Remember the good old days when we had HR 4437 tucked away in our back pocket. Those days are now gone, maybe forever.
I think so . . . but even then, we had an uphill fight.
THIS is the problem...Santorum is NOT a "border security" senator. At the end, he tried to turn around, but it was too late. Voters belive the soundbites instead of the voting records.
http://profiles.numbersusa.com/improfile.php3?DistSend=PA&VIPID=683
Voted in favor of chain migration in 1996
Voted in favor of amendment to create additional guestworker visa categories in 2006
Voted in favor of amendment to increase foreign-worker importation in 2005
Cosponsoring legislation to increase H-2B workers who are present in the U.S. at any one time in 2005-2006
Voted for a foreign worker bill with no anti-fraud measures in 2000.
Voted to allow firms to lay off Americans to make room for foreign workers in 1998
Voted against amendment to fund additional immigration investigators in 2006
Voted against amendment to provide funding for additional Border Patrol agents in 2005
Tried to kill voluntary pilot programs for workplace verification in 1996 [snips]