[GOPJ]

...Democrats are putting together an elaborate con job: using tough-sounding rhetoric while working behind the scenes with open-borders advocates in the business community to win support from from firms that have become very dependent on cheap foreign labor.

Typical dem stunt - lying, cheating, giving the appearance of doing the right thing.

[3AngelaD]

This isn't all that subtle:

The Baca Amendment would give illegal aliens who pass a background check a "five-year temporary worker permit" that expires on Dec. 31, 2012. It would also provide employers who hired illegal aliens "safe harbor" (apparently some measure of immunity from prosecution) for past hiring of illegal aliens. If Shuler gets enough signatures to force his bill to the floor, Democrats hope to neuter it by attaching the Baca Amendment.

If Baca's proposal were to become law, open-borders advocates could come back later and pass legislation putting these illegals on a path to citizenship. While not endorsing the Baca Amendment, a senior official with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said he believed there was "some kind of deal in the works."...