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  • House Passes Tightening of Laws on Immigration (Trent Lott Says Guest Worker Program is DOA)

    02/11/2005 9:58:16 AM PST · by GOPGuide · 105 replies · 2,127+ views
    The New York Times ^ | February 11, 2005 | DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
    WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 - The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to approve a bill tightening immigration laws in the name of border security. The main provisions of the bill, which passed 261 to 161, block states from issuing standard drivers' licenses to illegal immigrants and make it easier for judges to expel asylum seekers. Representative F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., Republican of Wisconsin and sponsor of the bill, said that the measures were necessary to fulfill recommendations of the commission that investigated the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Noting that several of the men involved in those attacks were...