Posted on 04/06/2006 8:33:43 AM PDT by STARWISE
WASHINGTON - In a last stab at compromise, Senate Republicans and Democrats reported progress Thursday toward agreement on legislation opening the way to legal status and eventual citizenship for many of the 11 million immigrants now in the U.S. illegally.
"There's been tremendous progress overnight," said Sen. Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record) of Nevada, the Democratic leader, while Majority Leader Bill Frist also expressed optimism that a long-sought compromise might be at hand.
There was no immediate reaction from President Bush, who has made immigration legislation a key priority.
The developments occurred after Frist unveiled a new bill late Wednesday night on the subject as the Senate headed into a test vote on the most sweeping immigration bill in two decades.
In general, the legislation would provide for enhanced border security, regulate the flow of future immigrants into the United States and settle the legal fate of the estimated 11 million men, women and children already in the country.
It was the fate of the illegal immigrant population that proved hardest to legislate, and it has left the Senate on the verge of gridlock for days.
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Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., as well as other key senators met before the vote to review terms of a proposed compromise.
In general, it would require illegal immigrants who have been in the United States between two years and five years to return to their home country briefly, then re-enter as temporary workers. They could then begin a process of seeking citizenship.
Illegal immigrants here longer than five years would not be required to return home; those in the country less than two years would be required to leave without assurances of returning, and take their place in line with others seeking entry papers.
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How many votes have been taken? ZERO! That's reality!
IT'S FILIBUSTER TIME!
Yes, we've been sold out again. If you've been here illegally for 5 years or more you get amnesty, i.e. the longer the duration of your law breaking, the greater your reward.
Count me in on that sentiment. The GOP does better for us when they are a minority.
Well, could be because you have?
I would like to thank Congress for working together to find a way to stab America in the back. Thank you for making citizenship worthless, you bunch of spineless rat bastards.
He kept the same modest house after so many years in Congress. He kept his ears open to his constituents always. He lived, ate, shopped and worked among his voters.
The rest of the Senators tend to live in a bubble.
This is what I'd like to know: how in God's name are these people going to be found? The critters were tripping all over themselves to pat each other's backs ... what are the quid pro quos??
Well, it may sound good, but if we don't have the will to enforce current long-standing laws, how and why will we suddenly start to enforce a less-than-two-years law? How do they even plan to determine who has been here and how long? Because they say they've been here for over 5 years? BOONDOOGLE! Betrayal!
other proof like even you could provide."
That means getting 2 people to swear that they have known you for years. Just the same way that the terrorists got their DLs.
What about the other ten to who knows how many million Peach? For crying out loud, this is digusting!
I would confine my criticism to the White House, a good portion of our Senators, and certain RINO traitors in the House.
But we need to remember that the House overall passed a good enforcement-only bill.
They're heroes in my book.
We've worked too hard for too many years to go throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
All voting gets me is jury duty anyway. Will sit this November out
Coming Soon to a multicultural bilingual bookstore near you
When Winning IS Losing
by US Senate GOP leadership
IN California, "It's Just Win Baby! Don't Sweat the Details!" .. look forit in Costco soon. ;-)
Spend Spend Spend Borrow Borrow Borrow!!!
Smile Smile Smile!!
Be prepared for the next step by La Raza. After this Shamnesty goes thru, they will march and strike for higher wages. They're not our slaves, ya know..(sarcasm )..
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Except some manage to create false documentation that secures them employment in nuclear facilities apparently. I'm not at all confident documentation will be closely checked. IMO, it's no more than a "save face" measure and they'll not look too closely deliberately.
I'm personally insulted more than outraged over this. I expect D.C. to sell us amnesty no matter the desires of the public. Why blow a fuse? As others are over the expected. Not good for my blodd pressure. :-)
But to insult mine and others intelligence so obviously? Tells me a great deal of how they view the public as being gullible.
Hey, "sister," I might even vote for Hitlery myself. We need to give it to them "good and hard," in the words of H.L. Menchen.
In agreement.
I just wish IF they were going to propose amnesty, which we all knew, that they'd have the guts to admit it and NOT insult the public with this wording.
"My contention is that the economic "laws" are self fulfilling. Our immigration quota's and laws become obsolete within 1 quarter (of a year). The static rates that were established in 1986, and revised again in 1993, are simply market stifling. The reasons for the dot-com bust are many; but a major factor was the lack of tangible assets. Business plans based upon a marketing program, speculation, and projected earnings. So then real estate became a safe haven, along with the service and construction sectors. People wonder why immigrants (legal and illegal) flocked to the Home Depot parking lots. Duh. Home depot had been advertising for qualified contractors for over a year. There are now many Americans making great money contracting construction, landscaping, and home improvement through retailers such as Home Depot and Lowes. And some keyboard warriors here claim that Mexicans standing in front of these places are stupid. Those Mexicans saw the market for labor, and filled it. Meanwhile, down at the UAW union hall they were negotiating benefits for the $28.00 per hour lugnut installer. That lugnut installer could have started his own business and doubled his money to over $116k. I know two people that did this." People that are advocating changing laws ex-post facto, to make people felons had better make sure that they do not have any possible misdemeanors in their past (or their families past). Such law changes always have unintended consequences, such as requiring Americans to obtain exit visas for travel. Shortsighted, emotional rantings; especially when covered with racial hatred or incitement to violence have no place here.
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