Thread: Immigration bill is now S.1639 - NO TEXT AVAILABLE!

Originally Posted by Duh

So do we blast S. 1348, S. 1438, S. 1639 or all of the above now?

If the new bill is 1438 or 1639, does this mean that S. 1348 is dead forever, or are they going to try to trick us by using two or three different bills? For example, they can claim there isn't much opposition to bill S. 1438 if no one knows it is the new amnesty bill.

Duh

I would guess 1438 is a typo.

Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (Introduced in Senate)

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110th CONGRESS

1st Session

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To recognize the heritage of the United States as a nation of immigrants and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for more effective border and employment enforcement, to prevent illegal immigration , and to reform and rationalize avenues for legal immigration , and for other purposes.


IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 4, 2007
Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW, and Mrs. BOXER) introduced the following bill ; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary


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A BILL
To recognize the heritage of the United States as a nation of immigrants and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for more effective border and employment enforcement, to prevent illegal immigration , and to reform and rationalize avenues for legal immigration , and for other purposes.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007'.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of Congress that the Senate and the House of Representatives should pass, and the President should sign, legislation to recognize the heritage of the United States as a nation of immigrants and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) to provide for more effective border and employment enforcement, to prevent illegal immigration , and to reform and rationalize avenues for legal immigration .

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c ... 110W0z8iX::

What kind of scam do we have going in the Senate?

THE BEST THING FOR EVERYONE TO DO IS PROTEST ANY IMMIGRATION BILL REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER. JUST KEEP HITTING THEM WITH NO AMNESTY, SECURE THE BORDER, ETC.

go to www.numbersusa.com
they are the authority on the Congress
in emergencies you can call them

June 19, 2007
The Senate's Second Secret Immigration Bill
by The Heritage Foundation
FYI
For weeks, Americans were told that there are only two options for dealing with the nation's illegal immigration problem: stay with the status quo or accept a "grand bargain"--a tenuous behind-closed-doors deal, first made public by The Heritage Foundation, which contained nearly 800 pages of flawed policies. In the face of overwhelming criticism from all sides, this legislation was withdrawn from the Senate.

Now, an altogether new bill (S. 1639) has been introduced by Senators Ted Kennedy and Arlen Specter. It seems to incorporate the previous legislation, with some amendments. After it is read into the Senate calendar on Wednesday, the Majority Leader will be able to proceed to consider this legislation anew at any time; debate is likely to follow later this week, with a final vote very soon thereafter.

This schedule will afford lawmakers even less time for consideration and deliberation than they had before. It will deny them the various procedures long associated with America's deliberative lawmaking process--hearings, testimony, committee debate and amendments, floor debate, and the possibility of further amendments. Instead, according to reports, this legislation will proceed based on an altogether new and expedited procedure designed for the sole purpose of forcing the bill's many ill-conceived policies over legitimate minority objections.

As it has before, for the sake of open deliberation and public education, The Heritage Foundation is making this legislation publicly available to encourage widespread debate and discussion. Heritage Foundation analysts will be reading this legislation and considering its implications--as will everyone outside the confines of the narrow group that conceived it--as quickly as possible.

Download S.1639: The Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (PDF, 20 MB)

http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigr ... tion_2.cfm


GO TO SITE AND CLICK ON "RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS," 2nd column from left, near top. Great information!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By the way, has anyone ever heard of a senate bill number being used twice?????????? As in S 1639......

Wow - great find. But as you say, the message is all that matters - NO AMNESTY.

I couldn't download the pdf file. Did anyone have any luck?

Just got off the phone with Van @ NumbersUSA........they are watching S 1639. Harry Reid is introducing it without going through committee. He said make sure we get the calls, faxes and emails out telling them to VOTE NO ON CLOTURE!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Beckyal

I couldn't download the pdf file. Did anyone have any luck?

Worked for me! 418 pages

Originally Posted by girlygirl369

Just got off the phone with Van @ NumbersUSA........they are watching S 1539. Harry Reid is introducing it without going through committee. He said make sure we get the calls, faxes and emails out telling them to VOTE NO ON CLOTURE!!!!!!!!!!!

No on cloture for any and every immigration bill.

On the other hand, that might make us sound uninformed, so if we can find the correct number (I assume S. 1539 is a typo and should be S. 1639??) it would be great.

Duh