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BUSH SET FOR IMMIGRATION SPEECH WHITE HOUSE President Bush is getting set for a prime-time speech on Aides note the 8 p-m, Eastern Time, speech will be the president's first from the Oval Office that does not involve Iraq and the war on terrorism. And they say that reflects Bush's He's speaking as the Senate is poised to clear a compromise measure including his idea for a guest worker program. However, a rival House bill is limited to a border crackdown, and meshing the two won't be easy. Stand Up For America ! |
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SHOTS FIRED ON CAPITOL HILL?
By Michelle Malkin · May 26, 2006 11:28 AM
***530pm EDT: It was construction noise!?...Rep. Jim Sexton has bad ears....***
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-05-26T203329Z_01_WAT005674_RTRUKOC_0_US-CONGRESS-GUNFIRE-LOCKDOWN.xml&src=rss&rpc=22
Big Drudge headlines...Fox reporting...Allah's been all over it...Breitbart/AP coverage...
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/05/26/D8HRHOP80.html
11:31 AM EDT ...Fox News Major Garrett is still locked in the Capitol Hill cafeteria.
A gurney being brought into the Rayburn building?
Noon press conference scheduled.
12noon. First possible witness report...Jim Angle reporting that two women told police that they saw a man with a gun as they came out of Rayburn gym.
254pm EDT. Rep. Jack Kingston has been liveblogging from Rayburn.
http://kingston.house.gov/blog/?p=289
322pm EDT. All clear is given for the Rayburn building.
http://www.michellemalkin.com/
Yesterday ONE Senator voted "Here" not up or down
"I heard what I thought to be between six and ten shots," the Republican lawmaker said.
"It sounded exactly like gunfire to me. It was not of a backfire nature. it was the sharp crack as comes out of a weapon."
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/05/26/060526204527.mf8kf88w.html
Senate Wants House to Ease on Citizenship
Senators are challenging House Republicans to give ground on their enforcement-only fix for the country's immigration problems and consider offering citizenship to millions of immigrants illegally in the U.S.
Senate passage of its immigration bill by a 62-36 vote on Thursday sets up a confrontation with the House, where many lawmakers equate the citizenship offer with amnesty.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/05/26/D8HRIC382.html
Police search for rape suspect
Illegal immigrant accused of impregnating 10-year-old girl
http://www.valleystar.com/articles/2006/05/26/local_news/local_news2.txt
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Hastert Says He'll Work With Justice Dept.
~Why?!
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/05/26/D8HRHMK00.html
Frist, Gonzalez Meet to Discuss FBI Search
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/05/26/D8HRKIQG2.html
Capitol Police Visit Santorum's Penn Hills Home
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/9269616/detail.html
~One must ask what the hay is going on?!
So our citizenship which has been paid for with the blood of many patriots is worth no more that a speeding ticket?
Mr Snow ...and the horse you rode in on!
"EARNING" CITIZENSHIP
By Michelle Malkin · May 26, 2006 05:20 PM
Illegal immigrants hop the border fences and head for the storm drains on their "path to citizenship:"
Armando Reyes climbed over the border fence and prepared for the dash into San Diego. But his smuggler instead led him and four other migrants through a patch of reeds to a stinky drainage pipe, and ordered them inside.
The black sludge reached Reyes' chin as he crawled through the shoulder-width tube. Rats scurried by. Terrified of losing his way in the darkness, Reyes reached for the illegal immigrant in front of him and clutched his sneaker.
The stocky 28-year-old from Oaxaca had followed the smuggler into a vast labyrinth of drainage pipes under Otay Mesa, a booming commercial area of San Diego 15 miles southeast of downtown.
The 23-mile network leads to about 500 manholes scattered across about three square miles. From those openings into the bowels of the city, mud-covered migrants crawl out into streets, busy intersections and parking lots, creating a dizzying guessing game for U.S. Border Patrol agents.
"They're popping up all over the place," said Joe Perez, the agent in charge of the area.
The migrant traffic below truck-clogged streets and new office parks underscores the persistence and desperation of people faced with crossing one of the most heavily fortified sections of the border.
Illegal crossings will soon get even tougher. President Bush is sending 6,000 National Guard troops to the border, Congress is mulling its own enforcement plans and starting next month this busy frontier across from Tijuana will be monitored by remote surveillance cameras.
So the underground beckons.
The tunnels channel rainwater out of flood-prone areas, but when the waters aren't running, the waves of migrants flow, a phenomenon that has bedeviled agents for years and has gotten worse recently as aboveground routes have become more heavily patrolled.
The cat-and-mouse game took an ironic turn last month when migrants even surfaced outside the offices of the U.S. Border Tunnel Task Force. Those manhole covers one in a secured parking lot were welded shut after that, one of them also topped with three 35-pound bags of rocks and gravel.
But six more manholes, all potential escape hatches, lie within a block of the federal facility.
"They're all interlinked, so you never know where they'll come up," said David Badger, a Border Patrol supervisor.
Other border cities have wrestled with similar situations, most notably Nogales, Ariz., which is linked underground to Nogales, Mexico, by two large storm-drain tunnels patrolled regularly by heavily armed agents.
Unlike Nogales, the drainage system under Otay Mesa doesn't extend into Mexico. But most of the tunnel outlets are just a quick run from the border. Illegal immigrants typically traverse the pipes, many of which are 2 to 3 feet in diameter, at night, sometimes crawling for hours. Vehicles waiting on deserted streets then whisk them to stash houses.
Border Patrol agents have arrested hundreds of migrants exiting storm drains in the last year but don't know how many get through. Some estimate that thousands make it.
Mexican President Vicente Fox cheers (hat tip: Allah):
Mexican President Vicente Fox praised Mexican immigrants for pushing Washington on immigration reform on Friday, the last day of a U.S. trip during which he drew Republican barbs over the issue.
"We know about their contributions to this economy and to this country. We know about their loyalty to those who they work for," Fox said in a speech.
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate backed an immigration bill that would give millions of illegal immigrants a chance to become American citizens.
"They fought for it. They earned what they got yesterday," Fox told a California Chamber of Commerce audience.
Mark Steyn is not clapping:
Aside from the entitlement explosion and the national security issues, this bill is a cynical corruption of the integrity of US sovereignty and citizenship. My wife and the kids had their Green Cards stolen the other day. Cost of replacement of legal permanent resident cards: $1,040.
Fine for 20 years of law-breaking within the United States: $2,000, less Social Security and EITC entitlements. Hmm. I told the missus to hold off filling in the form for the replacement card. Having been rendered inadvertently undocumented, she may at last be in the winning category.
http://michellemalkin.com/index.htm
Too bad it wasn't in the senate office building. I don't want anyone to get hurt but having the crap scared out of them at this point would be a good thing!
That would be 6-6-6
Here is my research to date up to "L", many members do not show their exact stance on immigration but all voted for 4437 I've researched all up to the letter "L" that I could find things on
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Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Bachus
Baker
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Beauprez
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boustany
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp (MI)
Campbell (CA)
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Case
Castle
Chabot
Chocola
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Crenshaw
Cubin
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeLay
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Ehlers
Emerson
English (PA)
Everett
Feeney
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Flake
Foley
Forbes
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Gutknecht
Hall
Harris
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hulshof
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Istook
Jenkins
Jindal
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Knollenberg
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Congressman Aderholt ALA {Jasper}
CONGRESSMAN ADERHOLT SUPPORTS FURTHER IMMIGRATION REFORM
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/al04_aderholt/PR060330.html
Congressman Akin MO
Congressman Akin Lauds House Passage of Legislation to Reduce Spending, Bolster National Defense and Control Illegal Immigration
http://www.house.gov/akin/release/20051219.html
Congressman Bachus ALA
I am an original co-sponsor and supporter of H.R. 4437, the immigration bill that passed the House of Representatives in December.
http://bachus.house.gov/HoR/AL06/Issues/Immigration/Immigration+06.htm
Congressman Gresham Barrett SC
Barrett Comments on Senate Immigration Legislation
"The House got it right when we passed legislation that put border security first"
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/sc03_barrett/Senate_Immigration.html
Congressman Roscoe G. Bartlett MD http://www.bartlett.house.gov/
Statement on Immigration http://www.bartlett.house.gov/SupportingFiles/documents/IMMIGRATION.pdf
Congressman Joe Barton TX
Barton Statement on President Bush's Immigration Speech http://www.joebarton.house.gov/news.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=344
Representative Bob Beauprez CO
Immigration http://www.house.gov/beauprez/issues/immigration.htm
Representative Marsha Blackburn TN
BLACKBURN, KINGSTON CALL FOR ILLEGAL WORKER INVESTIGATION
http://www.house.gov/blackburn/press/5.1.06.shtml
Representative Roy Blunt MO
BLUNT STATEMENT ON IMMIGRATION SPEECH
http://www.blunt.house.gov/Read.aspx?ID=623
BOEHLERT NY ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT Voted for 4337
http://www.house.gov/boehlert/pr_060317_boehlertretirement.htm
Congressman Henry Bonilla TX
IMMIGRATION
"The Texas/Mexico border is a hot-bed for illegal immigration. Ignoring the problem is ignoring the war against terrorism," said Congressman Henry Bonilla.
http://bonilla.house.gov/Default.aspx?section=issues&page=immigration
Representative Jo Bonner AL
Securing our Nation http://bonner.house.gov/HoR/AL01/News/Columns/1-2-06+column.htm
Representative Mary Bono CA Bono Votes to Prevent Illegal Immigration and Bolster Border Security
http://www.house.gov/list/press/ca45_bono/border.html
U.S. Congressman John Boozman ARK
Rep. Boozman Says He Cannot Support Senates Amnesty Bill
http://boozman.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=44361
Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite FL
SECURING OUR BORDERS CONGRESS MUST PROVIDE THE MANPOWER NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE JOB
http://brown-waite.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=44036
Representative Michael C. Burgess TX
BORDER SECURITY, IMMIGRATION & CUSTOMS http://burgess.house.gov/Issues/Issue/?IssueID=624
Representative Dan Burton IN
Question of the Week How do you think Congress should address the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants already in the United States?
deport 1464 66.9 grant 225 10.3 wogrant 57 2.6 require 419 19.1 unsure 24 1.1 Total 2189 - http://www.house.gov/burton/
Rep. Geoff Davis, R-Ky
I remain opposed to amnesty. Rewarding lawbreakers sends the wrong message to those who have attained legal citizenship. Additionally, I recognize the need for an adequate labor supply. I believe we must provide employers with a more workable system and hold those accountable who knowingly hire illegals.
http://geoffdavis.house.gov/read.aspx?ID=297
Representative Jo Ann Davis VA
With the start of the Second Session of the 109th Congress, what issue should be the number one priority of Congress in 2006?
Reduce the Federal Deficit
8.57 % (525)
Overhaul the U.S. Tax Code
68.60 % (4202)
Lessen our Dependence on Foreign Oil
5.84 % (358)
Reform our Immigration Laws
9.50 % (582)
Healthcare Reform
4.38 % (268)
National Security
3.10 % (190)
http://joanndavis.house.gov/hor/va01/
Davis Supports Measure Requiring Proof of US Citizenship to Vote
Local lawmaker co-sponsors legislation offered by Rep. Henry Hyde to curb voter fraud by illegal aliens
http://joanndavis.house.gov/HoR/VA01/News/Press+Releases/2004/7-13-04us+citizen+vote.htm
Representative Tom Davis VA
State Department and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Concerns
http://tomdavis.house.gov/davis_contents/center/immigration/
Representative Nathan Deal GA
Amnesty for illegal immigrants, regardless of what the Administration calls it, is wrong for America
http://www.house.gov/deal/press/pr-immigration-reform-04.shtml
Representative Tom DeLay voted for 4437 we'll lose that
U.S. Congressman Charlie Dent PA
Dent touts bill to greatly enhance border security http://dent.house.gov/pr-121705.shtml
Representative Mario Diaz-Balart FL
NOTE: This guy will be essential to Contact-He is a waffler although he voted for 4437
Immigration http://www.house.gov/mariodiaz-balart/issues/immigration.htm
Representative John T. Doolittle CA
Fight Illegal Immigration http://www.house.gov/doolittle/issues.html#immigration
. Congresswoman Thelma Drake VA
Immigration Reform member of the Immigration Reform Caucus http://drake.house.gov/Issuestemp/
Representative David Dreier CA
Dreier Statement on Passage of Senate Immigration Bill "I am opposed to the legislation approved by the Senate today
http://dreier.house.gov/releases/pr5252006.htm
Representative John Duncan, Jr TN
Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus {Member} Congress Must Address Immigration and Border Security
I am amazed that some people think that rewarding that behavior with amnesty would cause less of a problem.
http://www.house.gov/duncan/en033106.htm
U.S. Congressman Scott Garrett NJ
Immigration http://garrett.house.gov/Issues/Issue/?IssueID=1857
Congressman Jim Gibbons Longtime Fighter and Good man!
Gibbons Seeks Greater Enforcement of Immigration Laws Lawmaker Cosponsors Bill to Empower Local Law Enforcement 9/26/2003
http://wwwc.house.gov/gibbons/display-pr.asp?id=1409
Congressman Wayne Gilchrest MD
Immigration http://www.gilchrest.house.gov/Topics.asp?FormMode=Call&LinkType=Section&Section=800
Congressman Paul Gillmor OH
Gillmor Says Border Security Bill Protects America http://www.house.gov/gillmor/press/20051217.htm
Congressman Phil Gingrey GA
Immigration 1. The purpose of U.S. immigration policy is to benefit the citizens of the United States.
http://gingrey.house.gov/Issues/Issue/?IssueID=1594
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Congressman Louie Gohmert TX
His top priority - Securing our national borders http://www.gohmert.com/priorities.html
Representative Virgil Goode VA
H.J.RES.94 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish English as the official language of the United States.
English should be the official language of the United States http://www.house.gov/goode/legislation.shtml
Representative Bob Goodlatte VA
Cosponsor H.R.698 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny citizenship at birth to children born in the United States of parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens
HOUSE PASSES GOODLATTE LEGISLATION TO ELIMINATE IMMIGRANT VISA LOTTERY Legislation To Ensure Nations Security Included in Border Control Act
http://www.house.gov/list/press/va06_goodlatte/121605.html
Representative Kay Granger TX
Granger Statement on Border Security Bill Provision making it a felony to aid illegal immigrants
http://kaygranger.house.gov/News.asp?FormMode=Detail
Representative Sam Graves MO
Rep. Graves: Congress Must Protect Our Homeland By Securing Our Borders
http://www.house.gov/graves/newsroom/033006.htm
Congressman Gil Gutknecht MINN
Sadly, today our borders are a sieve, with illegal immigrants pouring into the country. http://www.house.gov/gutknecht/Issues/immigration/immigration.htm
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