With that out of the way, I'd like to add that Byrd has his own motives for dragging this out, selfish ones. Hell, he even has some so-called conservatives supporting him now, he's a dangerous buffoon.
There's no reason why illegal aliens should be allowed to be citizens of this great and inevitably just nation after 9/11. They don't deserve it, they know it, and it behooves us to uphold our honor and prestige as a sovereign nation.
Democrats have exposed themselves again as the party of race and of hate as when they owned slaves, their own infamy ultimately damns them.