Posted on 05/05/2007 1:13:54 PM PDT by VU4G10
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid yesterday set a firm deadline on President Bush's efforts to work out an immigration agreement, announcing he will bypass the normal process and have the Senate debate an old immigration bill unless the White House can produce an acceptable alternative by May 14. Democrats are worried Republicans are stalling the debate, and fear the White House is moving too far toward the Republican position in its behind-the-scenes negotiations. Mr. Reid's announcement brings the debate back to his terms, but Republicans said the May 14 deadline is unreachable, and that Mr. Reid is short-circuiting the discussions for political reasons. "I will move to the immigration bill on Wednesday so debate can start on that the following Monday," Mr. Reid announced on the Senate floor yesterday, referring to a parliamentary maneuver that will allow him to bypass the normal committee process and bring a bill of his choosing to the floor.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
I’m for gridlock. Any bill would be a disaster for America.
Sadly, Bush/Rove and Dems are on the same page when it comes to amnesty :(
Simply enforcing the law would be great.
Who the hell does Harry Reid think he is? He’s thinks he can give President Bush deadlines and that should mean ANYTHING?
“and fear the White House is moving too far toward the Republican position...”
And what is that, exactly?
“Simply enforcing the law would be great”
Something that has never happened under Bush!
Reid is an old bagman for the PTB in Vegas. He should be indicted for non disclosure of a land swap, anyway.
Harry Reid: Mormon! Interesting how you never hear the media mentioning any stories about Americans having problems with a Mormon as Senate majority leader. Only with Romney is it an issue.
420 million in the year 2050 sounds low to me considering the number of illegals coming in now.
And that’s just legal immigration [1.1 million]. Another 500,000 to 1 million enter illegally annually.
Just what we have to look forward to.....................
Don’t believe that the bunch as the 60 votes necessary to avoid a “cloture” vote.
Correct, that chart projects population growth given legal immigration.
Amnesty would be in addition to those numbers
Since 1990, the US population has increased by 53 million people. 3/4 of this increase is due to immigration, legal and illegal. Almost one in eight people resident in America is foreign born, i.e., 12.1%. According to Bureau of the Census projections, we will have a population of 364 million by 2030, which translates into an additional 63 million people in the next 23 years.
What is going on today is unprecedented in our nation's history. Here are some facts gleaned from Bureau of the Census data that provide an indication of what is really happening:
---The 35.2 million immigrants (legal and illegal) living in the country in March 2005 is the highest number ever recorded -- two and a half times the 13.5 million during the peak of the last great immigration wave in 1910.
---Between January 2000 and March 2005, 7.9 million new immigrants (legal and illegal) settled in the country, making it the highest five-year period of immigration in American history.
---Immigrants account for 12.1 percent of the total population, the highest percentage in eight decades. If current trends continue, within a decade it will surpass the high of 14.7 percent reached in 1910.
---Of adult immigrants, 31 percent have not completed high school, three-and-a-half times the rate for natives. Since 1990, immigration has increased the number of such workers by 25 percent, while increasing the supply of all other workers by 6 percent.
---The proportion of immigrant-headed households using at least one major welfare program is 29 percent, compared to 18 percent for native households.
---The poverty rate for immigrants and their U.S.-born children (under 18) is 18.4 percent, 57 percent higher than the 11.7 percent for natives and their children. Immigrants and their minor children account for almost one in four persons living in poverty.
---One-third of immigrants lack health insurance -- two-and-one‑half times the rate for natives. Immigrants and their U.S.‑born children account for almost three-fourths (nine million) of the increase in the uninsured population since 1989.
By 2050, the Latino population will have tripled, the Census Bureau projects. One in four Americans will be Hispanic.
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If this bill passes, America is finished as we know it. We will be on a glidepath to a third world country. Couple this with entitlement programs that will go belly up in 10 years and you have a train wreck.
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