Illegal students await immigration plan
But life is not so simple for Mariana, who insisted that only her first name be published because she is illegally in the United States and worries she could be deported to Guatemala, where she was born.
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Amnesty? What amnesty? Critics substitute fear for facts
Opponents of the immigration compromise being hotly debated in the Senate wield the word "amnesty" like a club, as if repeating it over and over constitutes rational argument. Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., displays the word prominently on his presidential campaign website and describes amnesty variously as a "travesty" and a "catastrophe." CNN's Lou Dobbs invokes the word so often (six times in the introduction of his Wednesday broadcast alone) you'd think his anchor seat was under imminent threat from border-jumping TV hosts.
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Part of the problem with the bill (this time) is that it allows illegals to remain in the US - even if they have committed some other crime after crossing the border. In my opinion, that's just wrong. They are already here illegally - crime #1 - and now they've committed some other crime? It's not right to allow them to stay here, and then offer citizenship!
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Bush vows to get immigration bill done
President Bush, turning from adulation in the Balkans to difficulties back home, said Monday that his stalled immigration overhaul would be revived and his embattled attorney general would not fall under a Senate vote of no-confidence.
Ref. https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070611/ap_on_re_eu/bush
The vote was 53 - 46 against, so it was not overwhelmingly rejected, but I am glad that it is not moving forward. Rewarding immigrants for illegally entering is not only a bad idea but is a slap to the face of the millions of those who have to go through hell submitting documents, standing in line, being interviewed and paying money for visa applications.
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These are good news, but I know Pres. Bush determination on this issue so I am sure this bill is going to pass sooner or later.
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IMMIGRATION BILL DIES
Shaking his head as he waited for his bus ride home Thursday, Jesus Leyida expressed his frustration at the U.S. Senate's failure to pass an immigration reform bill that would have given legal status to him and most of the nation's roughly 12 million undocumented immigrants.
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