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Thursday, 16 March 2006 |
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AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 06031669 (posted Mar. 16, 2006) Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee finally broached the controversial subject of the undocumented population on day five of the Committee's markup of draft legislation on comprehensive immigration reform, but deferred any votes on the subject until after next week's congressional recess.
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Thursday, 16 March 2006 |
By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press WriterWed Mar 15, 3:04 PM ET
Senators from both parties appealed for more time Wednesday as they struggled to come up with an immigration bill dealing with border enforcement, U.S. demand for low-wage workers and the fate of 11 million people in the country illegally.
There is little consensus on how to set up a guest worker program that does not provide amnesty to illegal immigrants. So it appears unlikely that the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose chairman is Sen. Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record), will meet its deadline of agreeing on a bill this week. |
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Wednesday, 15 March 2006 |
From the Los Angeles Times
Immigration Proposals Include Arizona Fence
By Nicole Gaouette
Times Staff Writer
March 10, 2006
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved proposals to erect double- and triple-layered fencing near Arizona border cities and to sharply boost the number of agents working along the Mexican border as lawmakers worked to overhaul U.S. immigration policy.
While those measures received wide bipartisan support, the panel has yet to deal with contentious issues such as whether to create a guest-worker program, whether to make being in the U.S. illegally a criminal offense and whether some immigration enforcement laws should be applied retroactively.
The House produced immigration legislation in December that concentrated on enforcement, tough penalties for immigration infractions and new security measures.
Thursday's hearing indicated that the Senate was thinking along the same lines. But in a reflection of the debate's complexity, after the hearing senators were unable to agree on how many Border Patrol agents they had decided to add every year or for how many years the increases would continue.
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Tuesday, 14 March 2006 |
By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press WriterWed Mar 8, 4:48 PM ET
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a potential White House candidate in 2008, said Wednesday some Republicans are trying to create a "police state" to round up illegal immigrants.
Clinton, D-N.Y., spoke out on the U.S. immigration policy after largely staying away from an issue that has roiled Congress in recent months and spurred a number of conflicting proposals.
Speaking at a rally of Irish immigrants, Clinton criticized a bill the House passed in December that would impose harsher penalties for undocumented workers.
"Don't turn your backs on what made this country great," she said, calling the measure "a rebuke to what America stands for."
The House measure would make unlawful presence in the United States, which is currently a civil offense, a felony.
Clinton said it would be "an unworkable scheme to try to deport 11 million people, which you have to have a police state to try to do."
She called instead for immigration changes "based on strengthening our borders in order to make us safer from the threat of terrorism."
The senator also sent a four-page public letter to constituents outlining her views on immigration. In the letter, she shied away from specifics but said she does support allowing at least some of the estimated 11 million undocumented workers to earn citizenship.
Such changes should include "a path to earned citizenship for those who are here, working hard, paying taxes, respecting the law, and willing to meet a high bar for becoming a citizen," Clinton wrote.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., has offered legislation that would create separate worker programs: one for illegal immigrants already in the country and another for future immigrant workers.
President Bush has argued for a temporary worker program that would allow illegal immigrants to keep their jobs in hotels, restaurants, nurseries, agriculture and other businesses that depend on low-wage laborers.
Neither effort has gained much momentum, partly due to fierce resistance from others within the GOP.
Last week Specter said emotions on the immigration issue are running high and he has seen "virtually no agreement on anything."
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Tuesday, 14 March 2006 |
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SF CHRONICLE: - Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau
Friday, March 10, 2006
Buried in the Senate's giant immigration bill -- hardly noticed amid a fierce debate over a guest-worker program for unskilled laborers -- are provisions that would open the country's doors to highly skilled immigrants for science, math, technology and engineering jobs.
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