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Senate immigration overhaul in doubt
Reuters ^ | 4/6/06 | Donna Smith

Posted on 04/06/2006 9:57:04 PM PDT by SUSSA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate compromise on an overhaul of immigration law appeared to get bogged down late on Thursday in the face of opposition by some Republicans who say it would give amnesty to lawbreakers.

It appeared unlikely the Senate would approve before a two-week congressional break on Friday the radical immigration reform that would give millions of illegal immigrants a chance to earn U.S. citizenship.

The bill's backers expressed fear that failure to enact the legislation before lawmakers leave for their spring break could hurt its chances in a congressional election year.

Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada earlier hailed a "breakthrough" on the compromise bill that would include a guest worker program sought by President George W. Bush.

But the two leaders were unable to agree on how many amendments to the bill would be allowed.

(Excerpt) Read more at today.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; bordersecurity; bushamnesty; congress; criminals; illegal; illegalaliens; illegals; immigrantlist; immigration; invasionusa; mexico; openborders; rinos; sellout; shamnesty; sovereignty; traitors
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To: SUSSA
"It appeared unlikely the Senate would approve before a two-week congressional break on Friday the radical immigration reform that would give millions of illegal immigrants a chance to earn U.S. citizenship."

GOOD! This POS needs to be dead and burried ASAP!

81 posted on 04/07/2006 8:06:57 AM PDT by Bigun (IRS sucks @getridof it.com)
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To: Soul Seeker
Everyone interested in the illegal immigration issue should read Hidden Bombs By Kris Kobach, who was head of the immigration division under AG Ashcroft.
82 posted on 04/07/2006 8:09:55 AM PDT by GarySpFc (Jesus on Immigration, John 10:1)
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To: SUSSA
It's election year and both the Republicans and Dems are going to dance and dance and dance and find ways to not pass anything because that way they can continue to tell the voters in their district that "... they are working on immigration reform." Nope, kids, we will not see anything done but the "dance" until November and then they may or may not get back to actually doing something.
83 posted on 04/07/2006 8:10:43 AM PDT by zeaal (SPREAD TRUTH!)
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To: Plutarch
Maybe the Senators noticed the angry mobs of Americans with pitchforks and torches massing outside their offices.

I thought I saw a couple of tar pots and a few truck loads of feathers out there as well!

84 posted on 04/07/2006 8:13:20 AM PDT by Bigun (IRS sucks @getridof it.com)
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To: nj26
Word is that calls are running 3:1 against amnesty at Senate offices.

I am amazed that they'd actually listen to us - but looking at the vote this morning, not a single Republican voted for the guestamnesty bill! Let's keep the calls and faxes going over the break though - I don't trust 'em one bit.
85 posted on 04/07/2006 8:14:41 AM PDT by Serenissima Venezia (Stop the “No Illegal Alien Left Behind Act” – call/email/fax/write your Senators today!)
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To: Serenissima Venezia; All

One of my employees had a great idea. He and three friends from the Knights of Columbus are going to visit their congressman and both senators’ local offices, and tell them, “We are members of the Knights of Columbus and stopped to tell the senator (or congressman)we oppose amnesty and any guest worker program until the border is secure."

I’m going to do the same thing with three friends from church and sending another of my employees to do the same with a couple of other members of his VFW Post.

A visit from a group of people who are active in these types of groups will get their attention because this type of person can influence others in the group.

EAGLES UP!!!


86 posted on 04/07/2006 8:47:54 AM PDT by SUSSA
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To: SUSSA

The more we crack down on illegal immigration, the less Mexicans in Mexico will cling to the Leftist frontrunner in this July's presidential elections who is suddenly in a statistical deadheat for the first time with right-leading Felipe Calderon. That Chavez-admiring Leftie had been ahead in the polls literally for years on promises of free money and threats of nationalization and such. Suddenly the immigration pressures have helped lead to a declining peso relative to the dollar, though, and voters (who know how much Mexico desperately needs the USA) are noticing growing U.S. disapproval for how Mexico's government still won't stand up to telecom monopoly magnate Carlos Slim (#3 on Forbes wealthiest list). Let's keep up the constructive pressure so that Mexicans who don't want to have to abandon Mexico can stay there (which most WANT to do anyway, to be with their families where they speak the same language and don't have to wash bathroom floors and pick pesticide-laden vegetables).

Meanwhile, don't we owe it to our American people struggling in Mexico who endure Mexico's shamelessly racist immigration restrictions to keep the pressure up and thereby empower reformers in Mexico in that way, too? Can you believe Mexico's hypocritically anti-gringo immigration laws which Rush Limbaugh now impressively and charismaticaly calls "Limbaugh's Laws" while saying we should try running the USA in a similar way to see what the reaction would be? Here they are:

http://www.directory.com.mx/immigration


87 posted on 04/07/2006 9:34:53 AM PDT by Shuttle Shucker
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To: HiJinx
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!

Support our Minutemen Patriots!

Be Ever Vigilant!


88 posted on 04/07/2006 10:16:10 AM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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