Immigration bill all but dead

June 18, 2006 in Border Security, Congress, House of Representatives, Illegal Immigration, Senate

I Certainly hope this means the Senate Amnesty bill is Dead on Arrival, and focus is placed where it is needed, on border security, and enforcing the laws we have on the books now.  

Within two days last week, House Majority Leader John Boehner changed from sunny optimism about prospects for passing an immigration bill this summer to a bleak, negative outlook. The reason was that Boehner got the word from House Speaker Dennis Hastert.

Boehner on Tuesday was upbeat in addressing a breakfast forum at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which supports a guest worker program. He indicated he would resolve differences between the restrictive House bill and the much more liberal Senate bill by the Fourth of July.

But at a closed luncheon Wednesday at Charlie Palmer's restaurant, attended by financial contributors to House Republicans, Boehner declared that the immigration bill was all but dead. That change followed Boehner's conversation late Tuesday with Hastert, who made clear he did not want to pursue the issue that splits the Republican Party.  (source)

Some other posts from the CAII

Red hot Cuppa Politics linked with a post describing the vandalism against the fence the Minutemen are building in Arizona.

InMuscatine linked with a post about the Interstae being built from Laredo Texas to Duluth Minnesota, with the first customs inspection point in Kansas City..

and Valgerd's Hearth linked with two posts, the first is; Why Mexicans want to work in the US. and the second is Texas Ranchers vs criminals. 

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