Your Congress at work (Washington Times)
Illegal aliens who have been caught and ordered deported, but who are currently defying that order, could be allowed to stay and even get on a path to citizenship under the Senate immigration bill.
They are known as "alien absconders" for having ignored the law or been deported and re-entered the country illegally. There were more than 623,000 fugitive aliens, according to a March report by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General — up more than 200,000 since 2003.
Under the Senate bill, if they don’t have a major felony or three misdemeanors on their records, they could be legalized through a waiver from the Department of Homeland Security.
"What is the message we send about the rule of law in America when Congress won’t even categorically prohibit rewarding those illegal immigrants who have defied lawful orders?" said Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican, who last night introduced an amendment to bar those aliens from gaining amnesty from deportation.
Doesn’t that make you proud? I wonder if McCain can throw a good "F*** you" at the Washington Post for highlighting this fact.
It never did make it to the floor Thursday, but this did:
To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to facilitate information sharing between federal and local law enforcement officials related to an individual’s immigration status.
What a great idea, sharing immigration information between the feds and locals. Too bad it failed, 49-48, with a majority of Dems voting against it, along with a few Republicans.
A few Dems joined in voting yea, including Robert Byrd. For the second time, I strangely agree with Byrd.
So WHY even have borders? Why carry US Passports?? It’s OK to break the laws and being ILLEGAL is now PC…eh? So pathetic and sickening!