Posted on 06/29/2007 8:17:53 AM PDT by BornInASmallTown
Reaction in Houston to the immigration bill's stunning defeat Thursday in the Senate was fast, furious and unpredictable. Some immigrant advocates actually applauded the defeat, saying the bill was bad for immigrants and for the country. But, others, like Nelson Reyes, executive director of the Gulfton Area Neighborhood Organization, expressed raw anger over the doomed reform measure.
''We thought that the Senate was more mature about issues but, again, politics have prevailed," said Reyes, who emigrated from El Salvador in 1990. ''How in the world are they saying, 'OK, we're not going to do anything. We're going to continue implementing the immigration law we have right now, and, if that means we continue persecuting 12 million people, so be it.' "
Ardell Barr, a 69-year-old Clear Lake resident and member of Texans for Immigration Reform, helped lobby against the legislation, sending about 16 e-mails to senators on Wednesday. She was among those celebrating on Thursday.
''They were trying to push something through that was flawed," Barr said. ''We definitely need to do something, but doing something wrong is not the answer." Barr was joined in her sentiments by Felix Rodriguez Ortiz, a member of the Coalition of Mexicans Living Abroad in Houston. ''My opinion, and the opinion of a lot of people, was it was better they didn't pass anything because it was going to be bad," Rodriguez Ortiz said. "It wouldn't benefit anyone, not the immigrants or the government."
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What ungrateful scum. Get a lucky break and become a citizen (probably via an earlier amnesty) and surprise! He's against the rule of law in his new country.
“The immigration bill failed because the politicians in Washington are out of touch with the American people. The voice of the people is loud and clear - secure the border, enforce the law and no special deal for permanent residency or citizenship for illegals. America will always welcome legal immigration, but as a nation we also insist on the rule of law.”
Mitt Romney....June 28th 2007!
We all know darn well, what is going to happen, and what has to happen, finally. There will be something from the illegal law-breakers, that can’t be covered up and that proves they are a danger to the US.
Demand a border fence! Build it NOW!! Beef up the border patrol and close our borders!
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