Brad Houck from Moore, Okla., sets on the steps of the Capitol during a counter rally Sunday, April 2, 2006, in Oklahoma City. A day after more than 5,000 people, mostly Latinos, rallied at the state Capitol to protest proposed state immigration policies, about 200 people gathered on the same Capitol steps to support legislation to stop illegal immigrants from receiving public assistance and require public employees to report suspected undocumented workers.
Members of the Ruminahui Association, who are relatives of migrants, are seen with their legs wrapped in chains during a protest against U. S immigration reform that is supported by President George W. Bush outside the Ecuadorean Archiepiscopal Palace in Quito, Ecuador, on Monday, April 3, 2006. The poster says: ' Down with the wall of terrorl'
Marchers from a coalition of conservative groups demand tougher immigration laws during a rally Sunday, April 2, 2006, at the Capitol in Oklahoma City. The gathering came a day after more than 5,000 people, mostly Latinos, rallied at the Capitol to protest proposed state immigration policies.
Lou Dobbs Tonight
Thursday, April 6, 2006
Republican and Democratic Senators this morning took turns in front of television cameras congratulating themselves and their esteemed colleagues for reaching a compromise on illegal immigration reform. We’ll bring you the latest news on the Hagel/Martinez Amendment and what it means for solving this country’s illegal alien crisis.
The test for effective reform is straightforward: Congress and the president cannot reform immigration if the federal
government cannot control it, and the federal government cannot control immigration unless it first secures our borders and our ports. Tonight we’ll tell you what the Senate compromise legislation includes in terms of border enforcement.
The deal, which would include a temporary worker program backed by President Bush, would allow illegal aliens who have been in the United States more than five years a chance to become citizens if they meet a series of requirements and paid a fine.
Other rules would apply to people less than five years. But,how will the United States really know who has been here for less or more than five years since they’ve entered illegally?
And Lou will be joined tonight by three high-profile
Congressmen to discuss today’s compromise on so-called
immigration reform: Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, who opposes a guest-worker program, Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, and Congressman Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, who has organized pro-amnesty marches.
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