Senate Panel Approves Immigration Bill

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WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee approved election-year immigration legislation Monday that clears the way for millions of undocumented workers to seek U.S. citizenship without having to first leave the country.

In general, the bill is designed to strengten border patrol, create new opportunities for so-called guest workers and determine the legal future of the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally. The panel’s vote cleared the way for the full Senate to begin debate Tuesday on the emotional immigration issue.

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060327/ap_on_go_co/immigration_21
 
On March 27, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed by a 12-6 vote a McCain-Kennedy-style amnesty and temporary bill (no bill number). It may be amended into Sen. Bill Frist’s (R-TN) bill, S 2454, as soon as March 28 on the Senate floor. The plan incorporates: (1) a new “temporary” agricultural worker program (as proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]); (2) another “guestworker” visa program “capped” at 400,000 per year (as proposed by Sen. Ted Kennedy [D-MA]); and (3) an amnesty for illegal aliens who have worked in the United States for six years and who wait another five before applying for adjustment of status to lawful permanent residence, provided the illegal alien pays $2,000 in fines, has a background check done, and demonstrates a working knowledge of English (as proposed by Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]). Other bad “reforms” include an amendment by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) to de-criminalize illegal presence and another by Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) to open up more visas for alien nurses as long as related shortages exist. Amendments to curb the overall impact of these visa and citizenship giveaways offered by Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) were defeated. The full Senate may have as much as two weeks to consider amendments on the floor.

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On March 28, Sen. Frist will call up his bill for a vote on cloture. If successful, the vote will cut off debate and allow the consideration of amendments. Media reports have suggested Sen. Frist will keep his bill on the Senate floor for as long as two weeks. That would likely give the Senate Judiciary Committee enough time to complete action on its bill. Media reports also have suggested Sen. Frist would amend the committee-passed bill onto his.
No word is available as of this writing as to how Sen. Frist plans to proceed. Given the two-week timeframe, Senate floor action on S. 2454 may come in dribs and drabs.

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Frist already said not enough Republicans voted for it for him to bring it to the Senate floor tomorrow. So I guess it is dead. It would never pass the House anyway. The US population is against amnesty for illegal aliens.

The President wants a guest worker bill, and conservatives want illegals to return home before applying for citizenship.

No one seems to be addressing the children born in the US automatically becoming citizens.
 
Frist already said not enough Republicans voted for it for him to bring it to the Senate floor tomorrow. So I guess it is dead.
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I suspect that Frist doesn’t really want to reform the system so that it works for everyone, just institute the Sensenbrenner Police State bill as is.
It would never pass the House anyway.
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No surprise there. The extreme right has absolute control of that body anyway.
The US population is against amnesty for illegal aliens.
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And no one is talking about that, so why bring it up?
 
The reality is that immigration reform has to be a compromise. Neither of the extreme views (i.e. deport them all, amnesty for all) are tenable positions.

Deporting them all? Impossible. A waste of money. A labor catastrophe.

Amnesty for all? Rewards those who broke the law. Maintains the status quo.

The President has the middle ground on this issue. The sooner we get to it, the sooner real reform can start.
 
This is the detail I found on the Democratic Party’s stand on immigration from their website: www.democrats.org
Democrats support fair immigration reform that keeps our borders secure.
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Wow! Now that’s a comprehensive strategy!:rolleyes:
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I suspect that Frist doesn’t really want to reform the system so that it works for everyone, just institute the Sensenbrenner Police State bill as is.

No surprise there. The extreme right has absolute control of that body anyway.

And no one is talking about that, so why bring it up?
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gilliam:
WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee approved election-year immigration legislation Monday that clears the way for millions of undocumented workers to seek U.S. citizenship without having to first leave the country.

In general, the bill is designed to strengten border patrol, create new opportunities for so-called guest workers and determine the legal future of the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally. The panel’s vote cleared the way for the full Senate to begin debate Tuesday on the emotional immigration issue.

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060327/ap_on_go_co/immigration_21
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Won’t ever pass. My guess is is that they will try to delay a full vote on this till after the mid-term elections are over.
 
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