“The trump card conservatives may hold is a constitutional rule that revenue-related bills must originate in the House. The Senate immigration measure requires that illegal immigrants pay back taxes before becoming citizens, opening the door to a House protest, dubbed a “blue slip” for the color of its paper.......”
From what I’ve heard, unless there has been an amendment, the bill does NOT require immigrants to pay back taxes. I heard it originally did require that, but President Bush asked that the provision requiring the illegals to pay back taxes be removed. Is my info incorrect, has there been a change?
This story may be a RED HERRING to get the folks to stop putting heat on Congress to reject the bill. The back taxes provision was removed from the bill by Ted Kennedy at GW’s request. The bill requires illegal immigrants to pay a $5000 fine (at $50 a month).
The more I hear from Bush, the more I don’t want to hear from him.