[Baladas]

So, in other words, they're going to be able to determine where and when and if the fence will be with the money the federal government gives them for the fence.

[fieldmarshaldj]

“and Sen. Jeff Bingaman, R-N.M.,”

When did Jeffy switch parties ?

[Jabba the Nutt]

"Texas officials have protested plans by the Homeland Security Department to erect fencing on parts of the approximately 1,200-mile Texas border with Mexico, saying they were not consulted as they were promised they would be."

Don't worry, the fence won't be built.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

This is weak.

Of course, “Compromise” always means one of the parties involved is weak.

How about an amendment requiring the building of an entire fence on the border...that way you do not have to pick where it goes?

Duh...

The GOP is dead.

[TADSLOS]

Sure is a lot of “slipping” going on with this bill.

[kittymyrib]

And the corrupt mayors of TX border towns, mostly Mexicans and the children of illegals, will be paid by the drug cartels and coyotes not to let the fence be built through their areas of operation. The fence will be worthless, but expensive.

[longtermmemmory]

as a super voter, the political operative words, this immigration bill is a deal breaker. The democrats are on tv laughing like school girls. Sen “lefty” Specter was smiling like a thief with a not guilty from a jury.

The sham amendment is in the same vein. It is just a way to NOT build the fence. They will put up tissue paper in the middle of nowhere and call it a fence.

[TLI]

with the money the federal government gives them for the fence.

Well, actually, the federal government is giving them back their money.

[T. P. Pole]

There shouldn’t be a need for a choice. Um, build it on the border - all of it.

[snowrip]

amnesty am-nes-ty -n 1. a general pardon for offenses against a government

We have been fighting the amnesty bill as if the future of our country depends on our efforts... because it does. As working, voting, law-abiding, thinking Americans, we can only come to one conclusion: the Senate will intentionally ignore the will of the people, and put their own political ambitions ahead of what is good for the United States of America. This agenda is unacceptable, and we have rejected it utterly. Moreover, it constitutes a direct threat to the future of this republic, because it indicates that there are members of the body politic who no longer answer to the will of the people, the Constitution, or even to rational thought itself.

THE REPRESENTATIVES WHO WILL VOTE TO SUPPORT THIS BILL ARE VOTING ANTI-AMERICAN.

Keep the pressure on, because the Senate is hoping this will all just go away if they wait long enough. Write, call, email, and fax your representatives... and DO NOT STOP. If you are unable to reach your Congressional or Senate rep, try the office of El Presidente. Contact your local and state party representatives, and the Republican and Democrat National Committees. Keep building the tidal wave that we need to KILL THIS BILL!

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[org.whodat]

So, in other words, they're going to be able to determine where and when and if the fence will be with the money the federal government gives them for the fence.

Wrong, there is not going to be any fence.

[Mr. K]

wtf??????????????????????????

Do they actually need to see rioting in the street before they stop talking about passing this POS and start talking about enforcing EXISTING LAWS

Including WITHDRAWING FEDERAL FUND from any state that allows in-state tuition for ILLEGAL ALIENS

[listenhillary]

“could change a way of life that is binational.”

That would be the point of a bill to fix our invasion problem.

[Earthdweller]

"Officials have said it would hurt relations with Mexico, could damage wildlife and hurt the industries built around the states birding and tourism industries on the border, keep landowners from using the Rio Grande to water cattle and irrigate crops and change a way of life that is binational."

Have any of you geniuses heard of gates? Build the wall or their won't be much left of "relations". The best neighbors I ever had were the ones I ones I toasted a cup of cappuccino with over the hedge each morning.

[KeyLargo]

chicagotribune.com

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-kass24may24,1,9363.column?coll=chi-news-col

Southern border, bad policy exposed
John Kass

May 24, 2007

Without a fence across our southern border with Mexico, without a border that is controlled and secure, can Americans have faith in what Washington politicians are doing with the so-called immigration reform bill?

I don’t think so.

The lack of a controlled border, and the federal government’s unwillingness to secure that border over recent Democratic and Republican administrations, undermines American confidence that immigration reform is anything more than raw politics.

And now President Bush is pushing an important immigration bill without first having built the fence, which tells the rest of us outside Washington that we can expect future federal enforcement of immigration laws to be about as energetic as it has always been, just about as vigorous as their fence construction.

......But without real control of our borders, to know who is coming over and why — not to mention potential terrorists — then no immigration reform can be considered legitimate. And legitimacy is necessary to win popular support for some kind of compromise that has to get done for the 12 million illegal immigrants who live here and for those of us who are citizens...”

excerpt

[Gritty]

[OkieDoke]

So....no fence, and no additional Border Patrol Agents; in other words, no enforcement.
Buuuuut, it’s not amnesty. (Is it `compassionate conservatism’?)
All together now: `kumbaya Over Lords, kumbaya......’