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"House Republicans blocked consideration of the bill that passed the Senate this year, saying it amounted to an amnesty for lawbreakers and voicing confidence that a tough stance would touch off a groundswell of support in the Congressional elections. The strategy is largely considered to be a resounding failure now.
Hispanic voters, a swing constituency that Republicans covet, abandoned the party in large numbers. Support for Republicans plunged from 44% to 29% in the months before the election, and a number of Republican hardliners lost their seats by margins less than that.
After the dismal showing, House Republicans denied F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. of Wisconsin, the departing chairman of the Judiciary Committee and an architect of the House immigration approach, a senior position on any major committee in the new Congress.
Domestic security officials have voiced support for important elements of the framework under consideration. The Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly raised doubts about the effectiveness of border fencing in remote desert areas. Mr. Bush signed the fence bill this year, but Congress did not appropriate enough money for it.
The plan under consideration would allow 10 million or 11 million illegal immigrants to become eligible to apply for citizenship without returning home, up from 7 million in the original Senate bill. To be granted citizenship, they would have to remain employed, pass background checks, pay fines and back taxes, and enroll in English classes as needed."
workpermit.com/news/2006_12_26/us/democratic_congress_immigration_reform_again.htm
With an eye to the New year, it appears that the American people will be represented by more reasonable Immigration Reform meansures in the coming year. The drastic and harsh measures proposed prior to the last elections will be revisited and perhaps now it will be possible to have genuine and meaningful reform.
**HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
**
Hispanic voters, a swing constituency that Republicans covet, abandoned the party in large numbers. Support for Republicans plunged from 44% to 29% in the months before the election, and a number of Republican hardliners lost their seats by margins less than that.
After the dismal showing, House Republicans denied F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. of Wisconsin, the departing chairman of the Judiciary Committee and an architect of the House immigration approach, a senior position on any major committee in the new Congress.
Domestic security officials have voiced support for important elements of the framework under consideration. The Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly raised doubts about the effectiveness of border fencing in remote desert areas. Mr. Bush signed the fence bill this year, but Congress did not appropriate enough money for it.
The plan under consideration would allow 10 million or 11 million illegal immigrants to become eligible to apply for citizenship without returning home, up from 7 million in the original Senate bill. To be granted citizenship, they would have to remain employed, pass background checks, pay fines and back taxes, and enroll in English classes as needed."
workpermit.com/news/2006_12_26/us/democratic_congress_immigration_reform_again.htm
With an eye to the New year, it appears that the American people will be represented by more reasonable Immigration Reform meansures in the coming year. The drastic and harsh measures proposed prior to the last elections will be revisited and perhaps now it will be possible to have genuine and meaningful reform.
**HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
**