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  • Senators defend legalization language (S. 1639)

    06/27/2007 2:39:42 PM PDT · by Baladas · 31 replies · 798+ views
    Associated Press ^ | June 27, 2007 | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
    WASHINGTON - The Senate defeated attempts Wednesday to make the immigration bill tougher on people who are in the U.S. unlawfully, including a Republican bid to bar illegal immigrants from getting green cards. Senators voted 56-41 to set aside the amendment by Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., which would have destroyed a central element of the bill granting millions of illegal immigrants an eventual path to citizenship. Earlier, the Senate killed, by a 53-45 vote, a proposal by Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, to require that all adult illegal immigrants go home within two years to get permanent lawful status. The current...