[SandRat]

AMMNASTY??? HIII DOOON NEED NO STINKEENG AMNASTY!!!!

[peyton randolph]

nobody who has violated immigration laws will get a free pass. Nearly everyone who has lived here illegally less than two years will have to return to their country of origin and apply through ordinary channels if they ever hope to live here legally. People who have lived here longer will have to pass rigorous background checks, learn English, and pay fines if they ever hope to achieve legal status.

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Apparently Frist thinks we're absolute morons. Who would ever believe any of the above?

[steel_resolve]

The only presidency you'll ever see Mr. Frist is president of La Raza.

[A message]

comprehensive

I am so sick of this word used in the context of dealing with illegal immigration..

Why don't you jelly-spined politicians come out and say it.

Comprehensive= amnesty.

A rose by another other name.....

[raybbr]

Portrait of an American politician who believes
that American citizens are fools.

[exbrit]

What an absolute slap in the face for all who came here legally. We live in AZ on the Mexican border, Ft. Huachuca, home of the military intelligence school here, has, on a regular basis, hundreds of illegals caught on the base. Where's the security for our troops preparing to go to war? Hospitals are overwhelmed, and the cost to the environment is terrible. Yet the silence from the environmentalists on this issue is deafening. I've come to the conclusion that I have no political party affiliation, both parties are equally worthless.

[GarySpFc]

Firstly, I am glad to hear senators are talking about the 700 miles of twin 15 foot steel fences with sensors on the border. We shall see if this is more of the same dog and pony show.

Secondly, do these idiots think any illegal alien is going to admit being here less than 5 years? Fraud was rampant in the 1986 Amnesty, and why would this be any different? Additionally, the BICE does not have the personal to handle the 4 million applicants trying to enter the country legally, and why should we believe they can handle 12 million. Actually, in the 1986 Amnesty they thought one million illegals were in the country, and it turned out to be 3 million. Maybe we have 36 million illegals in the country.

[B Knotts]

Show of hands: who didn't see this coming?

The elites will do as they wish.

[webstersII]

Neal Boortz said it best:
"Any program which allows people who are here illegally to stay here is a type of amnesty."

[savedbygrace]

Translation: We Republicans welcome our return to minority status in the Senate, and possibly even in the House.

[texastoo]

Just think of how much money the Frist family will make off this shamnesty. When the guest workers bring all their family members, approximately 20 or 30 million more, the health care will be "free" (paid for by you and me).

Frist's family started HCA, Hospital Corporation of America. The family still remains the principal stockholders.

[trubluolyguy]

It's hidden pretty well Frist, I gotta give you that. But amnesty is in there. The second I saw Hagel's name I sensed "screw-job." It's a wonder you can't.

[ncountylee]

If India can build and operate a 3,000 mile barrier to protect it's country from jihadi invaders, why can't the US do the same with a smaller (2,000 mile) barrier to stop illegal alien invaders?

Oh, and since when is an invasion not an act of war?

[Mike Darancette]

Under their proposal, nobody who has violated immigration laws will get a free pass. Nearly everyone who has lived here illegally less than two years will have to return to their country of origin and apply through ordinary channels if they ever hope to live here legally. People who have lived here longer will have to pass rigorous background checks, learn English, and pay fines if they ever hope to achieve legal status.

The ideas are getting better if jumping through the hoops is required for legal status. But don't jump to a proposal before many more employers are raided and punished and the border is secured.

[manwiththehands]

Not a bad plan, but I'll believe it only when Bush signs it.

[Ole Okie]

But to build confidence among Americans and Congress that the government takes border security seriously, we have to act to help get the border under control right now.

I can't believe Frist said this. Is it just now becoming apparent to the Republican leadership that BORDER SECURITY means having the border under control?

Darn it, is it so difficult to understand that we must get the illegal tsunami under control? Evidently their legal constituency gave Frist and other legislators an earful.

What's happened here in Georgia denying welfare, medical and other benefits to those who can't prove they're in Georgia legally may have given the Senator from Tennessee a clue.

[Jarhead1957]

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, I raise my middle finger in salute to you and your fellow RINOs.

A blank ballot is better than voting for a bunch of RINOs!

Don't bother telling me how I'm electing democrats, ya'll are doing a great job on your own.

[Mogollon]

The ignorance of the senate on this issue is amazing. No illegal that has been here less than 5 years is going to show up without forged documents that says he/she has been here over five years. All 25 million illegals will have proof they've been here for 5 years and are therefore deserving of amnesty, citizenship. Then they will vote for democRATS the rest of their lives.

[tertiary01]

I'm so sick of this spinning nonsense on the part of our politicos.

To paraphrase what a one poster said last night "Every nation can claim to be a nation of immigrants".

Where did all those Spanish surnames come from Mexico?

[TigersEye]

Secure the border!

Crack down on employers!
(The dog-and-pony show catch-and-release won't cut it either.)

No anchor babies!

Deport illegal aliens.

Bring in immigrants who have been waiting for years with papers in hand!

Nothing else will do.