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Senate Republicans reached agreement last night on a compromise immigration measure that they believe will garner enough bipartisan support to break through a parliamentary impasse that has stymied progress on a high-stakes border security bill for two weeks. Under the agreement, the Senate would allow undocumented workers a path to lawful employment and citizenship if they could prove -- through work stubs, utility bills or other documents -- that they have been in the country for five years. To attain citizenship, those immigrants would have to pay a $2,000 penalty, back taxes, learn English, undergo a criminal background check and...

CANCUN, Mexico - With Mexican President Vicente Fox at his side, President Bush gave Congress a long-distance push Thursday to open the United States to immigrant workers who have been sneaking across the borders to fill low-paying jobs. "We don't want people sneaking into our country that are going to do jobs that Americans won't do," Bush said at the end of a private meeting with Fox, where the issue was on top of the agenda. "We want them coming in in an orderly way, which will take pressure off both our borders." The meeting between the Mexican and U.S....

Contact the Republican National Committee, the White House, and Republican politicians. Tell them no more dollars or votes if the GOP allows the illegal alien invasion to continue. They must: 1. Deport all illegal aliens now. 2. Punish those who employ illegals. 3. Build a real wall on our southern border. Flood them with e-mails, phone calls & letters. Let's roll.

In what can only be described as a colossal surrender, the White House now seeks to relieve us of the burden of deporting the estimated 11 million people who have flouted our laws to gain entry to the United States. We are told that we cannot possibly find every illegal immigrant. No kidding. We also have no hope of finding every speeder and every drug user. Shall we abandon those law enforcement efforts as well? Laws send messages. Millions of people drive at the speed limit because they know they might be caught. Same with millions who might otherwise dabble...

Use the link...these people speak for themselves. Mexica-Movement - Gran Marcha If you are a loyal Ameerican...be prepared to GET MAD!

How The GOP Can Survive The Immigration Debate Dick Morris Wednesday, March 29, 2006 The immigration bill pending in Congress poses as crucial a test for GOP efforts to reach out to Hispanic voters as the 1964 Civil Rights Act did in determining the future partisan preferences of America's African-Americans... http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/3/29/143533.shtml

Mexicans cheered the proposal approved yesterday by the Senate Judiciary Committee to legalize undocumented migrants and provide temporary work visas, and credited huge marches of migrants across the United States as the decisive factor behind the vote. Mexican President Vicente Fox said the vote was the result of five years of work dating to the start of his presidential term in 2000, and puts Mexico one step closer toward the government’s goal of “legalization for everyone” who works in the United States. “My recognition and respect for all the Hispanics and all the Mexicans who have made their voice heard,”...

Just a little dose of reality for some of you going nuts over the Immigration issue, because there is NO chance that you will win on the border enforcement issue. No chance whatsoever. Only after a migrant worker program passes, making most of these illegal aliens legal, is there any chance at all to have meaningful border enforcement. Bush is not running for office anymore, but the Republican Congress is in need of a big victory in November. This issue will kill our chances to maintain the majority, and knowing that, Bush will likely veto any bill making illegal immigration...

OF COURSE, America needs immigrants. This is a country founded by immigrants and made richer by the imprint of newcomers in search of a land that rewards their hard work and determination to make a better life for their families. The problem is that no country -- certainly, no country with a social safety net -- can afford to accommodate everyone who wants in. (Or as Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Huntington Beach, put it, "We can't be the HMO to the world.") That's why there are immigration policies that limit the number of people who can immigrate here legally. The lack...

Joseph Sanchez, Long Beach resident brought out his son, Joseph Sanchez Jr., 4, to protest the HR3447 bill. (Tracey Roman / for the Press-Telegram)A protester holds up a sign that reads "Revolution is the solution" in spanish. (Tracey Roman / for the Press-Telegram)School officials keep an eye on marching students as hundreds showed up to Montebello High School and urged those students to leave the school and protest against proposition HR 4437 on March 27, 2006, at the Montebello school. The Mexican flag was raised at the school by the protesting students, shown in the background. Students walked from...

I have great faith in the power of our system. We fight amongst ourselves but in the end, the America people "get it right" a lot more than we blow it. Now is the time for us to get it right. Today we are facing the long simmering question of what to do with the illegal invaders who flood our country. Americans are a slow to boil over, live-and-let-live people. We are a nation of immigrants. We don't hate people because of where they come from and we are always looking to open our doors to those who want to...

President George W. Bush, warned the U.S. Congress against fearmongering on Monday as the Senate tackled immigration reform, an issue that has split his Republican party and spurred huge protests. ``The immigration debate should be conducted in a civil and dignified way,'' Bush said, pushing his own proposals at a swearing-in ceremony for 30 new American citizens. With his job approval rating at the lowest of his presidency, Bush faces a new test of his political strength on the divisive immigration issue. ``No one should play on people's fears or try to pit neighbors against each other,'' he said. ``No...