[Ben Ficklin]

"but all the democrats voted against it because they wanted to kill the whole bill."

Actually is wasn't all the democrats but it was a few/enough to insure passage of the Republican bill.

Apparently the dems are trying to assist the republicans as they commit political suicide. Just like California.

[mthom]

What are you talking about. Republicans will pass a bill like this and then they will pass a generous guest worker program. Border security and a guest worker program. Seems like everything you claim to support. If hispanics wont vote republican unless we have a virtually open border with mexico and other countries to our south then let them vote democrat. They would even if the GOP gave them everything they want anyway. The fantasy that hispanics are just dying to vote republican any second is just that, fantasy.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

Most of them voted against it (191 to 8). In combination with those 17 or so RINO Republicans who felt the same way about the bill as the democrats and some who preferred to keep it a felony it was enough to sink the attempt by Sensenbrenner to strike the provision. It doesn't matter because it will never make it in the final version just like any scam guest worker/amnesty attempt won't.