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March 11, 2010 Dick Armey Tries to Keep Tea Parties from Opposing Amnesty? "Recently, tea party profiteer and FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey has taken a more vocal stance against anti-immigrant rhetoric. In an interview with Charlie Rose that aired late last week, Armey went as far as to list former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) as representing part of the "tea party tent" that he feels "uncomfortable" with due to his "harsh and uncharitable and mean- spirited" immigration positions," says Andrea Nill with Alternet.
California Man Helped Dozens With Student Visa Fraud Dozens of foreign students from Middle Eastern countries paid Eammon Daniel Higgins hundreds of thousands of dollars to attend classes and take exams for them, authorities say. "Students paid up to $1,500 for course assignments and finals and about $1,000 for English and writing proficiency exams, prosecutors allege," according to the LA Times. "[T] the case raises questions about whether the government has let its guard down since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when one of the hijackers was in the U.S. on a student visa, said Ira Mehlman, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform. 'This is an indication that a lot of the abuses that led to 9/11 are still taking place,' Mehlman said. 'The consequences are not just people getting phony grades. There are potential national security consequences at stake.'"
Schumer Looking for Republican Help on Amnesty Bill Sen. Charles Schumer is looking for another Republican to join Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) in sponsoring Senate amnesty legislation. "Lindsey Graham and I are working. We only have a couple of more things to get done - and they're hard. One of them is to get another Republican on the bill. One is to finally deal with the issue of getting business and labor on the same side on low-wage workers," Schumer said.
Greece Added to Visa Waiver Program Despite Economic Problems "Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the designation of Greece as a member of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP)--strengthening passenger information sharing and ensuring strict security standards while streamlining travel for Greek citizens visiting the United States," DHS said in a news release. "It makes no sense to expand the Visa Waiver program until the exit portion of U.S.-VISIT is fully implemented. Without an exit tracking system, visitors to the U.S. can stay here indefinitely and undetected," noted Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) in response. "Without a fully-implemented exit program, the VWP facilitates illegal immigration. An estimated 40 percent of illegal immigrants came to the U.S. under the VWP or with temporary visas and simply overstayed their period of lawful admission."
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