Posted on 09/14/2006 3:01:27 PM PDT by NapkinUser
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday authorized building a fence along portions of the border with Mexico in a vote critics said had more to do with election year politics than controlling illegal immigration.
The Republican-written bill, approved on a vote of 283-138, calls for construction of about 700 miles of fence along the 2,000-mile (3,200 km) border with Mexico. Democratic opponents said the measure was a charade designed to help Republicans ahead of the Nov. 7 elections.
"This is to score political points that are going to be demagogued in 30-second ads," said Rep. Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat. He accused Republicans of trying to appeal to the "fears and passions" of people. He and other Democrats called for a broad immigration overhaul along the lines of the bill passed by the U.S. Senate that would create a guest worker program and legalize millions of illegal immigrants.
President George W. Bush backs comprehensive legislation and a guest worker program and spoke about the need for it during a meeting with House Republicans at the Capitol on Thursday. But the issue divides Republicans. Many feel the Senate bill would grant amnesty to people who broke U.S. law and it is unlikely a broad immigration bill will pass this year.
Instead, House Republican leaders plan to pass a series of border security measures before lawmakers break at the end of the month to campaign for the elections. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, an Illinois Republican, said the fence and other efforts would be added to a domestic security spending bill for next year that the House and Senate are hoping to finish by the end of the month.
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BFD. It will never be built. Has anyone considered taking over the failed cesspool called Mexico in order to stop the invasion?
Well! the Republicans In the house support the fence.Now let's see how the Republicans in the senate can screw things up.
Then build the damn thing already!
In the meantime, lets do nothing some more...
""This is to score political points that are going to be demagogued in 30-second ads," said Rep. Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat. He accused Republicans of trying to appeal to the "fears and passions" of people."
In other words the congress is doing the will of the people.
HOW DARE THEY
The people don't know squat....They don't know anything...They are all biggets. We the democrats know better than to listen to the will of the people.
I ask you what kind of argument is this? Do the democrats actually score points when making such and argument?
Tell It like it is Taxcontrol! :D /applause
How about extending the Rio Grande westward to the Pacific Ocean and stocking it with parana fish and crocodiles!
Aren't we now supposed to ask the Mexican government for permission to build a security fence on US soil?
And when the "international campers' go where the fence isn't, the most desolate places on the border, and die because its so desolate, it will be our fault.
Drudge has this as header right now
http://reuters.myway.com/article/20060915/2006-09-15T000701Z_01_N14304877_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-USA-IMMIGRATION-DC.html
Hey democrat Hoyer: I have "fears " illegal immigrants will turn America into a third world pesthole!I also have a "passion" that my children can live in what was the greatest nation on earth, safely. Guess that is pretty unreasonable and bigoted of me.
"Aren't we now supposed to ask the Mexican government for permission to build a security fence on US soil?"
Well, yes, kinda, well, only if the ACLU allows us to ask--lol
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