Posted on 02/03/2008 4:50:41 AM PST by rellimpank
The U.S. Senate finally appears to understand that American citizens do not want illegal immigrants rewarded for breaking the law, and Nevada Sen. John Ensign is a big reason why.
The economic stimulus bill approved by the Senate Finance Committee last week included a measure that requires tax rebate recipients and dependent children to have valid Social Security numbers. That measure was introduced by Sen. Ensign after he pointed out that the rebate legislation, if not amended, would allow illegal immigrants working under fraudulent taxpayer identification numbers to receive checks.
"I am not sure the American taxpayer would like people who are here illegally in this country to be getting a tax rebate," Sen. Ensign successfully argued.
The bill sailed through the committee on a bipartisan vote.
What a difference 20 months and a grass-roots uprising can make.
In May 2006, when the Senate was hurriedly shoving "comprehensive
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—and I wonder what Harry Reid really feels about this?
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I wonder if President Jorge Bush will now veto the bill because of it?
Better yet, would nominee John McCain say aye to this.
Just wait. When Reid decides he doesn’t like this provision, Ensign will roll over in a New York Minute.
—that possibility is why I was talking to myself there in #3—
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