Posted on 06/22/2013 10:33:01 PM PDT by george76
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) blasted the Senate's border security amendment to its immigration bill, touted as a breakthrough for the controversial legislation. Sessions alleged that it does not hire any new border agents until years after its presumed passage.
Senators Bob Corker (R-TN) and John Hoeven (R-ND) gave reassurances on Thursday that their amendment would enact tough border security provisions before any legalization of new immigrants could occur. Corker and Hoeven stated on Fox News Friday that their amendment would bring a surge to border security. The provisions of the amendment include 20,000 additional border patrol agents, 700 miles of fencing, and an E-Verify system for immigrant workers before new immigrants could receive green cards.
Senator Sessions objected that the promises are trumped by "loopholes that are snuck into" the amended immigration bill. Sessions said the border security provisions are "designed" to be ineffective in a press release sent out Friday evening
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When it comes to Illegal Alien Amnesty...the GOP is pretty much the DNC, save a few.
If you are not deporting all Illegal Aliens, you support Illegal Alien Amnesty. Period
Lindsey Graham said on FOX News Sunday this morning he is expecting these new “citizens” to generate nearly a trillion dollars for the U.S. economy. Graham was so confident of this economic forecast he broke into song:
Happy days are here again
The skies above are clear again
So let’s sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again
That will fail. This is a game of "musical chairs"; everyone will become captives eventually.
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