Posted on 07/26/2007 4:13:58 PM PDT by Uncledave
Immigration. Again.
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said he's floating a plan that would grant legal status to the nation's 12 million illegal immigrants, but offer no path to citizenship.
"It might be the equivalent of a green card," Specter said Thursday. "The main thrust is to bring the 12 million out of the shadows," and eliminate the fear of arrest or deportation.
Specter said conservatives who last month derailed a comprehensive immigration bill might accept his plan because it would not allow the 12 million to seek citizenship status.
"We litigated amnesty and that lost," Specter said.
Specter's pitch comes as the Senate voted Thursday to add $3 billion to the homeland security appropriations bill for border security measures.
Specter said he has talked with President Bush and the bipartisan group of senators who crafted the last comprehensive bill.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who helped negotiate the failed comprehensive bill, suggested that he was skeptical of creating a class of workers with no opportunity to seek citizenship.
"Europe has paid a heavy price for that stuff," Graham said.
A spokeswoman for Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), who led negotiations for the Democrats, said the senator was looking at Specter's proposal and meeting with his staff.
I don’t think dems would sign off on this, if there’s no means to giving them more votes. I could be wrong, though.
This guy knows that 79 percent of the base is absolutely against selling out hard fought citizenship to appease a lawbreaking minority.
Yet Senator Sphincter in all of his hypocritical arrogance goes ahead with reviving the most divisive piece of legislation in years.
Sphincter in his prior profession was a prosecutor and it shows in his Mike Nifong personality and thinking that he is above those he is supposed to serve.
Just Damn.
This is like Freddie or Chuckie or Michael like in the horror movies they keep coming back! I guess they like hearing from the American People and doing exact opposite. I think they forgot WE THE PEOPLE IS US!!!!!!!!!!!And in the famous words of the Donald maybe they need to be FIRED IN 2008.
I can’t believe this!! They actually have the nerve to do this again?
Can we deduct phone calls to the Senate from our taxes?
They first give us open borders (20 million last I heard.)
They refuse to build the fence.
They try and pass shamnesty.
They illegally imprison 2 excellent Border agents.
They still continue to refuse to build the fence.
More attempts at amnesty, more attempts, etc.
The Nafta Road across America.
We try to stop them with faxes, calls, letters, etc.
It’s the border silly...they are wiping out the border to make the 2 nations 1.
They may have already succeeded in making any solution to this problem impossible to solve w/o gunfire.
"Dear Senators:
Thank you for continuing to push to legalize undocumented aliens in our country.
It serves as a constant reminder, like a sore tooth, of the decay that is rotting the Senate.
1. Enforce the law - BUILD THE FENCE
2. Enforce the law - fine/imprison those who employ illegals
3. Enforce the law - deport those who have violated the law and are here illegally
Illegal aliens are bankrupting our cities, schools, and hospitals, while increasing costs to business and prisons.
If you won't take these simple steps to uphold your oath of office, replacements will be found who will.
Regards - an angry citizen"
Sphincter in his prior profession was a prosecutor and it shows in his Mike Nifong personality and thinking that he is above those he is supposed to serve.So true.
FYI.
ping
Well, at least he admitted what it was they were trying to do.
There is no value to becoming a citizen...they would actually not get as much...I doubt many of care if they are citizens or not.. this is more Happy Talk from the politicans..
It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.
- Samuel Adams, Father of the American Revolution
WE CAN DO IT AGAIN ARLIE. You are lower than whale poop.
Man, that was a brilliant move two years ago to let Snarlin' Arlen keep his job. Should have dumped his ass when we had the chance.
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