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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The 12 million who will follow and still be illegals by choice.
"Teddy's going to celebrate McKennedy-----he and
McCain are gonna drive off---I mean over---the bridge."
You've admitted yourself that that current laws aren't enforced anyway. So by your own logic, the status quo is unacceptable.
If you want an analogy, here it is. You caught your 4 year old taking cookies, and want to punish him because cookies aren't good for him. But your soft-hearted spouse doesn't agree, and says that a four year old is going to take them if they're there. And unfortunately, like Congress, if you and your spouse don't agree, no punishment can work.
So you compromise. You agree you won't spank the 4 year old, and she agrees not to bring any more cookies in the house. Now whether or not the 4 year old gets the message on the cookies really doesn't matter, because there won't be any cookies in the house anyway. By the same token, the "message" you send to more illegals with an amnesty doesn't mean squat if it becomes much harder to cross the border in the first place.
And they will CONTINUE to break more laws, whether providing fraudulent documents or going further out of the clutches of INS....what illegal alien within the U.S., who is a criminal element within their native country, would ever out themselves to the INS?
"All illegal aliens who register by July 1, 2006, and can show that they were present in the U.S. on or before July 1, 2004, will be eligible for amnesty and issued a "blue card. Any illegal found not to have registered by July 1, 2006 will be deported."
So the answer to your question probably is "almost all of them". Any illegal who qualifies and did not register prior to July 1 is an idiot, because they've just thrown away their one chance to remain here legally, and for good.
Since I am in the "All" category, I will give this a shot. The cite was "largest percentage of those jobs are done by US CITIZENS." The reply reinforced the cite. 95.1% citizens in the workforce, 76% citizens in farming, 83% citizens in cleaning, 86% citizens in construction, 88% citizens in food preparation. Exactly what is the point?
You just wont know what to do when Bill Richardson is Dem VP candidate.
Good luck trying. We can build a 20 foot high steel wall, and some illegal alien probably has a 21 foot long ladder.
Correct... the GOP is the majority... and they will be the party who will wear this around their necks come November. We here will still deny our votes to Democrats... but the the sheeple won't.
You got a lettuce-picking machine in your garage?
Who is going to pick the lettuce once the 12 million illegals are made citizens and refuse to work for slave wages any longer?
The NEXT 12 million Mexicans laughing their collective @sses off lined up right behind the original law-breakers.
They'll be singing "Your Land Is My Land" in honor of Woody Guthrie en Espanol.
You; The 12 million who will follow and still be illegals by choice.
Exactly - amnesty doesn't solve the illegal immigration problem - it just worsens it. All it will do is create 12 million new democratic voters and create 12 million more welfare recipients.
Illegal immigrants will then be imported to do the work that former illegal immigrants will no longer do.
""Is not getting Social Security reform a high crime?""
what a stupid question:
of course not!!! There is a legaslative process
Should Cinton been impeached because he didnt get health care reform??
"White boy" is a racial slur?
LOL!!
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It is in the hood. Come with me to Fair Park and Oak Cliff one day, you'll be in for a surprise. It's code for "White N*&^%"
It's used the same way White racists use the "N Word".
Well, that's just a taste of what's to come if this amnesty goes through.
If you like Los Angeles, then you'll love the New American Way.
If this bill passes, I will not vote, much less do election work, for any GOP candidate for a long time to come. I'll spend the time practicing and teaching other skills.
:)
Good point.
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