Senate Panel Approves Immigration Bill

Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:38 AM EST

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Panel Passes Immigration Bill

LEGISLATION PASSES: The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday approved legislation that would change the way illegal immigration is handled, including increasing border security and allowing more guest worker permits.

TWO SIDES: Four Republicans and all the Democrats on the committee voted for the legislation.

MORE PROTESTS: Protests for illegal immigrant rights continued across the country, with rallies in Los Angeles and Detroit and in front of the Capitol in Washington.

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Harris from the Post

Employers and immigration advocates prefer a bill drafted by Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., that would allow illegal immigrants to become eligible for permanent residency after working for six years.

Sounds about right.

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#1 - Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:04 AM EST

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rockman

It's fairly clear that the Democrats see a lot of new voters waiting to get citizenship. They know who they will vote for when they can. Not to mention the votes of their relatives who are already citizens.

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#2 - Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:05 PM EST

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rockman

We rarely see an issue so important that is so badly handled by the Congress of the United States. The House bill, which makes getting caught a felony and wants to build miles of fences, is a classic collection of bone-headed ideas. It doesn't really address the 12 million illegal immigrants already here, short of trying to send them home. That's not going to fly.

Any intelligent effort to address the issue must try to solve a variety of problems:

1. Migrant workers are needed in several industries, especially in agriculture. California tried to hire ag workers in the welfare office and got no takers.

2. The biggest complaint seems to be that citizens of Latin America are consuming public welfare services and rarely paying income or social security taxes.

3. Do we want these workers to be building a future in the US or do we expect them to go home when they finish working? This is a critical issue when it comes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and has a bearing on whether they should be asked to go home (periodically?) and re-enter the US legally. It has repercussions in the question of citizenship for their children born here.

4. Covert immigration seems like a perfect cover for people intent on causing harm, but the nineteen 9/11 hijackers were mostly here legally. Border integrity is not the highest priority part of this debate.

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#3 - Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:27 PM EST

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