Senate grapples with illegal immigration

AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/27/06 | Suzanne Gamboa - ap

[mthom]

What did your wife think about the protests?

[abigailsmybaby]

I called Feinstein's office and had to wait for my turn. I hope everybody ahead of me was giving them the same earful I did.

[LS]

I think it had no impact. Folks, its time we wised up: the calls on the "ports deal" were ONLY successful because the Dems were getting mileage out of bashing Bush. But on an issue where the Dems see no political advantage to listening to us, they aren't going to do it. I dare say DiFi's lines could be melting and she wouldn't change her vote.

I've come to my own Rubicon on this issue: I rate it above everything else now, save WOT . . . even pro-life. Therefore, I will NOT vote for Dewine if he wins the primary. Yes, it may elect a Dem. But we must clean house of these gutless Republicans, and possibly having a corrupt Dem in office will give us good targets in to elect CONSERVATIVES.

[abigailsmybaby]

Did anything happen on immigration today? I watched the C-Spans today but I never heard the word mentioned.

[LS]

I think the judiciary committee (?) passed out the Kennedy version of the illegals bill: pay a fine, be a citizen. Oh, you must learn eeeen-glisssssh. Uh huh. And what do you do when they don't? Deport them?

[inquest]

But Bush has to use a euphemism for his amnesty program because the anti-amnesty people cannot deal rationally and logically with the topic.

For all your high-horse rhetoric, you haven't staked out a position of your own. Afraid of being called "irrational" if you were to actually do something so pedestian as express an opinion?

For my part, amnesty for illegals is inexcusable. If you want to call that irrational, go ahead, but simply calling it that doesn't make it so.

[Caipirabob]

Does the bill include SEVERE consequences for companies that hire illegals following implmentation? If not, there's no point and this is a whole lot of wasted time.