Am I missing something or does this issue cross political lines? How did a bill pass in the Judiciary Committee? Oh yeah, it passed because some Republicans voted the same as Democrats in favor of the bill. Neither political party wants to anger the "Latino" vote because its an election year, but the funny thing is that I have communicated with many Latinos that are native-born, as well as LEGAL immigrants, and they are against ILLEGAL immigration as anyone else. So whose vote are the politicians afraid of losing ... the illegal immigrants that can't vote?