But Kennedy expressed hope that massive public demonstrations by immigrants can work in tandem with pressure from Bush, McCain, and other conservatives to persuade skeptical House Republicans to support a bill that's closer to the Senate approach.
Teddy, Teddy.....put the bottle down and step away from the microphone.
"House Republican leaders yesterday refused to surrender" would be more accurate.
I salute the moral resolve of these Representatives, and my Rep., JD Hayworth specifically, for standing tall! Keep on keepin' on!
Seal the borders tight, get rid of any illegals who are picked up for any reason, fine and jail company owners who knowingly allow the hiring of illegals, then seal the border again. The formula is not complicated.
But they have a path toward citizenship. They can return home and apply for it via the existing legal process. If they don't get it, then they can stay as guest worker or return home. Guest worker would appear to be better than staying in Mexico or they would not risk their lives to come here. It should also be preferable to being an illegal alien. Yes, they would be an underclass because they are not citizens.
Rep. Norwood of GA is really holding the line. I never heard the word "sovereignty" issued by a Congresscritter before.
Maybe this will get one of those correction faxes that Tony Snow's office is sending out.
It isn't any steenking "Guest worker visa", it is permanent residence, a Green Card. I would think that our MSM profesional journalists, what with all their journalistic standards and official editors and everything wouldn't make such fundamental mistakes.
House GOP:
STAND YOUR GROUND! We are proud of the work that you are doing!
The House will continued to be controlled by the GOP Conservatives after the November election.....now to get this time of bold leadership in the Senate as a majority.
My first sentence in this story would read, "Hope remains that the GOP will beat back attempts to sell US citizenship."
Hold the line, house of representatives. It's up to you all to inject some sanity into the senate bill.
"Senate leaders, backed by Bush, favor a plan to allow some undocumented immigrants to apply for guest worker visas, but they contend that denying such workers an eventual path to citizenship could create a permanent underclass."
Somebody help me out here. How can it a guest worker program create a PERMANENT under class when, by definition, guests eventually go home?
Our House representatives need to don their cowboy hats and go to work for the American people.
This is for them and a reminder of the reason we loved President Bush. He needs to be reminded I'm afraid.
http://objflicks.com/cowboys_long.htm
This is really powerful - would like to see each representative and the Washington crowd aware of what America feels about cowboys (might be nice to send to our email lists - I have already done that).
I want to believe the House will hold firm, but they are going to be under some tremendous pressure to cave. First, you will have Bush, Rove, McCain et al threatening to cut off fundraising efforts for those who do not back amnesty. The drive by media will paint the conservatives in the House as racists, bigots, etc. for the next 2-3 months during the conference. I am confident the true conservatives will hold, but I am less confident of the northeastern RINO's. A coalition of NE Rinos and Dems can pass the amnesty legislation.
Many believed (including Pres. Jorge Busto) that the SCTOUS would take care of the unconstitutional campaign finance legislation. All politicians ducked for cover and climbed aboard the McCain / Feingold train and hoped for the SCOTUS to bail them out. I believe we are placing the same hopes in the House this time around and the deck is stacked against us. John McCain has nearly as much power as Bush and is using to destroy this country.
Those people at the "massive public demonstrations" have never voted for a Republican and never will. The House Republicans need to understand that.
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Sponsors of the Senate bill say a final measure must include a citizenship provision, a position that also has the support of the White House. They say only a measure that takes a realistic approach toward undocumented immigrants can have a meaningful impact on the problem of illegal immigration.
Key Republicans, including Senators John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey O. Graham of South Carolina, have joined Democrats in making clear that taking out a path to citizenship would be a deal-breaker.
Kiss my American-born ass, McCain and Graham. No illegal alien will have more rights than I have or ever worked for. Just start a civil war right here and now and get it over with.
The existing laws should be enforced, and many provisions of the Senate bill are deal-breakers.
However, some form of amnesty need not be a deal-breaker; it is one thing that could be negotiable. This is why:
The vast majority of illegal aliens from Mexico and the rest of Latin America are Christian, family oriented, Christian, opposed to intrusive government, Christian, hard working, Christian, destined to be assimilated into U.S. culture, Christian, etc.
What we particularly do not want in the U.S. is a situation like Europe, notably France, in which unassilimilatable Muslims will become the majority in the near future, take over the government, and establish an Islamic theocracy.
And make no mistake--some of the Democrat leaders are malevolent enough, sadistic enough, and sufficiently self-interested to inflict exactly that on America.
This is yet another reason why Democrats must not be allowed to seize power--under any circumstances!