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06-06-2007, 05:04 PM
Regarding this nation changing immigration bill. Pay attention to what is in red.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A bipartisan immigration bill narrowly survived a potentially fatal challenge on Wednesday when the Senate turned back a Republican bid to limit the illegal immigrants (http://www.breitbart.com/detail.php?searchText=%22illegal+immigrants%22&searchChannel=FTimes) who could gain lawful status.
The close vote on a proposal by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, to bar felons—including those court-ordered to be deported—from legalization reflected the delicate position of the contentious immigration bill, which remains under threat from the right and the left. The vote was 51-46 against the amendment.
Democrats succeeded in sucking support from Cornyn's proposal by winning adoption of a rival version that would bar a more limited set of criminals, including certain gang members and sex offenders, from gaining legalization. The Senate backed that amendment 66-32.
So, our politicans voted down barring felons, including those court ordered to be deported, and voted FOR a more LIMITED set of criminals to gain legalization? Beam me up Scotty. Speak out America!!!
WASHINGTON (AP) - A bipartisan immigration bill narrowly survived a potentially fatal challenge on Wednesday when the Senate turned back a Republican bid to limit the illegal immigrants (http://www.breitbart.com/detail.php?searchText=%22illegal+immigrants%22&searchChannel=FTimes) who could gain lawful status.
The close vote on a proposal by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, to bar felons—including those court-ordered to be deported—from legalization reflected the delicate position of the contentious immigration bill, which remains under threat from the right and the left. The vote was 51-46 against the amendment.
Democrats succeeded in sucking support from Cornyn's proposal by winning adoption of a rival version that would bar a more limited set of criminals, including certain gang members and sex offenders, from gaining legalization. The Senate backed that amendment 66-32.
So, our politicans voted down barring felons, including those court ordered to be deported, and voted FOR a more LIMITED set of criminals to gain legalization? Beam me up Scotty. Speak out America!!!