Posted on 04/06/2006 7:14:26 AM PDT by serendipity_kate
In September of 1993 an ambitious young senator, fresh off his first reelection to that seat, took the Senate floor to discuss a contentious issue: immigration reform. With clarity and purpose the senator took a hard line on the issue. It appeared that no amount of political correctness or external political calculations could sway him.
In 1986, we granted amnesty--and I voted against that provision in law--we granted amnesty to 3.2 million illegal immigrants, said the upstart. After being in this country for 10 years, the average amnesty recipient had a sixth-grade education, earned less than $6 an hour, and presently qualifies for the earned-income tax credit.
Further disillusioning to this senator were the incentives the nation offered illegal immigrants to break the law. If making it easy to be an illegal alien is not enough, how about offering a reward for being an illegal immigrant? he asked. No sane country would do that, right? Guess again. If you break our laws by entering this country without permission and give birth to a child, we reward that child with U.S. citizenship and guarantee full access to all public and social services this society provides.
That is a lot of services, he pointed out. Frustrated, he could only come to one sad conclusion in a later floor speech, Under our immigration laws, cheaters tend to prosper.
Fast forward thirteen years.
That ambitious young senator has now risen to the top post in his party: Senate Democratic Minority Leader. And now the Senate again is debating the immigration issue. But this time, Harry Reid (D-NV) is marching to a different drummer.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
The only remaining question is--why the change of heart?
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_040506/content/see_i_told_you_so.guest.html
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I have emailed copies of Reid's statement to the 'pub leadership asking that they introduce the "Reid" amendments to any immigration reform bill.
Dems like Reid and Carter must figure if Elton John got to
be a duchess, mebbe the English will give them titles too.
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/79/79tdouchebag.phtml
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