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U.S. Senate floor schedule for consideration of immigration legislation [LIVE Thread]
U.S. Senate ^ | May 21, 2007 | Unknown

Posted on 05/21/2007 8:28:26 AM PDT by 3AngelaD

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To: 3AngelaD

“Sessions pointed out when he was talking that the only thing tied to the triggers is the legal immigration provisions, nothing else. All the rest of it happens regardless of whether there are border security provisions in place, and whether they work. In other words, NOTHING changes on the enforcement side.”

WOW. Worse than we even think.

There should be a 24 month hold on the Z-visas while the fence is built.


701 posted on 05/21/2007 3:30:25 PM PDT by WOSG (The 4-fold path to save America - Think right, act right, speak right, vote right!)
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To: Guenevere

Is it my imagination or he does he look sheepish? Probably thinking about all the irate constituents he’ll be hearing from over the next couple of weeks...


702 posted on 05/21/2007 3:30:44 PM PDT by truthkeeper (It's the borders, stupid.)
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To: truthkeeper

It will be made clear to the bureaucrats that the priority is not to investigate applications, just to approve them. Approve each and every one of them, and quickly.

As if that mattered since the Z-1 visa is granted within 24 hours of application.


703 posted on 05/21/2007 3:31:35 PM PDT by dez
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To: WOSG

They have no intention of building a wall! Let’s face that fact.


704 posted on 05/21/2007 3:31:55 PM PDT by acoulterfan
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To: Earthdweller
Of course it was a joke...Bryd gave up his membership in the KKK a long time ago..

sw

705 posted on 05/21/2007 3:32:13 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (ZAP the Z visa)
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To: Guenevere
Yes, Kyl must have got a lot of heat from his constituents in Az. Apoligises for sitting down with Kennedy!!! LOL
706 posted on 05/21/2007 3:33:19 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Guenevere

Global warming...I’m outta here...


707 posted on 05/21/2007 3:33:22 PM PDT by truthkeeper (It's the borders, stupid.)
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To: SE Mom
You should take a look at Operation Endgame, the DHS Office of Detention and Removal plan from 2003:

SUBJECT: Office of Detention and Removal (DRO) Strategic Plan 2003-2012: Endgame

I am proud to release, Endgame, DRO's 2003-2012 Strategic Plan. In September 2001, I chartered the Strategic Plan Working Group, made up of your peers in the field, at headquarters and in other immigration enforcement programs to develop a mission statement, DRO goals and performance measures to guide our operations for the next ten years. I am extremely pleased with their efforts and the result is Endgame.

As the title implies, DRO provides the endgame to immigration enforcement and that is the removal of all removable aliens. This is also the essence of our mission statement and the "golden measure" of our success. We must endeavor to maintain the integrity of the immigration process and protect our homeland by ensuring that every alien who is ordered removed, and can be, departs the United States as quickly as possible and as effectively as practicable. We must strive for 100% removal rate.

Well, if this amnesty bill passes, that "100% removal rate" is about to fail miserably.

708 posted on 05/21/2007 3:33:25 PM PDT by Sender ("America is at that awkward stage..." - Claire Wolfe)
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To: spectre

I cannot believe it. Norm Coleman is riffing on climate change. These so-called statesmen are disgusting!!!


709 posted on 05/21/2007 3:34:06 PM PDT by maica (America will be a hyperpower that's all hype and no power -- if we do not prevail in Iraq)
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To: Guenevere

No need to buy it. This is the biggest piece of garbage ever brought to the floor. They know it and Kyl says it has to be done.

Horrible. The law is not enforced. The law will not be enforced. The only thing that will be completed is the socialist agenda to add tens of millions of illiterates to the voting rolls to give them the final stake in the heart of America they need.

They have grown weary of the voting wars. This is their Hail Mary to bury us all.


710 posted on 05/21/2007 3:34:10 PM PDT by romanesq
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To: acoulterfan

They have no more intention of enforcing any of the restrictions or penalties in the bill. All they care about is the Z-1 visas now, and granting the vote to Z-1 visa holders in time for the 2008 elections.

Despicable. Utterly despicable.

And now for a word about global warming from the useless Norm Coleman. Stuff it, Norm. We don’t need you trivializing the debate with meaningless drivel about a fictional phenomenon.


711 posted on 05/21/2007 3:34:40 PM PDT by dez
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To: Earthdweller

He may not have said that, it was hard to hear his real words through his pillowcase hood.


712 posted on 05/21/2007 3:34:58 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: SE Mom

Mark Levin PING on immigration - good points to refute the open borders nonsense.


713 posted on 05/21/2007 3:35:19 PM PDT by WOSG (The 4-fold path to save America - Think right, act right, speak right, vote right!)
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To: spectre

I thought he literally had a psych slip...time for retirement? LOL!


714 posted on 05/21/2007 3:35:53 PM PDT by Earthdweller (All reality is based on faith in something.)
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To: truthkeeper
When Byrd takes the floor, I usually log off. Yikes, this guy’s in bad shape. I wonder if he’ll start talking about his little dog Blue (?) again...

I don't care how old Sheets is, or how bad he looks, or how big a Dem. He is virulently anti-amnesty, and has singlehandely blocked amnesty bills before (2002).

715 posted on 05/21/2007 3:36:12 PM PDT by Plutarch
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Bahaha!


716 posted on 05/21/2007 3:37:21 PM PDT by Earthdweller (All reality is based on faith in something.)
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To: truthkeeper
Yeah me too...

Suppertime

717 posted on 05/21/2007 3:37:54 PM PDT by Guenevere (Duncan Hunter for President, 2008!!)
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To: Plutarch
Sheets or Swimmer, Swimmer or Sheets??????

UGH!!!!

Now on to Global Warming... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.....

718 posted on 05/21/2007 3:38:45 PM PDT by michigander (The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
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To: romanesq
LaRaza and the other Latino movements are not happy with this Bill as it stands.

BUT they will be overjoyed when it's signed into law, because they would be stupid to look a gift horse in the mouth. They're as good as legal the day it's signed.

sw

719 posted on 05/21/2007 3:39:34 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (Man the Borders, here they come)
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To: Sender

You said,

“You should take a look at Operation Endgame, the DHS Office of Detention and Removal plan from 2003:

SUBJECT: Office of Detention and Removal (DRO) Strategic Plan 2003-2012: Endgame

I am proud to release, Endgame, DRO’s 2003-2012 Strategic Plan. In September 2001, I chartered the Strategic Plan Working Group, made up of your peers in the field, at headquarters and in other immigration enforcement programs to develop a mission statement, DRO goals and performance measures to guide our operations for the next ten years. I am extremely pleased with their efforts and the result is Endgame.

As the title implies, DRO provides the endgame to immigration enforcement and that is the removal of all removable aliens. This is also the essence of our mission statement and the “golden measure” of our success. We must endeavor to maintain the integrity of the immigration process and protect our homeland by ensuring that every alien who is ordered removed, and can be, departs the United States as quickly as possible and as effectively as practicable. We must strive for 100% removal rate.

Well, if this amnesty bill passes, that “100% removal rate” is about to fail miserably.”

Actually, no. Through legislative slight of hand, the number of illegals will magically be reduced to almost none. DHS will deny the existence of most of those who remain, deport a very limited number of poor saps, and claim success.

Can’t meet the objective? Change the measurement.
Only in government.


720 posted on 05/21/2007 3:39:53 PM PDT by dez
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