Posted on 06/07/2007 3:32:36 AM PDT by Greg F
. . . Part of the problem with amendments has been that any change -- no matter how mild -- threatened to disrupt and possibly destroy the fragile coalition of senators that has come together behind the bill. The most critical amendment was that of Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.), to restrict legalization of violent felons and gang members. That amendment failed 51 to 46, but a weaker version by Sen. Kennedy passed.
With the sudden, unexpected death of Sen. Craig Thomas (R-Wyo.), opponents of the immigration reform compromise bill on the Senate floor this week lose a vote they already could not spare. The defection of high-profile opponents of last year's immigration bill, including Senators Kyl, Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), has diminished the opposition to roughly 30 conservatives. The only hope of blocking the bill comes from objections over process, not policy.
President Bush did himself no favors last week by denouncing those opposed to the immigration bill as uninterested in the nation's well-being. On its own, the decision to combine border security with naturalization of illegal immigrants has always been the President's way of holding a national priority (security) hostage to a policy (legalization) that he views as desirable.
I live in a small town in North Alabama, and I’d be willing to bet that a full 10% of our population is illegal immigrants. Same with the other small towns (and larger ones) around here. My guess is that there are 150,000 illegal immigrants in Alabama.
Looks like someone is trying to minimize the problem.
I think you are right. It takes a while for opposition to organize protests and the like . . . especially when the opponents are conservative and are not employed by issue groups that are always ready to leave work (with pay) for a protest.
This number works WELL.....
1 800 417 7666
We need to get more up-to-date, more accurate maps.
Pass them onto your reps’ constituents.
I was poking around on CDC, briefly. Nothing yet.
actress/model/prostitute
immigrant/Democrat/felon
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But, info won't be filed under 'Illegal Immigration', probably.
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