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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Jul 8, 2009 17:23:21 GMT -6
The Sessions Amendment (#1371) to extend funding for E-verify has passed in the Senate and will be attached to the latest Homeland Security Approrpriations Bill. from American Immigration Lawyers Alliance www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=29472" Senate Adds Two Immigration-Related Enforcement Amendments to FY10 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
Cite as "AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 09070869 (posted Jul. 8, 2009)"
The Senate has thus far agreed to include 2 immigration enforcement-related amendments to the FY10 Homeland Security Appropriations bill (HR 2892).
The 1st amendment (#1371) sponsored by Senator Sessions (R-AL) would permanently reauthorize the Basic Pilot/E-Verify program and mandate its use among federal contractors and subcontractors. After a Motion to Table (kill) the amendment failed 44-53, Senator Leahy (D-VT) introduced a 2nd-degree amendment to the Sessions amendment which would permanently authorize the EB-5 regional centers program. Both amendments were agreed to by a voice vote.
The 2nd amendment (#1399) sponsored by Senator DeMint (R-SC) would require the completion of at least 700 miles of reinforced fencing along the southwest border by December 31, 2010. The amendment passed 54-44....
If regular order is followed, once the Senate passes its version of the FY10 DHS Appropriations bill, it will go to conference where leaders from both chambers will attempt to reconcile differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill."
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Post by graybeard on Jul 8, 2009 20:52:03 GMT -6
Dobbs today showed Sen. Schumer calling them illegal aliens, of all things. The pendulum is swinging back our way, if just a little.
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Jul 8, 2009 21:04:45 GMT -6
Dobbs today showed Sen. Schumer calling them illegal aliens, of all things. The pendulum is swinging back our way, if just a little. I saw that, too. That's the most impressive talk I've ever heard Schumer give. Let's just hope the House goes along with the extension of E-verify funding.
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Post by agito on Jul 9, 2009 15:18:20 GMT -6
bureaucrats in danger of not giving themselves more money? let's just say this won't be at the top of my "to-worry-about" list.
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Jul 10, 2009 0:26:39 GMT -6
It's not about the funding. Congress has no problem with the amount involved. Their problem is with the usage of the funds.
Whether Congress approves or disapproves the funding is due entirely to their positions on illegal immigration--and their connection to the companies that employ illegal immigrants.
You can bet Diane Feinstein was against the funding, as she's in the back pocket of California's Corporate agriculture industry.
We just can't let the market set the price on agricultural labor. We've gotta have millions of illegal immigrants to suppress the wages so Big Ag CEO's don't have to take any pay cuts.
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