Thread: Bill Would Protect Frosh on Immigration

If this has been posted before, please delete. This is a story from the subscription only Roll Call that I pulled from a blog, so I don't have a source link to the full article. This could be an important story that we should monitor, in case the Dems try to sneak in "comprehensive" (i.e., amnesty) reform:
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Bill Would Protect Frosh on Immigration
By Jennifer Yachnin
Roll Call Staff
September 20, 2007

House Democratic leaders are drafting a resolution designed to inoculate freshman lawmakers on the issue of immigration, despite concerns from within their own Caucus about reopening debate over the contentious topic.

According to several freshman Democratic lawmakers in attendance at a weekly breakfast meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), Members were told to prepare statements on the resolution, which will endorse laws already on the books that prevent illegal immigrants from participating in taxpayer-funded programs, such as Social Security or food stamps.

[b]In a draft of the resolution obtained by Roll Call, the measure expresses the sense of the House “with respect to the importance of upholding federal immigration laws and ensuring the integrity and security of the borders of the United States.â€

How about including Section 8 housing?

Dixie