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'Grand bargain' reached on immigration: US senator
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Posted on 05/08/2007 1:21:09 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
'Grand bargain' reached on immigration: US senator
12 minutes ago
Talks between US lawmakers and President George W. Bush's administration have produced the outlines of a "grand bargain" on proposed immigration reform, a Republican senator said on Tuesday.
"We have come to an agreement on what we have called a, quote, 'grand bargain,' unquote, which is the outline of an immigration bill," said Senator Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record), number two on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
But the lawmaker said the final text of the compromise still had to be worked out and called on the leader of the Democratic majority to postpone the opening of a debate scheduled for next week.
His announcement came a week after tens of thousands demonstrated in cities across the United States demanding an overhaul of immigration laws and greater rights for an estimated 12 million illegal workers.
Bush has appealed for comprehensive immigration reform, proposing tougher security measures along with the creation of a temporary guest worker program and allowing a way for some undocumented immigrants to eventually become US citizens.
Bush recently urged Congress, now controlled by a Democratic majority, to adopt immigration reform by the end of the year, before the 2008 presidential campaign kicks into high gear.
Specter said talks between lawmakers from both parties and US administration officials had forged a consensus on key points.
There was agreement to bolster security on the US border, including fencing near major cities, he said. "We want to provide fencing to protect the major metropolitan areas," the senator said.
On the pivotal issue of legalizing illegal immigrants, which derailed attempts last year to adopt reform, Specter said the negotiators had rejected the idea of "amnesty."
To win legal residency, illegal immigrants would have to meet conditions such as outstanding taxes
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; eic; grandbargain; illegals; immigration; mexico; specter
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To: Sub-Driver
Specter eh? Well, I am waiting with baited breath for this. Bwahahahahaha!
To: Sub-Driver
demanding an overhaul of immigration laws and greater rights for an estimated 12 million illegal workers. The unmitigated gall of these people to "demand greater rights" for people who are here illegally really infuriates me.
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posted on
05/08/2007 1:23:05 PM PDT
by
VRWCmember
(Go Rudy Go! (And take McCain with you!))
To: Sub-Driver
They might want to hold off on their little bargain till it sinks in that some of the islamderthals who intended to attack fort Dix were illegals.
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posted on
05/08/2007 1:23:14 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
To: Sub-Driver
If Specter thinks it’s grand, it is a total sell-out of the American people and national sovereignty. It will bankrupt the national treasury, flood the country with more parasites and further weaken national security. And it will result in an even greater flood of immigrants from Mexico and Latin America.
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posted on
05/08/2007 1:23:58 PM PDT
by
3AngelaD
(They've screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, now they're here screwing up ours.)
To: Sub-Driver
quote, 'grand bargain,' unquote
Sounds like the taxpayers are about to get hosed...again.
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posted on
05/08/2007 1:24:07 PM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: Sub-Driver
Fencing around major cities?? Because people haven’t shown an ability to walk around/climb over fences in the past? That’s just...silly.
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posted on
05/08/2007 1:24:52 PM PDT
by
faloi
To: Sub-Driver
Let’s not have a repeat of the sellout 20 years ago.
To: cripplecreek
They might want to hold off on their little bargain till it sinks in that some of the islamderthals who intended to attack fort Dix were illegals
Do you think any of the "give amnesty" politicians care?
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posted on
05/08/2007 1:26:11 PM PDT
by
Vision
("Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him." Jeremiah 17:7)
To: Sub-Driver
“...Specter said the negotiators had rejected the idea of “amnesty.”
“To win legal residency, illegal immigrants would have to meet conditions such as outstanding taxes and English proficiency.”
How is this not amnesty? Are we in some kind of parallel universe where words have no meaning?
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posted on
05/08/2007 1:26:35 PM PDT
by
3AngelaD
(They've screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, now they're here screwing up ours.)
To: Sub-Driver
"We want to provide fencing to protect the major metropolitan areas," the senator said. If it wasn't official before, it is now. Arlen Spectre is a complete idiot.
L
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posted on
05/08/2007 1:26:38 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Comparing 'moderate' islam to 'extremist' islam is like comparing small pox to plague.)
To: Sub-Driver
Prepare for another GOP sellout.
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posted on
05/08/2007 1:27:06 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: Sub-Driver
How many pieces of silver has our nation been sold for?
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posted on
05/08/2007 1:27:10 PM PDT
by
peyton randolph
(What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal - Albert Pike)
To: Sub-Driver
If Fred Thompson runs on a “no amnesty” platform, he’ll win in a 45 state landslide!!
Fred Thompson/John Bolton 2008
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posted on
05/08/2007 1:27:23 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Nancy Pelosi: The Babbling Bolshevik Babushka from the City by the Bay.)
To: Sub-Driver
'Grand bargain' reached on immigration: US senator 
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posted on
05/08/2007 1:27:38 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
("A [Free] Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Sub-Driver
They’re moving the southern border to Honduras?.......
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posted on
05/08/2007 1:27:42 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(My gerund got caught in my diphthong, and now I have a dangling participle...............)
To: Sub-Driver
Why do I feel uncomfortable?
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posted on
05/08/2007 1:28:14 PM PDT
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions----and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: Sub-Driver
What the hell is a "Grand Bargain"?
I wouldn't buy a used car with that sign in the window, FGS..
sw
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posted on
05/08/2007 1:28:26 PM PDT
by
spectre
(Spectre's wife)
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
05/08/2007 1:28:26 PM PDT
by
Spiff
(Rudy Giuliani Quote (NY Post, 1996) "Most of Clinton's policies are very similar to most of mine.")
To: Sub-Driver
Specter huh?
Time for us to head for the drugstore..........
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posted on
05/08/2007 1:29:12 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s......you weren't really there)
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