This is no longer about immigration.
Senate Republicans Work $4.4 Billion Border Security Amendment |
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Posted by 3AngelaD On News/Activism 06/12/2007 10:07:24 PM CDT · 64 replies · 1,202+ views Fox News ^ | June 12, 2007 GOP negotiators of an immigration reform bill are crafting a large border security amendment with mandatory, immediate funding that they hope will assuage concerns of both Republicans and Democrats, FOX News has learned. The senators are looking at a way to please conservatives who are skeptical Congress will ever fund the bill's border security provisions, as well as keep Democratic negotiators on board in a last ditch effort to save the comprehensive reform bill.... South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a principle author of the amendment with Republican Sens. Jon Kyl and Mel Martinez, says his amendment is designed to be... |