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Thursday 09/06/2007 - 1:00 PM 2141 Rayburn House Office Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law Hearing on H.R. 1645, the “Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy Act of 2007 (STRIVE Act)” Being discussed at this time - yet another bold (and even more obvious) attempt at amnesty. this bill is as bad, if not worse than the one defeated such a short time back. Witness list: Panel I: The Honorable Jeff Flake U.S. House of Representatives (R-AZ) The Honorable Joe Baca U.S. House of Representatives (D-CA) The Honorable Ray LaHood U.S. House of Representatives...

H.R. 1645 offers a path to legalization for all the 25 million plus illegals -- workers AND their families -- in the USA. The main requirements are that each applicant has to "touchback" in any country for a day, and then may return to the U.S. permanently with his or her family, provided he has not committed "three crimes or more". Here is a cynic speaking, but the "touchback" requirement would soon, probably, be interpreted to mean visiting a consulate of one’s choice. Mexican consulates are located in most U.S. metropolitan areas. Also, the Bill includes a NEW Permanent "Guestworker"...

Three months into the new Congress, immigration legislation is hitting some unexpected roadblocks. A mix of presidential politics and unforeseen fissures between Democrats and their Republican allies has stalled movement in the Senate. Key lawmakers in both chambers seem to be moving to the right to assuage conservatives who helped derail immigration legislation last year. Now there are doubts as to whether Congress will actually send an immigration bill to President Bush this year. Only a few months ago, Democrats and Republicans alike were predicting that immigration legislation would move relatively smoothly — with bipartisan support — through the new...