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Posted on 07/30/2013 12:45:13 PM PDT by cotton1706
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) signaled Tuesday that the dramatic boost in border-security in the Senate’s comprehensive immigration bill could be one of the provisions that may be changed in a potential House-Senate compromise.
During an immigration forum hosted by the AFL-CIO Tuesday, McCain – a key Senate Gang of Eight negotiator – said while a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s undocumented immigrants is a “fundamental element” of the bill, the “rest of it could be adjusted.” He singled out the border security parts as an example.
“We don’t need 20,000 additional border patrol agents,” McCain said Tuesday. “But what we do need is use of technology that has been developed where we can survey the border more effectively.”
The border-security provisions in the Gang of Eight bill, written by Republican Sens. Bob Corker of Tennessee and John Hoeven of North Dakota, would set aside more than $46 billion to double the number of border patrol agents along the southwestern U.S. boundary, add new surveillance technology and to complete the 700-mile border fence.
Corker and Hoeven drafted their amendment in the final days of the Senate immigration debate, and it was critical to luring several wavering Republican and Democratic senators on board with the overall bill.
“I voted for it so friends of mine would be comfortable that we are securing the border,” McCain said Tuesday. “But the real securing of the border is with technology, as opposed to individuals.”
Several Latino and immigration advocacy groups have expressed outrage at the Senate Gang of Eight bill and its border-security provisions since the overall legislation passed in June.
Last week, more than 30 Latino organizations wrote to Congress, calling on House lawmakers to oppose the Senate immigration bill partly because of what the groups called “border militarization” in the legislation.
Meanwhile, Republicans and Democrats alike in the House have been highly critical of the Corker-Hoeven proposal. A border-security measure in the House has gained bipartisan backing and could be among the first immigration bills voted on by the full House later this fall.
An insidious plan from beginning to end.
That's why the House must not pass ANY immigration "reform" bill.
Yeah, we all know how well the 'Virtual Fence' worked out.
Stuff it, McCain. You are a liar among liars.
Illegal aliens have a pathway to citizenship already.
1. they can return to their home country where they would be citizens.
Who could have seen that coming? /s
I wonder if he thinks that the “virtual aliens” that crossed the “virtual fence” have committed “virtual crimes”.
Well, he definitely lives in his own virtual reality.
Little Juan is talking open borders now. What a retard. We’ll use “technology to survey the borders”? What for? So we’ll know how many new DemocRATS come in each day?
Do they even follow this guy into to crapper to get these ridicules ideas in press. The guy is a walking idiot spewing nutty commentary on any subject and all of it anti conservative.
You are correct by the way, pass no bill on immigration because to do so invites a rewrite in conference in which the Senate will dictate terms which will be agreed to by the GOPE and the dems in the house. A political imbicile knows that and if we bite on that one, that underscores how they view the voters....idiots.
How about deporting McCain back to Panama
Panama doesn’t deserved to be punished by McCain. Ship his @ss to Gitmo.
Reid still has not given the Senate bill to the House. He knows it can be blue-slipped and sent back because the bill contains appropriation requirements, which must originate in the House. The Senate bill is unconstitutional.
FUJM !!
ZERO TRUST ! ZERO !!
Cant trust plastic man Mccain.
Songbird Mccain.
So when will John McCain ever give up trying to destroy the United States ?
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