97 House Members To Pelosi: No Amnesty In Immigration Overhaul

Apr 4, 2007
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(The Politico) Ninety-seven House members sent Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) a letter Wednesday asking her “not to bring amnesty legislation to the floor” as Congress resumes its controversial effort to move an immigration overhaul.

Signers broadly define “amnesty” as anything that puts undocumented workers on a path to citizenship.

Rep. Nancy Boyda of Kansas is the lone Democrat to sign the letter distributed by Republican Reps. Brian Bilbray of California and Lamar Smith of Texas on Wednesday.

“The United States has the most generous legal immigration system in the world,” the letter concludes. “We should take the side of American workers and taxpayers, legal immigrants and the rule of law. Please oppose any effort to put illegal immigration on the path to amnesty.”

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