[Wonder Warthog]

"It appears to be an amendment to the bill itself. "

You could be right. I was thinking of Chambliss's proposal to secure funding for border security as a separate bill, to be passed first, but since this is the turncoats Kyl and Graham, that must not be it.

[michigander]

I was thinking of Chambliss's proposal to secure funding for border security as a separate bill

Either way, if they are proposing to use the money raised from the immigrant bill fees and fines in order to fund the related spending, it shows without a doubt that the immigrant bill is a bill to merely raise revenue and is wholly unconstitutional.