Turning On The Kids Magnet

Mickey Kaus writes:

Sen. Reid has filed for cloture on the Dream Act, meaning a vote could come tomorrow (Wednesday). My problems with the proposed law–which would in effect grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens under 30 who can claim they came into the country before they turned 16–are outlined here. Both proponents and opponents are activating switchboard-flooding measures. Askew has a list of allegedly undecided senators. … Here’s a list from Numbers USA. … Here is an estimate of the number of illegal immigrants who’d qualify from Steven Camarota. …

 

P.S.: Applicants would have to live in the U.S. for five years and eventually graduate from high school or get a GED. But Numbers USA claims that the bill would "be a rolling amnesty drawing more illegal aliens here in the future to apply for amnesty." [E.A.] Is it possible that the bill has no cutoff date–no requirement that applicants have entered the country before such and such a day–meaning that it would function as a formal standing offer to people in other countries who might be thinking of coming here illegally in the future: ‘Sneak across the border before your kids get too old and they will get legalized’?