Immigration Bill Has Reparations for Nazis

From Webloggin   "Immigration Bill Includes Possible Reparations for WWII Nazis"  

It seems that every page of the Senate’s closed door attempt to ram an unworkable immigration bill down the throats of the American people is chock full of trap doors and trick wording. (h/t Big Dog)

John Fonte of the Hudson Institute wrote an article in National Review that exposes an interestingly worded section buried in the middle of the Sections 901-916 on pages 409-415.

The Senate immigration bill could mean reparations for German Nazis. No, I’m not making this up. Look at Title IX, the “Study of War Time Treatment of Certain People,” also cited as the “Wartime Treatment Study Act,” Sections 901-916, pages 409-415 available through the Heritage Foundation.

Fonte explains how this section works and the history behind the supposed need to do so. In case you are wondering, the need begins with the following words and phrases, “devastating,” “detrimental,” “many who suffered”, “victimhood” and “discrimination.”

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Comments

[Stormwarning]

Webloggin: Actually, I understand your point of view and appreciate your kind response. In truth, my two previous comments on this post relate to individuals who, without reading the bill, would jump on the bandwagon and believe the Fonte statement (see one of the first comments to this post in particular).

Now, having said that. IMO, clearly, there were wrongs perpetrated on Japanese Americans during the War. I believe that those wrongs to the Nisei were righted (to the extent that payments were made for properties lost)...it seems about $20,000 to each surviving Nisei.

Without getting into any depth debate here on this subject, it appears that a previous bill, Senate 1354 (2005) went unnoticed by everyone who is now in an uproar about Senate 1639 (2007). Nothing has really changed except the generally partisan politics that now plagues this Nation (and that pervades some of the more hateful Internet websites and assorted blogs - NOT suggested that yours or RT is in the group).

The question...were or were there not German Americans and Italian Americans who were declared enemies of the United States and then taken from their homes, subjected to curfews, limited in their travel, deprived of their personal property, and, in the worst cases, placed in internment camps?

I believe that the answer to this question is an affirmative one.

So lets discuss the rationality of any Wartime Treatment Studies Act, or now, the so-called, “Study of War Time Treatment of Certain People?”

[Sam Pierce]

http://conservablogs.com/conservativecommonman/2007/06/24/president-bush-recommends-fighting-forest-fires-with-44-billion-slips-of-paper/

I heard an author on Laura Ingraham a few weeks ago describing one of several remote Islamic communities in the U.S. I think his name is Paul Williams and the particular camp was in upstate New York.

[Sam Pierce]

http://conservablogs.com/conservativecommonman/2007/06/24/president-bush-recommends-fighting-forest-fires-with-44-billion-slips-of-paper/

Perhaps this is being absurd to illustrate absurdity (as Rush says) but it isn't unthinkable that unintended consequences can be horrible if a bill is ushered in the back door without full disclosure and proper debate and analysis.

I have a solution: instead of voting on the bill, just ship it to Mexico and have a coyote bring it back, then it will be legitimate!

[Webloggin]

Stormwarning,

I have read the legislation and have commented on it extensively. It may not have the express intent of granting reparations to WWII Nazis but it certainly has the potential for yielding something so outlandish depending on what comes out of the commission. I would imagine that Congress would be careful not to let that happen but there have been many times in the past where Congress and government has let such crazy things happen because they were crafted in the middle of the night without debate and passed silently.

You can read the actual text of the act on Webloggin.

I should have used a better title in my post because I can see that my phrasing of "possible" has morphed into will pay on some sites and that was not my intent. The act sets up a commission to investigate alleged acts and that has the real potential of turning into reparations; nobody can deny that potential.

I state very clearly that the reparations are one possible outcome and that Fonte uses this example, however outrageous it may be, to make a point.

On the rewriting history part the language itself in the text is very leading and has no business being in an immigration reform bill. How can anyone justify the placement of this Wartime Treatment Study Act in an immigration bill.

This is a blame American again attempt even though the United States should be praised for what it did in WWII. If not then what exactly is it?

[Stormwarning]

S.1639 is not there to re-write history, nor is Title 9 there to provide payments (reparations) to Nazis. If that's what anyone thinks, then they've got their heads planted deeply in a very very dark maloderous place. The fact that some/certain people would believe outright what was written without ever actually reading the piece of legislation just goes to show how ignorant the American electorate really is. Thos who make judgments on legislation based on someone else's interpretations when the original legislation is there within 2 or 3 clicks...well, it shows.

[Webloggin]

Thanks for the linkup Debbie.

I know some are skeptical about Fonte's interpretation but I have read the text and Fonte is pointing out the potential for misuse by activists that wish to rewrite American History in less than glorifying fashion.

WWII was a triumph of the United States. There may have been internment but it was done to protect this country. There is no way that we can sit here today and pass judgment on our grandparents, many of whom died to protect their children and yet to be born ancestors.

This is appalling and is more indication that our Congress needs a wake up call in 2008 from the top to the bottom on both sides! - Trip

[Next Stop Lauderdale]

Not only are our policies seeming to work towards losing the current war, they apparently are willing to re-vist the old wars and try and change the outcome there as well. .....steve

[Stormwarning]

Fonte's interpretations of S.1639 are "liberal" for sure. Have "we" read the outrageously insane sections of the bill?

As I read (active tense) Title 9 and its sections, I have a hard time interpreting the language the way he did.

[Layla]

This is totally outrageous. Just more insanity -- it never ends does it?

You have a wonderful weekend hun!

[Maggie M. Thornton]

Debbie, I have not heard this. I've had practically no time for news the past two days. I'm going to Webloggin and will try to also get something out with a link back to them.

Just as the possible good news about Hutchison, Alexander and Cornyn gets out, then this.

If this is true, I'd love to know who in the Senate is aware.

Thanks for the word on this.

Maggie
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