Yes, the chamber is a sell out to their big corporate buddies. And they are led by GROVER NORQUIST, the biggest GOP border sell out there is. Don't overlook his influence as the white house "Point man" on immigration.
And CIS is as good as gold.
I don't know if you had a chance to read the following thread or not, but Norquist factors into it.
GOP (Leadership) forms strategy to OK guest workers (Sneak In Amnesty???)
Washington (Dec 6, 2005) - Republican leaders will try to pass President Bush's controversial guest-worker proposal without putting it to a direct vote in the House.
Observers say the new GOP strategy that begins today is for the House to deal only with the more politically palatable issue of increasing border security and clamping down on employers. Republican leaders then will let the Senate pass some form of a guest-worker plan.
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But the House members will be aware of the plan to build in a guest-worker program through the conference committee, said Grover Norquist, a Republican strategist who often serves as an informal liaison between Congress and the White House.
"The president's made it clear he wants both (border security and a guest-worker program)," Norquist said.