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05-23-2007, 07:24 PM #1
Napolitano: U.S. Senate proposal better than 'silent amnesty
She talks out of both sides of her mouth!
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May 23, 2007
Napolitano: U.S. Senate proposal better than 'silent amnesty'
PHOENIX -- Saying the only current alternative is allowing a status quo of "silent amnesty," Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano on Wednesday tentatively endorsed a U.S. Senate proposal on immigration.
Napolitano said she sees some flaws in the Senate proposal but that it "includes all the elements of comprehensive immigration reform."
"It's the only bill that I think has a chance of moving through the Congress this year and delay is a killer for Arizona," Napolitano said when asked about the bill during her weekly media availability.
Arizona is the busiest crossing point for illegal immigrants entering the United States from Mexico.
"The status quo is not acceptable, and when I hear those who are opposed to the bill call it amnesty, I really want to say to them what we have now is silent amnesty, because nothing is being done with those who are already illegally in this country, and we have no system to do anything with those already illegally in this country," she said.
"If all you're saying is amnesty and we don't want a comprehensive bill, what you're actually voting for is silent amnesty and I think that's wrong," she added.
Napolitano wrote in a newspaper commentary published Tuesday that she wanted changes made to the U.S. Senate proposal. She criticized the proposal's delay of a temporary worker program until border security measures are deployed, a requirement that temporary workers return home for a year after two years of work in the United States and a requirement that illegal immigrants who are heads of household return to their country before gaining legal status.
However, she said Wednesday that although she'd like changes, "I think I would accept what they have on the table compared with the status quo."
Napolitano, a Democrat, commented several hours before the Republican-led Arizona Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill to impose state sanctions on employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. The measure returns to the House for consideration of the changes by the Senate.
Napolitano vetoed a different sanctions bill last year, saying it amounted to amnesty for employers, and she has not taken a position on this year's still-evolving legislation.
Also Wednesday, some immigration hard-liners in the Legislature denounced the U.S. Senate proposal while announcing that they would work on the issue with lawmakers in other states.
"We will not stand for amnesty in any form," said Republican Rep. Russell Pearce of Mesa, the Legislature's leading champion of efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and the sponsor of the employer sanctions bill.
Sen. Karen Johnson, R-Mesa, called the bill "shameful" and said it would produce bureaucratic nightmares.
Said Johnson: "Do these senators really believe that tens of millions who lied to get in and stay in America are going to come clean regarding when they broke our immigration laws and snuck across the border?"
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05-23-2007, 08:01 PM #2
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I think this woman should just remain silent herself when it comes to illegal immigration. She can't stop putting her foot in her mouth.
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