this requirement is satisfied for the millions of non-English speaking illegal aliens.

We will need the Department of Homeland Security. Under Section 601, the government will be allowed one whole business day to conduct a background check to determine if an illegal alien is a criminal or a terrorist. Therefore, we will need the Department of Homeland Security to conduct millions of background checks – immediately. So, the DHS employees will undoubtedly have to pull an “all-nighter”.

We will need the Internal Revenue Service. We are being told that illegal aliens will be required to pay back taxes. If so, we will need the IRS to confirm the amounts owed and to collect such back taxes.

We will need the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services department. Title VI of the bill provides for a probationary “Z visa”. Whatever that is, it will need to be handed out, records of it will need to be kept, the time-life of each “Z visa” will need to be monitored, and so on. Furthermore, Subtitle A of Title IV of the bill provides for “Temporary Guest Workers”. The USCIS will be needed to monitor, supervise and enforce the new “Temporary Guest Worker” program.

We will need the Social Security Administration (for as long as it remains in existence). The bill provides that many illegal aliens will be able to collect social security credits for the years they worked illegally. Therefore, the SSA will be needed to calculate the benefits to be paid to each one and to pay them.

We will need the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Agency, and Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms agency. Under Section 601, illegal alien gang members will be eligible to receive legal status. Not to worry though -- such eligibility is based on the “renunciation” of one’s gang affiliation on their application. We will, therefore, need the FBI, DEA and ATF to ensure that these gang members keep their word and give up the profits from drug smuggling, arms smuggling and human smuggling. Please keep in mind, however, that in certain selected “sanctuary” cities these agencies are precluded from working with local law enforcement agencies regarding certain “immigration” violations – too bad for you folks in Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, New York, etc. I am sure you will be safe.

We will need the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Under Title VI, the illegal aliens will have to pay fines (that is why this bill is not “amnesty”). Thus, we will need ICE to make sure all of the fines are paid. We also need ICE’s involvement in the event any of the other provisions of this “comprehensive” bill are violated by a new Z visa holder or an illegal alien who fails to qualify for the Z visa (whatever it is). Title III of the bill provides for employer and workplace compliance, so ICE will be needed to enforce the provisions on every employer in the nation.

We will need the U.S. State Department. We are told that most illegal aliens will have to leave the country to “touch base” and return at some later time before obtaining citizenship. The State Department will be needed to monitor and to confirm such travel.

We will need the U.S. Marshals Service. Section 601(d)(1)(I) allows the USCIS to give absconders Z visa status. More than 600,000 fugitives are now present and running around the country, having defied the law at least twice. The Marshals Service will be needed to locate these absconders and let them know of their new “legal” status. What a relief the absconders will feel – no longer being called “fugitives”.

We will need the Federal Bureau of Prisons and U.S. State Department of Corrections. Certainly a few of the 12 million to 20 million illegal aliens will violate the provisions of the bill or other laws of the United States, and their Z visa will be revoked or they will have to be dealt with otherwise in the “system”.

We will need the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA). Fortunately, the incredible efficiency and expertise of FEMA will be needed. Title V Subtitle C of the bill is entitled “Preservation of Immigration Benefits for Hurricane Katrina Victims”. No further explanation needed here. Continued...