Posted on 04/06/2006 8:33:43 AM PDT by STARWISE
WASHINGTON - In a last stab at compromise, Senate Republicans and Democrats reported progress Thursday toward agreement on legislation opening the way to legal status and eventual citizenship for many of the 11 million immigrants now in the U.S. illegally.
"There's been tremendous progress overnight," said Sen. Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record) of Nevada, the Democratic leader, while Majority Leader Bill Frist also expressed optimism that a long-sought compromise might be at hand.
There was no immediate reaction from President Bush, who has made immigration legislation a key priority.
The developments occurred after Frist unveiled a new bill late Wednesday night on the subject as the Senate headed into a test vote on the most sweeping immigration bill in two decades.
In general, the legislation would provide for enhanced border security, regulate the flow of future immigrants into the United States and settle the legal fate of the estimated 11 million men, women and children already in the country.
It was the fate of the illegal immigrant population that proved hardest to legislate, and it has left the Senate on the verge of gridlock for days.
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Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., as well as other key senators met before the vote to review terms of a proposed compromise.
In general, it would require illegal immigrants who have been in the United States between two years and five years to return to their home country briefly, then re-enter as temporary workers. They could then begin a process of seeking citizenship.
Illegal immigrants here longer than five years would not be required to return home; those in the country less than two years would be required to leave without assurances of returning, and take their place in line with others seeking entry papers.
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Nope - I was seeing where (if at all) that poster would draw the line and accept "amnesty" for normal people - would you allow it?
Who is this we? You and the rest of the illegals? Do you think people should just be able to roll over the border, maybe drop a few kids and presto, they are citizens?
Start with the ones waving a flag of a foreign power.
Well, let me back up then and see if we are operating under different definitions: Did Abe Lincoln split our nation asunder?
More like that sh!thole East LA.
Amnesty is not 'middle of the road', unless you're an illegal alien. It's treason.
This is going to backfire on the Washington lawmakers.
I hope so. I will not vote, do grassroots work for anyone in office today if they vote for a amnesty bill!
"We" in that post was every American citizen and legislator is support of changing federal immigration law to put those who seek U.S. citizenship on the path to do so.
The answer is at hand.
Buy a one-way ticket to Mexico. Wait, no, that'll raise suspicion. Buy a round-trip ticket to Mexico, and throw away the return part when you arrive there.
Then, sneak across the border, and you'll qualify for some REAL representation, benefits, and so forth. Your voice will finally be heard! You will finally matter to "our" government!
/s rc sm (that's "half-sarcasm")
On March 5, 1993, just one week after the bomb ripped through the World Trade Center, Abouhalima had fled the United States. He made his way from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to his hometown in Egypt. Egyptian authorities promptly captured him. Upon confessing his involvement in the WTC bombing, he was flown back to the United States to stand trial.
http://www.tkb.org/KeyLeader.jsp?memID=5631
I mean that in 100 years, we certainly can assimilate 20 million illega aliens as well as African-Americans have assimilated from being former slaves.
So you, all of the illegals, their anchor babies, and liberals?
There's never previously been a significant wall, and the penalties have had loopholes. Those can be closed. Heck, add a private right of action for any citizen as a means of enforcement. That would let not just the feds, but any aggrieved businessperson bring a case. You wouldn't have to rely on federal enforcement in that case.
Anyway, your argument essentially boils down to no deal being acceptible because it always can be changed by politicians. If under the current system we're not kicking them out, how will amnesty make it any worse?
As in Genesis, Moses and the children of Isreal were made to roam the desert in exile for 40 years until all the generation that had sinned was consumed. I guess we get to play god with the weasels on capitol hill and sit out the election or vote 3rd party to clean the republican house. It's the only way or we are destined for more of this.
Wow!
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Some of you may have heard of Kris Kobach, who was head of immigration under John Ashcroft. Last night several of us met with him. In his speech he stated in tne 1986 amnesty there were 398,000 cases of blatant fraud, and 2.7 million cases were approved. Of the 2.7 million they suspected many were fradulent. He also stated there is no way the DHS has the resources to process the applications for amnesty, and there is lots of pressure to push these cases through the mill, which means most fraudlent applications will pass.
Kris also stated that between June 2003 to October 2004 they captured 1,432 individuals from terrorist countries on the Mexican border.
You are a beam of sunlight in a gloomy moment, my FRiend. You're right. This is far from over. I'm staying on top of my congress critters until We the People are heard.
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