“The four Democratic senators running for president—Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd—were not part of these talks, and it showed. Clinton and Biden, supposedly backers of immigration reform, voted with Dorgan (and the AFL-CIO) to eliminate the temporary workers program and blow up the compromise. Obama and Dodd were absent. All four voted with Dorgan on the five-year limit, also a deal-breaker.”
Fred Barnes is a fool, or takes us for one. This will get ‘fixed’ in the conference anyway so it doesnt ‘blow up’ the compromise, only make it better for Demcorats and worse for Republicans. As will most of the changes under the hood.
The guest worker program is of little interest to the people, except the cheap labor lobby, so their interest in voting against this is pure liberalism, but that doesnt mean the opposite is conservatism.
This bill is intended to fail to make our immigration system work. It is inherently flawed.
Fred's not even very intelligent, but he does make for a useful stooge.