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On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:26:14 -0700, greg3347 wrote:

This issue is why the Democrats will lose the House in 08.  Maybe the
Senate too.  Not the specifics of this particular legislation but the
politics of it.   e.g. the thing about anchor babies requires a
Constitutional amendment and the Repukes _KNOW_ it ain't gonna happen.
So they can throw this bone to the workin people that are having their
wages crushed by the illegals without having any fear of the thing ever
getting into law. And if it got into law it would be overturned by the
Supremes. 

The politics is really very well done though.  It is exactly like the
"round em all up and deport em" bill.  NO way to ever get it done, but the
politics of proposing it is very smart, indeed.  Meanwhile we have moonbat
Kennedy, patron saint of the left wing of the Democratic party, supporting
and indentured servitude ("Guest Worker") program.  The productive people
of this country are going to vote Republican unless the DummyCrats get a
handle on this very quickly.

> On Sep 12, 3:18 pm, gringogirl <sumarli...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/091207/news_20070912051.shtml
>> Broun sponsoring immigration bills
>> One would change citizenship rules
>> By Blake Aued   |   Staff Writer   |   Story updated at 9:04 PM on
>> Wednesday, September 12, 2007
>> U.S. Rep. Paul Broun has signed on to two bills aimed at stemming the
>> tide of illegal immigrants into the United States.
>> Broun, R-Athens, is co-sponsoring - along with 93 other congressmen -
>> a new version of the late Rep. Charlie Norwood's CLEAR Act, which
>> stands for Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal. The bill
>> originally was introduced in 2003 by Norwood, who held Broun's seat
>> for 14 years before his death Feb. 13, and is intended to make it
>> easier for local police to enforce immigration laws and deport illegal
>> aliens who commit crimes in the United States.
>> "It helps local law enforcement remove these criminal illegal aliens
>> who obviously ought to be removed from society," Broun said.
>>
>>  Offers grants for training and equipment to states, cities and
>> counties where police enforce immigration laws.
>>  Sets up a database with names, photos, fingerprints and descriptions
>> of illegal aliens.
>>  Calls for building at least 20 detention centers with 500 beds each
>> to hold illegal aliens before they are deported.
>>  Requires the U.S. Homeland Security Department to pick up illegal
>> immigrants within 48 hours after they are arrested and reimburse local
>> police the cost of jailing them.
>> Broun also has signed on to the Birthright Citizenship Act authored by
>> U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal, R-Gainesville. That bill would end automatic
>> U.S. citizenship for anyone born in the United States, instead
>> requiring that a child born here have at least one parent who is a
>> citizen, permanent legal alien or serving in the military to qualify
>> for citizenship.
>> "A lot of pregnant women are coming into this country to deliver their
>> babies so their babies will be U.S. citizens, thus they can have
>> access to taxpayer dollars," Broun said.
>> Neither bill has drawn much support from Democrats, making them
>> unlikely to pass in a Congress where the GOP is the minority.
>> The United States is home to an estimated 12 million to 20 million
>> illegal immigrants, including about 400,000 in Georgia. An attempt to
>> reform immigration laws failed earlier this year when lawmakers who
>> favor offering some illegal aliens legal status and those who only
>> want to step up enforcement at the border could not reach a
>> compromise.
>>
>> Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on 091207
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