http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/immigrationbill/ en-us Wed, 4 Jul 2007 17:58:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860844/posts www.gunowners.orgJun 2007 Immigration Bill Dead For Now -- Gun owners unheralded in media, but played a huge role in the defeat of bill Gun Owners of America 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102 Springfield, VA 22151 (703)321-8585 Friday, June 29, 2007 Well, the American public has spoken. If you ever wondered whether your activism pays off, then look no further than the immigration debate. The bill went down in flames yesterday by a vote of 53-46. And good thing too, because this bill was packing more than just immigration stuff -- it also contained anti-gun language as well. But what else... Gun Owners of America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860844/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jul 2007 17:58:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860092/posts In a classic application of bottom-up management denizens of small towns let their elected representatives in Washington D.C. know exactly how they expected them to handle the compromised immigration compromise bill that neither secured our borders, nor was any more enforceable than previous legislation it was meant to "fix."Earlier waves of immigrants – legal and illegal – flocked to CA, , FL, IL, NJ, NY and TX ("gateway" states) but have been dispersing across a wider swath of the U.S. since 2000. The foreign-born, non-English speaking populations of DE, GA, IN, NE, NV and SC have exploded, say demographers, with... Political Mavens/Jewish World Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860092/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jul 2007 11:01:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1858781/posts LAKE BUENA VISTA -- The Chairman of the Republican Party on Friday lambasted Democrats and Republicans who helped kill an immigration bill in the Senate and challenged them to come up with a solution beyond ``just build a fence along the border.'' ``The voices of negativity now have a responsibility to come up with an answer,'' RNC Chairman and U.S. Senator Mel Martinez, R-Fla. said. LocalLinks ``How will you fix the situation to make peoples' lives better? How will you continue to grow the economy? How will we bring people out of the shadows for our national security and for... Sun Senteniel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1858781/posts#comment Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:52:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858501/posts MEXICO CITY — Opinion makers and migrant advocates in Mexico said today that the collapse of U.S. immigration reform plans is a loss for Mexican workers, U.S. employers and anti-terrorism efforts. U.S. President Bush's plan to legalize as many as 12 million unlawful immigrants while fortifying the border collapsed in the U.S. Senate on Thursday. "This is very bad news for Mexican migrants in the U.S.," said Jorge Bustamante, special rapporteur to the human rights commission for migrants at the United Nations and former president of El Colegio de la Frontera Norte in the city of Tijuana, across the border... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858501/posts#comment Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:27:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858301/posts The Senate's three Democratic presidential hopefuls — Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden and Barack Obama — voted to advance the bill. Among Republicans, John McCain voted to keep the measure alive and Sam Brownback did likewise before changing his vote after defeat was obvious. "Immigration is going to have to wait until we get a new president and a new Congress," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said after a 46-53 procedural vote Thursday derailed efforts to move the bill toward final passage. The House also is almost certain to dodge the issue, with leaders of both parties hoping... seattletimes.nwsource http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858301/posts#comment Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:44:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858049/posts June 28, 2007 - (Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Sen. David Vitter today issued the following statement regarding the defeat of the immigration bill. “This is an incredible victory for the American people. The Kennedy immigration bill was flawed and granted amnesty to millions of illegals. “For a while, a small group of us were the only senators advocating the position of the majority of Americans. I am thankful that the continued calls and persistent engagement of the American people on this issue paid off. “The next step is to immediately push the president to take up his word and enforce... vitter.senate.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858049/posts#comment Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:51:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857767/posts Sen. Jim DeMint has it right: “When the U.S. Senate brought the Amnesty bill back up this week, they declared war on the American people. This act created a crisis of confidence in their government. Thankfully, the American people won today,” said Senator DeMint. “This is remarkable because it shows that Americans are engaged and they care deeply about their country. They care enough for their country to get mad and to fight for it, and that’s the most important thing of all. Americans made phone calls and sent letters, and convinced the Senate to stop this bill.” “The Senate... Michell Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857767/posts#comment Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:23:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1857605/posts I wanted to do a DUFU about the Shamnesty Immigation bill now in the Senate. Unfortunately there has been almost NO discussion about this issue in the Leftwing Blogosphere...until now. As you can see in this Daily KOs KOmmie THREAD titled, "WSJ: Opposing immigration bill could sink GOP," this debate is only interesting to the Left because they are desperately hoping that it will sink the Republicans. That is the the sum total of the Left's interest in this bill. The fact that it would take jobs away from American citizens and eventually cost us trillions of dollars in... DUmmie FUnnies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1857605/posts#comment Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:57:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855605/posts No amnesty for this bill Text Size: | | By Debra Saunders San Francisco Chronicle June 20, 2007 6:00 AM There's a way in which journalists insert how they think Americans should stand on an issue, and you see it in stories on the Kennedy-Kyl immigration bill that has tanked so spectacularly in Washington.Many newspapers reported that opinion polls showed voters supported "major provisions" of the measure - usually without mentioning that polls also found voters opposed the bill than supported it.That gets in the way of the pet media narrative: popular pro-immigrant bill torpedoed by what the Los Angeles... Recordnet.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855605/posts#comment Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:45:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855496/posts WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senators pushing a new immigration policy appealed Sunday to wavering supporters ahead of renewed debate on securing the borders and dealing with 12 million undocumented immigrants. A fragile compromise was pulled from the Senate in early June, then resurrected after bipartisan negotiations with the White House. The bill awaits a crucial test vote this week. With several senators distancing themselves from the proposal, the outcome was too close to call. "We'll see if between the two parties we have 60 votes" needed to keep the bill moving toward a final vote, said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. The... nypost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855496/posts#comment Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:08:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854806/posts Earlier today, I sent an email to Senator Norm Coleman regarding the immigration bill. Me email and his response: Dear Senator Coleman, I understand another effort is being made to bring the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill up for cloture. Without indicting the motives of those promoting this piece of legislation, I would like to present my arguments for why this bill should be rejected: 1) Federal Government has no credibility when it comes to border enforcement We were promised increased border security after the 1986 amnesty, and very little was done to fulfill this promise. To make matters worse, the... email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854806/posts#comment Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:59:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854379/posts WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, who has been under intense pressure from the White House and Republican leadership to support a sweeping immigration overhaul, nevertheless announced today that she will vote against reviving the legislation when it returns to the Senate floor next week. She was joined today by the state's other senator, Republican John Cornyn, who had been expected by the bill's supporters to take such a stance. They had aggressively lobbied Hutchison in hopes of adding her vote to the 60 necessary to revive the stalled legislation. "I could not support (bringing the bill... chron.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854379/posts#comment Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:06:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1853046/posts WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sixteen of the two dozen amendments the Senate will consider attaching to a revived immigration bill come from senators who helped derail the legislation earlier this month. A list of the proposed changes obtained by The Associated Press illustrates how key Republicans and Democrats plotting to revive the measure before the Fourth of July recess are trying to placate critics by holding votes to address their top concerns. The proposals range from bids to make it more difficult for illegal immigrants to gain legal status to attempts to give family members of U.S. citizens more opportunities to... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1853046/posts#comment Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:51:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1852543/posts What a GREAT day I had today. My mother is is town for a few weeks and decided to have her mail temporarilty forwarded to our house. So today in the mail is two wonderful little items, her renewal fees for the GOP and a card from President Bush trying to get additional donations and a birthday card we were supposed to fill out and send back to him. Yeah, I filled it out. I'm a Pundit Too http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1852543/posts#comment Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:37:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851892/posts This is a links and activism-central thread to collect the information on the status and effort to defeat the Senate Immigration bill, especially the egregious Z visa amnesty program, in its second attempt at passage. The Vampire Strikes Back The nefarious back-room dealers in the US Senate announced on Thursday night that they were bringing the Senate Immigration bill, killed on a previous cloture vote, back from the dead. Senators are trolling for votes. The future of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA hangs in the balance as they try to drum up support for the sellout of the century. WILL... various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851892/posts#comment Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:19:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851765/posts WASHINGTON -- Lee Rogers, chairman of the Anderson County Republican Party, was at the beach last week when his cell phone rang. It was an urgent call from one of Rogers' Upstate GOP activists. "He asked me what I was going to do to find somebody to run against Lindsey Graham (next year)," Rogers said. "I explained to the gentleman that's not something I can put together as a single county chairman. That's got to happen with the people." It could be happening. Graham, a Seneca Republican nearing the end of his first Senate term, has taken plenty of heat... beaufortgazette.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851765/posts#comment Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:52:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851086/posts On today's CQ Radio show, I interviewed Senator John Ensign, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), and asked him about the immigration bill. Ensign -- who voted twice against cloture on June 7th to kill the bill -- said that he believes a comprehensive approach is necessary to solve the problem. He also emphasized that America has to do something about the status quo, because it is simply so bad that we should not tolerate it any further. However, he disputed the notion that an agreement has been reached to resurrect the bill. Ensign said that rumors... Captains Quarters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851086/posts#comment Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:24:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851033/posts WASHINGTON (AP) -- Architects of a revived immigration compromise are directing an intense behind-the-scenes bargaining effort to round up enough votes among wavering Republicans to keep it alive. Senate leaders' announcement Thursday that they would allow the bill a second chance came after getting assurances from key negotiators that they could produce enough support to steer the measure through a procedural minefield, including attempts by conservatives to block it. The fragile compromise would grant millions of illegal immigrants lawful status while tightening border security and creating new measures for weeding out illegal workers at job sites. Championed by President Bush,... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851033/posts#comment Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:35:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850359/posts Bill Carr, acting deputy undersecretary of defense for military personnel policy, expressed hope today during a telephone conference with veterans’ group representatives that a provision in the stalled immigration bill that would have allowed some undocumented aliens to join the military won’t stall as well. The Army recruited 5,101 active-duty soldiers in May, 399 short of its 5,500-soldier goal, the Defense Department recently announced. The Navy and Air Force, however, both met their May goals, with 2,709 and 2,451 recruits, respectively. The Marine Corps exceeded its May goal by 34 percent, signing on 2,225 new Marines. The provision at stake... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850359/posts#comment Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:27:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850300/posts Details of the immigration compromise remain to be finalized, but top Democratic sources say Reid has closely monitored the behind-the-scenes dickering over policy changes and a finite list of amendments due for consideration. Based on the latest updates on the policy and amendments, Reid will approve the compromise and move late Thursday to put the bill back on the calendar for Senate consideration in the middle of next week. "He's going to bless it and he's going to get the Senate back in the business of dealing with immigration," said a source in the Democratic Senate leadership. The principal change... FOX News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850300/posts#comment Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:10:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850063/posts Senators Work to Revive Immigration Bill By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — Key Republican and Democratic senators are reaching for a deal to resurrect their stalled immigration compromise by requiring that some $4 billion be spent on border security and workplace enforcement. The mandatory security funding is part of a plan to attract more Republican support for the measure, which grants legal status to millions of unlawful immigrants. In private meetings Wednesday, the bipartisan group that crafted the delicate compromise was hammering out a plan to allow votes on a limited set of Republican- and Democratic-sought changes... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850063/posts#comment Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:14:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1849686/posts This is the letter GA Senators sent to POTUS this week.. We were "pretty loud" down here... I think they at least heard some faint noise emanating outside the beltway. DISCLAIMER: I still don't trust 'em... a'Tall ************* Dear Mr. President: Although the Senate's effort to reform our nation's immigration laws through the Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 is stalled, illegal immigration remains our nation's number one domestic issue. We therefore believe it is incumbent upon us and our colleagues to tackle this issue and not leave this problem for future generations to solve. As... Senator Chambliss Email Response http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1849686/posts#comment Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:39:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1849184/posts Senior GOP senators are embracing an eleventh-hour plan to pass an emergency supplemental bill for more border security money as a strategy to win over Republicans who have balked at the bipartisan immigration bill languishing in the Senate. But even as the emergency-spending approach gained momentum yesterday during President Bush’s rare visit to the Senate, the immigration bill’s strongest supporters warned that time is running out for an agreement to bring the measure back to the floor. Bush made no commitments as to whether he would propose an emergency supplemental bill — an idea floated by Georgia Republicans Johnny Isakson... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1849184/posts#comment Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:39:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1848773/posts NOT A DIME TO THE RNC President Bush’s popularity and relevancy is plummeting to abysmally low levels. His unpopularity is only surpassed by that of, for example, the bi-partisan group of Senators who secretly plotted to give amnesty to up to 20 million illegal aliens currently employed by their political contributors. Let me illustrate why some Americans mistrust members of Congress even more than they mistrust the President. Senator John Cornyn of Texas, a patriot, introduced an amendment to the President’s amnesty bill (SB-1348) excluding vicious convicted gang members, felons, fugitive felons and terrorists from qualifying for amnesty and a... The American Cronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1848773/posts#comment Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:11:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1848224/posts The corpse of S. 1348 is twitching. Remember: I pronounced it "down but not quite dead" after the cloture vote last Thursday. Now, Bush-Reid-Kennedy will be working overtime the next few days to prop it back up on the Senate floor, reports the NYTimes: Senate Democrats opened the door to reviving the stalled immigration measure on Sunday, calling on Republicans to resolve their internal divisions and produce an agreement on how to move the legislation forward. With Bush administration officials and Republican authors of the overhaul saying they had not given up on the bill, the spokesman for Senator... Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1848224/posts#comment Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:21:34 GMT