Posted on 06/29/2007 4:38:18 PM PDT by Baladas
Washington -- President Bush, U.S. congressional leaders and immigration advocacy groups are lamenting the defeat of legislation that would have made the biggest changes in U.S. immigration law in more than 20 years.
The compromise bill was pulled from consideration June 28 following a 53-46 vote in the U.S. Senate against cutting off debate -- stopping debate would have allowed the measure to move to a vote on passage in that chamber.
Both the bill’s supporters and opponents in Congress said the legislation was “dead” for the remainder of the Bush administration, which ends in January 2009.
The bill aimed to create a temporary “guest worker” program for foreigners seeking employment in the United States, a pathway to provide legal status to millions of illegal immigrants in America, while beefing up measures to strengthen U.S. borders.
Bush said in a June 28 statement that he was disappointed that Congress failed to enact the bill.
The president has said the last time a sweeping immigration bill was enacted, in 1986, the law failed because it did not secure U.S. borders, did not create a reliable system for employers to verify the legal status of their workers and encouraged more people to come to America illegally. (See related article.)
Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, the Democratic Party’s chief sponsor of the bill, said that without new immigration legislation, the situation will get worse in the United States regarding what to do with the country’s estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants. He voiced optimism that eventually an immigration bill would be enacted.
“You can’t stop the march for progress in the United States,” he said.
California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein also said she expected the eventual enactment of a comprehensive immigration reform bill. “We will be back,” she said.
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This is the offical PR. Hey, "Washington advocate", I'm happy about it.
“Immigration Bill Defeat Lamented by Bush, Congressional Leaders”
But celebrated by Americans that believe in the rule of law and sovereignty.
Secure the border...enforce the law. (there, we don't need congress, I figured it out!!!)
Both the bill’s supporters and opponents in Congress said the legislation was "dead" for the remainder of the Bush administration, which ends in January 2009.Thanks to everyone who showed up last November, else it would have passed. Thanks also to our politically saavy President for taking the blame for this from the anti-Bush crowd.
Yes, we had a Twentyeight-o De June-o celebration ourselves. ;)
Eat it, El Presidente.
“Immigration Bill Defeat Lamented by Bush, Congressional Leaders”
Just tooooo bad! The bill was tooooooo bad! I for one am not sorry they are lamenting while I am celebrating! :)
The Swimmer’s brain has been pickled for so long that he is incapable of coherent thoughts. Just another try at ruining Our Country. Oh, and pray tell who wrote the 1986 version, why the Swimmer himself!!
The answer is so easy. ENFORCE THE LAWS ON THE BOOKS.
But celebrated by Americans that believe in the rule of law and sovereignty.
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The political elitists of the Beltway got a wakeup call. They really made a huge political mistake trying to jam that pile of excrement down the throat of the American citizen. Their slack is gone, they are being watched under a microscope now, and they hopefully NOW REMEMBER who they work for, who put them in Washington AND WHY, and who pays their paycheck. THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. Such a huge mistake they made. They showed us what they are will to do TO US, for their own political purposes.
Alot of bridges went up in smoke...
I just called the Republican National Committee and left a message on the “general comments” line saying that as a Party, we should stand for law and order.
RNC - 202-863-8500
And if Senator Mel Martinez is not in favor of enforcement of our present immigration and deportation laws, he should resign.
We must build the border fence, which has already been passed into law and has already been funded.
Mel Martinez is out of step with our party.
BOOO HOOO!
Been saying this for months, the Republican candidate (Fred, Mitt, or Rudy) that seizes the Border Issue as their own will be the next President. What I mean is they really sell it like Ike used “I will go to Korea” in 1952.
If any real immigration reform is done it will happen city by city, state by state and all at the local level by locals fed up with the ineptitude of the Feds.
Ha! Good one!
How about backing Our Brave Border Guards and freeing the ones like Ramos and Corpeon, serving 12 years on the word of a Drug Dealer who was treatening them and Our U.S Attorney hid the fact from the Jury tha this witness had just been busted a second time with 1 million dollars of Weed, This is a travesty of Justice!!!!!
When? How soon? Would a Democratic President have done any better under the same circumstances?
“We will be back?????” Mrs. Feinstein??? WE???? And when you come back, We the Loud People will be waiting for you.
Demand a border fence! Build it NOW!! Beef up the border patrol and close our borders!
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Courtesy of a pro-amnesty group, no less!!
Glenn Reynolds over at instapundit.com had this to say to the President and congress.
My advice for next time:
(1) Make the process open, transparent, and timely, with hearings, drafts on the Internet, and no last-minute bills that no one has read;
(2) Earn people’s trust, don’t demand it, and treat enforcement like it matters;
(3) Respect people who follow the law, and make legal immigration easier, cheaper, and simpler, rather than the Kafkaesque nightmare it is now;
(4) Don’t feel you have to be “comprehensive” — address the problems you can deal with first. The trust needed to deal with other problems will come later, after you’ve shown some success and some good faith.
posted at 08:48 PM by Glenn Reynolds
Compromise Bill?
Compromising the American people is more of what it is like.
We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive. - C. S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis said it MUCH better...
Any bets that ICE arrests will slacken to a trickle shortly..
Pssst “There not buying it? “Oh Darn”
W
Here is a link to a good summation of the victory over amnesty over on National Review Online. I can’t post the article per the instructions of the syndicate that carries the author’s(Rich Lowry) collumn.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDgwMzUwZDM2NzNhMDJiOGU2YzdhMTQ3NzE2OGUyY2Q=
I don’t think the elitists wok up at all. They are just going to shove it down our throats in smaller doses.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858358/posts?q=1&;page=1
As it now exists, the Republican party is too liberal for me.
No, it won't affect Mrs. Feinstein.
Bring it on! The sleeping giant is now awake, and with FR and other conservative blogs, and talkradio, standing watch, we have just begun to fight! Hmmm, where have I heard that before?
“The president has said the last time a sweeping immigration bill was enacted, in 1986, the law failed because it did not secure U.S. borders, did not create a reliable system for employers to verify the legal status of their workers and encouraged more people to come to America illegally.”
Well let’s just fix these failures and go on from there!!! That would be a good start to get Americans to support immigration reform.
I am glad those two in Georgia and Texas (among others) came around.
None of them are my senators, but I have always donated to the RNC, until now.
Arizona has a BIG housecleaning to do.
Lie, lie, lie.
The law failed because the US government, specifically the executive branch, has failed to make more than a token effort to enforce it. And congress, for that same period, has made no attempt to prod the executive branch into doing its Constitutional duty.
The law has failed because the US government does not want to stop illegals.
Even if this bill had been well written, it would still be worthless because they still wouldn't enforce border security.
They are just going to shove it down our throats in smaller doses.
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We will see. The 2008 election is going to be a rude awakening for many of those who perped this atrocity. Now it will be an issue for the election which IS THE GOOD NEWS and that will wake up alot of complacent and ignorant voters.
After:
“The immigration bill failed because the politicians in Washington are out of touch with the American people. The voice of the people is loud and clear - secure the border, enforce the law and no special deal for permanent residency or citizenship for illegals. America will always welcome legal immigration, but as a nation we also insist on the rule of law.”
Mitt Romney....June 28th 2007!
One would think these old washed up polidiots would have learned long ago ya can’t piss “into” the wind.........
Consider this as well.......... The illegals are being used as slave labor now without benefits by employers at very low to half of the minimum wage as “illegals” !
Now these hispandering / OTM loving polidiots want to legalize em........the “new citizens” will then have rights to sue for benefits and demand basic minimum wage for the job they land.
That INCREASE cost to the employer WILL be passed on to the consumer !
We can’t afford the fiscal drain on social services nor the increase across the board of ALL costs ! The trickle down won’t just be the polidiot piss we got this past few weeks in the form of this seditious immigration bill......it will be something we can not afford.
Recent fuel costs alone are a great burden on folks I work with. Add that to the costs of everything that is transported /manufactured with fuel consuming means and we be in for a depression of the likes no generation can stand or survive.........especially ours in it’s current PC/BS driven form.
We HAVE to fight this in every possible way, tooth and nail.
I am 100% in favor of controlled LEGAL immigration. We have to ensure that always exists vs this wildebeest border crossing free for all from every border in the CONUS vs just the southern one......
Go after the employers and the herd mentality will prevail as good forage is destroyed the illegals will go for greener pastures per se...........
Doom on the polidiots, the presstitutes and their seditious handlers that force this upon our republic, the stupid peons looking for a better life and dumb enough to come north via other than legal means of immigration and the American working taxpayer who votes !
Incumbents....dust off yer resumes as I will vote to put you back into the unemployment line this election.
“Gee, now we may actually be required to enforce immigration law as written; what a bummer, Man.”
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K.I.S.S.-KEEPING IT SIMPLE SENATOR
WHERE THERE’S NO FENCE
THERE’S NO ENFORCEMENT
THERE’S NO RE-ELECTION!!!
AND THERE’S
NO IMMIGRATION REFORM
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