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June 27, 2007

House Republicans Say Senate Immigration Bill 'Dead On Arrival'

Topics: Political News and commentaries

At least there's one ray of hope amidst the darkness of back room negotiations and deal-making in the Senate to undermine the wishes of the American people: House Republicans Resolute in Opposition to Senate Immigration Bill.

"It's dead on arrival in the House," said Rep. Mark Souder, R-Ind. "A comprehensive bill will not pass the House. There is significant Democratic opposition and overwhelming Republican opposition."

"There is, in fact, overwhelming opposition in the U.S. House to the Senate immigration bill," said Rep. John Shadegg, R-Ariz. "You will see an overwhelming vote in the House conference in opposition to the Senate bill and/or a letter signed by the overwhelming majority of House Republicans opposing this particular bill."

Could it be, after all, that it really is darkest before dawn?

Meanwhile, back in Realityville, media coverage of the successful "test vote" has been fairly muted, and has tended to focus on the bill's tenuous future.

As for why I oppose the "Bush-Kennedy-McCain" immigration reform bill, U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg has put it far better than I have, and I wholeheartedly agree with him (I paraphrase here a bit): In 1986, our country faced a situation similar to the one we face today. That year a Democratic Congress debated and passed an immigration bill that pledged to beef up border security, crack down on employers breaking the law and grant amnesty to illegal immigrants through a three-step, 11.5-year process. In the recently released "Reagan Diaries," authored by the Great Communicator himself, President Reagan penned a telling line on why he ultimately chose to support the measure: "It's high time we regained control of our borders and this bill will do this." Almost the same words President Bush, Harry Reid, and their ilk has been using.

Twenty-one years later, our borders are still not secure, the number of illegal immigrants continues to grow and our immigration system remains broken. Not a damned thing has changed since the last time we heard it. We can't trust empty promises from Washington, D.C., and we must address immigration reform in a way that producers real results - border security and enforcement first. The Senate bill does neither.

Posted by Richard at June 27, 2007 1:45 PM

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