Posted on 09/06/2001 7:46:23 PM PDT by B4Ranch
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:31:02 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Mexican President Vicente Fox presented to Congress on Thursday an impassioned case for swift immigration overhaul, but President Bush called proposals to grant legal status to Mexicans now in the country illegally "an incredibly complex issue."
"I fully understand President Fox's desire to expedite
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A West Side woman was beaten with a rock and a portion of her scalp was detached when she was dragged across the parking lot outside her art studio in Sunland Park, police said Tuesday.
Lisa Miller was in stable condition Tuesday night at Thomason Hospital.
Her alleged attacker, Jorge Ernesto Gomez, a Mexican national, is in Doña Ana County Detention Center charged with two counts of aggravated battery, Sunland Park Police Chief Charles Anderson said.
Ages and addresses for Miller and Gomez weren't available Tuesday.
Anderson said officers found Miller unconscious about 4 a.m. Saturday in a desert area about 70 feet away from her art studio, which is in a warehouse district near Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino.
It sounds like all will be given full rights, even if they presented fraudulent documents, fake social security numbers, were using several aliases or whatever else they might have done illegally.
No-----apparently he was trying to steal her car, others have been killed by illegals taking their cars, so she got off lucky.
By JESSE J. HOLLAND The Associated Press 9/6/01 9:49 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate pushed through a bill Thursday extending the deadline for illegal immigrants to apply for visas. Majority Leader Tom Daschle had urged lawmakers to finish the measure during Mexican President Vicente Fox's visit.
"This is extremely important," Senate Democratic Whip Harry Reid of Nevada said after the bill passed by voice vote. "With President Fox in the country, it sends a message to him that we really are trying to work toward making things easier in the relationship with the United States and Mexico."
The House passed its own version of the bill in May, but Republicans leaders have agreed to go along with the Senate-passed measure, White House officials said.
President Bush favors the bill. "The president is heartened by the Senate's action, and he looks forward to the House acting quickly to send this legislation to his desk," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said.
Fox heads back to the Capitol one more time Friday morning before ending his three-day state visit.
Daschle told Bush on Tuesday that he would try to get an agreement on the bill while Fox was still in Washington. "This is significant step toward real immigration reform for immigrants of all nations, and I'm proud that we were able to reach this agreement during President Fox's visit," Daschle, D-S.D., said after the bill passed.
Fox addressed a joint meeting of Congress early Thursday. "This is an appropriate day to take this important step in creating a responsible immigration policy that makes sense for America," said Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.,{CFR} one of the sponsors of the bill.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., who also sponsored the measure, said it "will provide real and immediate relief for hundreds of thousands of immigrants. This is a step forward and an important down payment on immigration reforms that are long overdue."
Fleischer said Fox and Bush share goals "of making the migration of families and workers between our nations more orderly, humane, legal and safe."
"The president commends the Senate for passage of legislation that will help unite families and make America more welcoming of new immigrants," Fleischer said. "Allowing qualified immigrants to become lawful residents of the United States without first being forced to leave the country and their families is the right thing to do."
The bill passed by the Senate wants would extend the deadline for illegal immigrants to apply for visas by an extra year. A House bill passed in May only extends the deadline for illegal immigrants to apply for visas by four months.
The White House has said Bush favors a longer period of time than the four months.
About 640,000 illegal immigrants were eligible under the Legal Immigration and Family Equity Act to apply for visas without leaving the country, but it expired April 30. The Senate bill would extend the law until April 30, 2002.
The law applied to illegal immigrants who can prove they are spouses or relatives of U.S. citizens, legal residents or employees sponsored by employers before Aug. 15. They had to have been in the country on Dec. 21, 2000, to be eligible.
"The Family Reunification Measure will allow hundreds of thousands of immigrant families to stay together as they work through the citizenship process," Daschle said.
------ The bill numbers are S.778 and H.R. 1885.
Clinton: First Black President of the United States of America
Bush: First Mexican President of the United States of America
By then, they expect to have the NWO in full implementation. There will be no inheritance to tax.
He wants them to become citizens so they can vote in US elections and put in office candidates that will be friendly to Mexico, in other words, to have a little power in our government. The Dems have to love this guy.
ROLOL. Best post I've read tonight. LULAC must be so proud of Senor Bush.
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