Victory on the Hill...
Posted on 04/19/2005 3:45:36 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
WASHINGTON — The Senate today blocked a measure that would have created a path to citizenship for an estimated 500,000 farmworkers and their families, dealing a setback to those who advocate legalization as the key to immigration reform.
The measure's supporters failed to secure the 60 votes needed to prevent a filibuster by opponents, ending the effort by Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) to attach the plan to an $80-billion emergency funding bill that mainly would pay for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Under the plan, any illegal farmworker who could demonstrate that he or she had worked in agriculture for at least 100 days in the 18-month period before Dec. 31, 2004 and meet certain other criteria would be eligible for temporary residency.
Once the worker obtained temporary residency, he or she would have to work another 360 days over at least the next three years and no more than six years to be eligible for permanent residency. The spouse and children of farmworkers who obtained permanent residency would also be eligible for permanent residency.
Opponents attacked the measure as a thinly disguised amnesty program that would only increase the flow of illegal immigration into this country, and said it was inappropriate to try to attach such a sweeping change to an emergency spending bill needed to supply troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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"Hmm, well gee, maybe if the loud mouths would keep their mouths shut, things could get done instead of the disaterous staus quo we have now.
Oh that's right some like having the disasterous staus quo to keep the issue alive, nevermind."
THANK YOU.
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I'm sure that when he polled those wet backs, he worded the questions in an un-biased manner, right?
"I don't know where some have gotten the idea that the folks are supposed to keep their mouths shut and obey the party."
Right on.
"Da Comrade" will do. LOL
Yes, you change a couple words and a poll can say anything you want. Nice way to spin things and try to make it look like you are on the bandwagon.
So, if the opinion polls say so, we should just stop actually enforcing the law. I get it now.
sniff....
Victory on the Hill...
The huge Washington cop-out on America. Illegal invasion, rewarded. What a mockery of our laws -- what a shafting of the American people. Who does Washington think they are fooling? They are more interested in keeping Vincete Fox happy along with all his millions of criminals in the US, than taking care of America's borders, laws, her intersts, and those of the American people.
You bass-turds!!!! :-(
Now, they are trying to sneak amnesty for illegals through in the supplementary military spending bill.
GWB and Co and determined to get amnesty through, somehow, someway, sometime during his tenure.
It must also suck for you to see the front page of Free Republic right now:
Coming Events:It must also suck for you to know that the "Hold Their Feet To The Fire" event is sponsored by the Federation for American Immigration Reform. It just sucks to be you.
April 23-28: Hold Their Feet to the Fire - Washington, DC!
America needs your help. Illegal aliens and their friends in Congress are trying to derail legislation that would strengthen our borders and keep illegal immigrants from getting driver's licenses. It's time to come to Washington, D.C. and tell Congress in person what you have been telling them over the phone and in letters and faxes. This is your chance to tell Congress directly — we're tired of America selling out to cheap labor and corruption (click for discussion thread).
I know. We all know if the question is simply "Do you support deportation of Illegal Aliens?" The outcome would be a landslide on the yes side.
Now, they are trying to sneak amnesty for illegals through in the supplementary military spending bill.
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GWB and Co and determined to get amnesty through, somehow, someway, sometime during his tenure.
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If he does, it will be the last time I ever cast a freakin' backstabbing so-called conservative Repub vote. The Repub party will take a beating like it has never seen -- and maybe it is long overdue. RINOs!!!
Someone is in a bit of a snit.
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