No Amnesty Is Decided

Article By Writer Michael Kraft Author: Michael Kraft
Published: June 28, 2007
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Amnesty dies, and it’s about time.

75% of Americans oppose a law to legalize 12 million criminal aliens and it takes months to realize its a bad idea and bad for America. We can only hop that congress finally gets the clear message that we do not want amnesty for ilegal immigrants that break our laws.

The great side effect of this waste of time has been we weeded out the traitors. We can look down the line of those supporting this bill, supporting criminal aliens over Americans and we can easily vote them out of office next election.

From WBT.com
“The Senate drove a stake Thursday through President Bush’s plan to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants, likely postponing major action on immigration until after the 2008 elections.

The bill’s supporters fell 14 votes short of the 60 needed to limit debate and clear the way for final passage of the legislation, which critics assailed as offering amnesty to illegal immigrants. The vote was 46 to 53 in favor of limiting the debate.”

“It was a victory for Republican conservatives who strongly criticized the bill’s provisions that would have established pathways to lawful status for many of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants. They were aided by talk radio and TV hosts who repeatedly attacked the bill and urged listeners to flood Congress with calls, faxes and e-mails.”

“Americans feel that they are losing their country … to a government that has seemed to not have the competence or the ability to carry out the things that it says it will do,” Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said in the debate’s final hour.

Sen. Elizabeth H. Dole, R-N.C., said many Americans “don’t have confidence” that borders, especially with Mexico, will be significantly tightened. “It’s not just promises but proof that the American people want,” Dole said.

But the bill’s backers said border security and accommodations to illegal immigrants must go hand in hand.

“Year after year, we’ve had the broken borders,” said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. “Year after year, we’ve seen the exploitation of workers. Year after year, we’ve seen the people who live in fear within our own borders. This is the opportunity to change it. Now is the time.”

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., told colleagues that if the bill faltered, the political climate almost surely would not allow a serious reconsideration until 2009 or later.

Senate amnesty vote dies and there wil be no amnesty for illegals this year