What do you guys think about this bill. I think this has to be one of the most biased pieces of legislation I have ever seen.

Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., has come under fire for pressing forward with an immigration bill that would provide 10,500 work visas annually for Irish citizens seeking to gain entry into the United States.
At a time when Congress has been sharply divided over enacting comprehensive immigration reform, Brown’s legislation is invoking the ire of a number of ethnic minorities who feel ignored by the proposal – and who contend that it exhibits favoritism towards Europeans over Asian and Hispanic immigrants.
The timing also has led some critics to suggest that Brown, facing a tough re-election race, is using the legislation to attract votes in November in a state where one in four residents claim Irish ancestry.
An official of the Washington-based League of United Latin American Citizens accused Brown of “political pandering over what’s really needed.”
Brent Wilkes, LULAC’s national executive director, noted that Brown has not supported the so-called DREAM Act, a controversial piece of legislation that would grant citizenship to children of undocumented immigrant parents if the children enroll in college or serve in the U.S. military.
“Why pick the Irish immigrants in Massachusetts,” Wilkes asked. “He obviously has an agenda and it has nothing to do with spearheading true immigration reform.”
While some other immigration advocacy groups commend Brown’s legislation, they would like him to do more.
“We do believe that the problem isn’t just about limits to Irish workers,” said Eva Millona, executive director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Reform Advocacy Coalition. “The problem is that there are flaws in the immigration system in general, and the entire system needs to be reformed for everyone.”
John Donnelly, Brown’s communications director, disagreed.
“For decades, the Irish have been unfairly shut out by our immigration laws, while immigration from many other countries has sharply increased,” he said.
Through the Irish Immigration Reform and Encouragement – IRE Act, Brown is seeking to acknowledge that Ireland has been relegated to the backlogs of the immigration system for nearly the last half-century, and “is working to pass a legal immigration solution for the Irish that better reflects our deep cultural and economic ties,” Donnelly said.
Donnelly pointed to federal government data showing Ireland to be one of the top 20 sources of foreign direct investment in the United States, adding that economic and trade ties are an important facet of overall U.S.-Irish relations.


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This bill clearly shows favoritism to Irish immigrants at the expense of the vast majority of immigrants living in the shadows of this country. That's why you could not bribe me enough when a Republican states that he opposes immigration reform due to fairness, law breaking, or any of their other bogus excuses. A lot of it is ethnic bias, clearly and simply. Over the past few years the only passed immigration related legislation has been connected to easier and more lax codes relating to immigrants from fellow Angolphone nations, many of them championed by republican senators. It is obvious then the real reason why the Dream act or anything resembling it(The Rubio act) will find then a hard time in the house and major sections of the senate, particularly among the Tea Party bloc.