Posted on 12/13/2005 5:15:43 PM PST by nj26
House Republicans are poised this week to pass one of the toughest border security proposals in more than a decade, cracking down on illegal immigrants and their employers and rejecting President Bush's call for a comprehensive bill that would let millions of undocumented immigrants work legally in the United States.
The measure would, for the first time, make it a federal crime to live in the United States illegally, transforming millions of immigrants in this country into felons ineligible for converting to any legal status in the United States. Currently, living in this country without a visa, work permit, green card or other appropriate document is a violation of civil immigration law, not criminal law.
The bill also broadens the statute designed to combat immigrant smuggling to include people who shield, harbor or offer support to illegal immigrants, like employees of social service agencies and church groups, as well as those who house or transport illegal immigrants. Violators could face up to five years in prison.
The legislation would require the mandatory detention of immigrants other than Mexicans who are entering the United States illegally, increase funds for local sheriffs in border states to allow them to detain illegal immigrants and toughen penalties for employers who hire them....
With most analysts predicting that the measure will pass in the House on Thursday, many of the bill's critics are pinning their hope on the Senate, which is expected to take up a comprehensive immigration bill next year. Representative Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona, who sponsored a bipartisan bill that includes a guest worker provision, said he felt deeply frustrated by the House border security bill, even though he favors strong enforcement of existing immigration laws.
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I support that.
The People's House is listening to the people.
The Senate and the White House only seem to listen to the Media and the Left.
I don't support that. Include Mexicans please!!! Now we can see why nothing gets through the house, crap like this is always attatached, along with other pork.
Give 'em 30 days to evacuate the country.
Let me know when the Senate approves a "non-watered down" version of same! Then I'll be excited! The U.S. Senate, what a bunch a loosers! UGH!
Well, at least it would cover all those illegals from Iceland and Luxembourg.
The GOP leadership should follow the lead of these good conservatives in the House, not the other way around.
That's just bullshit. Anyone who tries jump the Q should be unconditionally returned to the sh@t hole thy came from.
"Representative Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona, who sponsored a bipartisan bill that includes a guest worker provision, said he felt deeply frustrated by the House border security bill, even though he favors strong enforcement of existing immigration laws."
A TEMPORARY guest worker program is not the worst idea in the world, but the legislation he signed on with(McCain/Kennedy) is by no means a temporary guest worker program. It is flat out amnesty!
Either poor drafting or poor reporting. Considering this is Congress versus the New York Times, I'd say it's a tossup.
Is that so hard? is it? Huh?
Sheesh!
That's true. What the bill says and what media says could be quite a different thing.
Where is this proposed bill? maybe we sould read it before we sound off, LoL!
Mexicans apprehended as they enter the country are quickly returned to Mexico.
Unless they make it to Colorado, where local law enforcement has been ordered by the Feds to let them go.
Congress can't even get existing laws enforced, nothing will come of making more laws.
This is getting interesting. I'll beleive it when I see it.
If I were writing it, I'd keep HA! inside the quotes.
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