Tancredo doubts he can block amnesty-extension bill

Denver Post ^ | March 8, 2002 | Bill McAllister

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Friday, March 08, 2002 - WASHINGTON - Rep. Tom Tancredo takes credit for thwarting the Bush administration's last effort to offer partial amnesty to thousands of illegal residents, but Thursday the outspoken immigration foe said he may have been outmaneuvered by the White House.

President Bush has struck a deal with the House leadership to place legislation that offers an extension of amnesty on its consent calendar before Bush heads to Mexico for a state visit next week, the Colorado Republican said.

That action should ensure quick House passage of legislation that Bush has repeatedly sought from Congress. It would allow an undocumented person to receive legal standing, such as a valid green card, by filing a declaration with the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

It presumably also would require the person to have been in the United States by a certain date and have filed a declaration with the INS from an appropriate sponsor, such as a relative or employer, and pay a $1,000 penalty.

"The terms are still up in the air," said Dan Stein, executive director of the Federation for American Immigration, a group that has been allied with Tancredo. "We've heard to the effect that the president wants something to bring down to Mexico."

The initial Bush proposal, designed exclusively for Mexicans, once was high on the president's legislative wish list, but it was delayed after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. However, as the president noted Wednesday in a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, he now is pushing for the extension of the amnesty program known by the section of immigration law that covers it, Section 245I.

The president hailed it as a way to reunite family, separated by the border. "If you believe in family values, if you understand the worth of family and the importance of family, let's get 245I out of the United States Congress and give me a chance to sign it," Bush told the chamber members.

Tancredo, the head of a congressional caucus on immigration issues and proponent of halting virtually all immigration, said he had blocked a previous attempt by Bush to push an extension of the amnesty program through the House. But this time, he said House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., had agreed to place the issue on the suspension, or consent, calendar, making it difficult to defeat the proposal.

The Senate might be more favorable to the bill than the House, expanding the numbers of individuals who can apply, Tancredo said.

[Native American Female Vet]

Oh my...I missed that. Thank you

[VA Advogado]

Your thoughts on the affair of state and foreign policy are like your thoughts on other things - laughable and very entertaining.

[Joaquin]

limitstogrowth.org

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I'm well represented - I have a D a D- and an F.

[Joaquin]

Oregonians For Immigration Reform

[HennepinPrisoner]

Jackson-Lee, Sheila (D-TX) - 8%

Why am I not surprised?

[Native American Female Vet]

I understand :-)

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EBP is no longer responding on illegal immigration threads - something about driving him to drink I believe.

[HennepinPrisoner]

DeLay, Tom (R-TX) - 71%

Little Tommy is going to have to do much better than that if he wants my vote.

[WRhine]

I always hate it when I have to learn a lesson the hard way and I wont be fooled again

Looks like we have traded places with the counter-revolutionaries of the 1960s. Your last sentence jarred loose the lyrics of an old WHO song deep-sixed in my mind that has some relevancy here:

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution

Take a bow for the new revolution

Smile and grin at the change all around

Pick up my guitar and play

Just like yesterday

Then I'll get on my knees and pray

We don't get fooled again

No, no!

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Meet the new boss

Same as the old boss

[Oregon Coast Conservative]

Fell lucky, Oregon has all F-. They know who to pander to all to well.

[HennepinPrisoner]

Hutchison, Kay (R-TX) - 21%

Talk about a RINO!!

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Thanks for the links - I'm currently shopping for a new political party; I'll probably be busy shopping on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of 2004.

[HennepinPrisoner]

Fell lucky, Oregon has all F-. They know who to pander to all to well.

I guess La Reconquista has not hit Oregon. Oh well, the frog is in the pot already so they'll learn soon enough.

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But I win the booby prize - I have Hillary Clinton.

[Marine Inspector]

US CODE COLLECTION

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Sec. 1252c. - Authorizing State and local law enforcement officials to arrest and detain certain illegal aliens (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to the extent permitted by relevant State and local law, State and local law enforcement officials are authorized to arrest and detain an individual who - (1) is an alien illegally present in the United States; and (2) has previously been convicted of a felony in the United States and deported or left the United States after such conviction, but only after the State or local law enforcement officials obtain appropriate confirmation from the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the status of such individual and only for such period of time as may be required for the Service to take the individual into Federal custody for purposes of deporting or removing the alien from the United States. (b) Cooperation The Attorney General shall cooperate with the States to assure that information in the control of the Attorney General, including information in the National Crime Information Center, that would assist State and local law enforcement officials in carrying out duties under subsection (a) of this section is made available to such officials	Search this title: Notes Updates Parallel authorities (CFR) Topical references
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I didnt think the professor worked for the feds anymore.

Well if I don't work for INS anymore, I guess I should not have deported tha poor Mexican Illegal yesterday.

[Joaquin]

projectusa.org

A tax-deductible non-profit public advocacy group headquartered in New York and dedicated to raising public debate about immigration.

ProjectUSA is for reducing immigration to sustainable levels, but is not anti-immigrant (just like an advocate of family planning is not "anti-child.")

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Jackson-Lee, Sheila (D-TX) - 8% Why am I not surprised?

She's probably thinking about aliens from Mars.

[Oregon Coast Conservative]

Oh, it hit Oregon about 10 years ago. The only difference is now its out in the open. Remember, this is the state that passed a law saying police aren't allowed to request citizenship imformation. The illegals hit here in mass soon after. What a coincidence.

[WRhine]

Great Work OCC. Nothing like accountability. My communist Senator, Dick the Durbin, unsurprisingly was in the "F" column. What's up with JD Hayworth in AZ at 28%?