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January 20, 2006
RNC Prepares For Immigration Debate

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman is optimistic that fellow party members won't rebuke President Bush on immigration.

Members of the national committee will a debate a resolution condemning so-called "guest worker" programs that allow undocumented immigrants to register with the government and continue to work in the US. The resolution opposes amnesty for illegal immigrants. Passage would suggest that the party's base is at odds with President Bush.

A separate resolution, sponsored by allies of the White House, is full of macho words like "strengthening" and "bedrock" and "rule of law" -- but also includes a call for a "functional" guest worker program.

Speaking with unusual frankness, Mehlman said members of his party who have no practical solution for the undocumented immigrants working in the U.S. today are simply "wrong."

And he predicted passage of the alternate resolution, which incorporates language the White House has adopted in recent months to try and frame the issue.

The President's dream of broad amnesty is dead. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Sen. Maj. Leader Bill Frist want to start with broad border enforcement legislation.

While the taste of that carrot still lingers, the leaders would then endorse a guest worker program and come up with an acceptable way to guide illegal immigrants in the US to either quasi-legal status or back to their home countries.

Despite the white-hot rhetoric of Rep. Ton Tancredo and genuine pressure from lawmakers in Southern and Western states, both leaders bet that a majority in both chambers will ultimately support comprehensive legislation. [MARC AMBINDER]

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Contact your Senators now and tell them NO AMNESTY OR GUEST WORKER PROGRAM FOR INVADERS