this is a PDF file from Pence's website. It is 280 long!

http://mikepence.house.gov/UploadedFile ... 1_XML%20(2)(6-9-06).pdf

Here's his website page re: Pence Plan:
http://mikepence.house.gov/News/Documen ... ntID=46777

SUPPORT CONTINUES TO GROW FOR PENCE IMMIGRATION PLAN

Pence and Gingrich


Washington, Jun 29 - The following are excerpts from recent statements and articles about Rep. Pence’s Border Integrity and Immigration Reform Act:

(To access an Executive Summary of the Congressman's plan, please visit http://mikepence.house.gov/Issues/Issue/?IssueID=2146.)


Paul Weyrich, Free Congress Foundation Chairman:

"The Pence bill deserves serious consideration. It is perhaps fine emotionally to say we permanently should send home all illegal aliens. Even if we went to the expense of flying them all home, most would find a way to return. We simply do not know who is making it across our border. Pence should be applauded for seeking a reasonable compromise. All bills go through revisions before becoming law. No doubt the Pence bill can be refined. But it is one great start to try to find a solution to the immigration mess even if it has to await consideration until the next Congress."

National Ledger, June 20, 2006
http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/pu ... 6514.shtml


Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the House:

“One positive addition to the border-security and immigration debate is Rep. Mike Pence's (R-Ind.) bill, the Border Integrity and Immigration Reform Act. This bill is as close to the right solution as I have seen. It sets up a four-step process starting with what is needed and universally agreed upon -- border security. Second, it does not provide amnesty for people in the United States illegally. It requires them to go home. Next, it sets up a work-visa program using electronic bio-metric security based on conservative market principles.

“After an American employer can, in good faith, show that no American worker will fill a job offer, a work-visa holder may be hired. The key feature is that, in order for people who are here illegally to get a work visa, they must go home, because work visas will only be issued outside of the United States. Fourth, once the program is set up, companies that continue to ignore the law will be sanctioned severely.

“I hope the House will take a serious look at Rep. Pence's thoughtful and pragmatic approach to solving this issue.”

Human Events.com, June 6, 2006
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=15383


Dick Armey, Former House Majority Leader:

"I think the fellow who's really got the key to unlock this is Mike Pence from Indiana. And the fact of the matter is our problem begins very largely with a dysfunctional agency called INS. And, as Pence says, introduce the private sector and allow the private sector to process people as they recycle themselves into a legal guest worker status, and I think we can do a great deal to resolve this problem. It's going to take a little bit of work to get the House over the hump of stubbornness over what they passed earlier. But I think if you take the Pence idea, introduce it in the process, I think you can get someplace."

CNBC's Kudlow and Company, June 7, 2006


David Keene, American Conservative Union Chairman:

“Fortunately, there are some seeking solutions to these problems that neither surrender principle nor ignore real problems. Chief among them is Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), who has put forth an alternative that could attract support from reasonable men and women on both sides of the debate. There is no more credible conservative in Congress today than Pence. He has proved himself over time as both a serious legislator and a principled conservative capable of resisting the temptations and threats emanating from within his own party.

“Since speaking out at the Heritage Foundation just before the recess, Pence has come under attack from those on both sides willing to accept the status quo unless they get their own way. Those attacks in themselves should force reasonable members of Congress to take a serious look at Pence’s proposal.”

The Hill, June 6, 2006
http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/T ... 60606.html


Quin Hillyer, Executive Editor of The American Spectator:

"There are plenty of other details to the Pence plan, but suffice it to say that as conservatives study the plan, they continue to find that just about every question is answered and every base covered, and all according to principles conservatives hold dear. Read it for yourself to see.

"For now, these other details, in no particular order, bear highlighting: First, there would be an established limit to the number of visiting workers. Second, there would be a time limit on their stay. Third, they would have to pass an English proficiency test after two years. Fourth, they would be required to undergo a health screening before coming. Fifth, they must pay taxes just like American citizens. Sixth, they would not be able to be hired until after the employer could show it had made an effort to hire existing Americans.

"And so on, in commonsense provision after commonsense provision.

"In short, the plan is ingenious. Not only should conservatives rally behind it, but so should the White House. It provides the president with a near-perfect escape from the rock-and-hard-place dilemma of trying to please, all at once, Hispanics, big business, and the mainstream Americans who insist that the first requirement of a guest is that the guest abide by our society's laws.

"Such insistence is absolutely the right thing. But it doesn't, by any means, require that Americans fail to exhibit our usual humaneness, nor does it require that we keep necessary jobs unfilled.

"In sum, the Pence bill offers security and prosperity in equal measure. You can't beat that.”

The American Spectator, June 7, 2006
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=9922


John Fund, Wall Street Journal editorial board member:

“That's why it's good news that the glimmer of a workable compromise surfaced this week, courtesy of Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, head of the Republican Study Committee, a group of 115 conservative House Republicans. Mr. Pence, proud grandson of an Irish immigrant, says the only bill that can pass in this year's hothouse environment may have to be one that couples stiffer border enforcement with a no-amnesty guest-worker program.

“His proposal (which can be found here) would have the U.S. government contract with gold-standard private employment agencies such as Kelly Services to establish offices called Ellis Island Centers in countries that supply the most illegal alien labor today. The centers would provide an incentive for illegals to leave the country and apply for guest-worker visas in the U.S. that would be granted within a week by matching workers with jobs employers can't fill with American workers. They would also make criminal and other background checks. Guest workers would be able to apply for citizenship, but they would have to follow current rules with no favoritism over those now waiting legally in line.”

The Wall Street Journal Blog, May 30, 2006
http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110008446


Gary Bauer, President of American Values:

“Mr. Pence's ‘rational middle ground approach’ is a breath of fresh air in the immigration debate, because it recognizes the economic need for additional workers while also addressing the security issues at stake. This non-amnesty solution would be acceptable not only to conservatives, but also to American Hispanics who oppose illegal immigration and "reform" proposals that reward delinquency.”

The Washington Times, June 1, 2006
http://washingtontimes.com/functions/pr ... 5025-4419r


Michael Barone, U.S.News & World Report senior writer:

“Interestingly, House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, who will dominate the House members in conference committee, says he is absolutely against any legalization proposal, but would consider a guest worker plan. This suggests that the Pence/Krieble proposal, or something like it, could emerge from conference committee.”

U.S. News and World Report, June 1, 2006
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/ba ... =rss:site1

Deborah Simmons, Washington Times Deputy Editor for Editorial Pages:

“Mike Pence, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, is seemingly perched on middle ground, proposing a four-step plan that puts border security right where Americans want it -- at the top of the immigration-reform to-do list. His plan also ‘offers a no amnesty solution,’ engages the private sector in the worker-visa process and, like the House bill passed in December, cracks down on employers who hire illegals.

“The Pence plan is a good starting point for House-Senate conferees.

“Why? Because of the bottom line: It is against the law to enter this country without our permission; it is against the law to work in this country without our permission; and it is against the law to stay in this country without our permission.”

The Washington Times, June 2, 2006
http://washingtontimes.com/functions/pr ... 5025-4419r

Brandon Crocker, The American Spectator contributor:

"I was surprised, for instance, when I heard local San Diego radio talk show host (and sometime Rush Limbaugh fill-in) Roger Hedgecock, who fulminates long and often over the Senate's 'guest worker/amnesty' program, express the opinion that Pence's view was 'reasonable.'"

The American Spectator Blog, May 31, 2006
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=9887

Dallas Morning News editorial page:

“Some House conservatives indicate they could back a bill that doesn't completely mirror the get-tough-on-Mexico plan they approved in December. For instance, GOP Rep. Mike Pence recently presented a guest worker alternative.

“While we don't embrace the particulars of his plan, it's good to see a leading House conservative propose broader answers. Without ideas like his, House negotiators will stick narrowly to more agents, technologies and fences.”

Dallas Morning News editorial page, May 31, 2006
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... f7dd8.html

Indianapolis Star editorial page:

“Pence, Indiana's representative from the 6th Congressional District, argued in a speech at the Heritage Foundation last week for what he calls the 'rational middle ground on immigration reform.'

"Pence, like many fellow conservatives, calls for much tighter border security and a crackdown on employees who hire illegal immigrants.

"But what's different about his plan is that it would create a legal and realistic means for guest workers to match up with U.S. employers. Under Pence's proposal, the federal government would license private firms to set up 'Ellis Island Centers' in the nations most likely to supply labor to the U.S. Employers would contract with the firms to find workers, who would be required to pass a background check and health screening before receiving a visa."

Indianapolis Star editorial page, May 31, 2006
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a ... 6441634560

TIME.com

"With the Senate headed toward a final vote on an immigration bill this week, a leader of House conservatives is asking his colleagues to support a free-market plan aimed at bridging the gulf between the versions in the two chambers.

"The proposal by Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), provided to TIME ahead of an unveiling speech at the Heritage Foundation, is arguably less compassionate than the version being debated in the Senate and supported in principle by President George W. Bush.

"But it looks to be more palatable to House Republicans, many of whom have opposed creating a guest worker program before new border crackdowns have been given a chance to work.

"Pence, a rising star in the House, is suggesting a temporary worker program based on a data base run by private industry.

"And unlike the leading plan in the Senate and the blueprint sketched by Bush, his 'Border Integrity and Immigration Reform Act' would require all applicants to leave the country first.

"Pence tweaks a phrase from Bush’s address to the nation by calling the compromise 'a REAL rational middle ground.'

"Even though Bush has said his preferred solution 'ain’t amnesty,' Pence appeals to hard-liners by calling the compromise a 'no-amnesty solution.'”

Time.com, May 23, 2006
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article ... 91,00.html

WORLD Magazine:

“Mr. Pence explains that in his bill illegal immigrants must leave the country and, moreover, actually will; the State Department only will issue visas (called "W visas" because of fortuitous bill drafting) to immigrants outside the United States. Private worker-placement agencies called "Ellis Island Centers" will then put guest workers in jobs reported to them by U.S. employers. This leaves little incentive to hire illegals, whose employment would carry a fine, over guest workers.

"The Pence bill breaks a six-month dry spell in the House, where disagreement has made most legislators content simply to criticize the efforts of the president and the Senate. Still, it does not ensure any measure of support.”

WORLD Magazine, May 26, 2006
http://www.worldmag.com/articles/11907


Richmond, Indiana Pal-Item editorial page:

"He's attempted to find a middle ground in the increasingly polarized Congress.

"Those who favor full amnesty send a bad message. That's only further encouragement to those considering illegal entry in this country.

"And those who support full deportation are unreasonable. With much of our armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, how will we deport 12 million people? The full-deportation people haven't offered a solution.

"Those on both sides of the immigration issue ought to look to Pence as an effective legislator and work with him, not chastise him."

Richmond, Indiana Pal-Item editorial page, May 31, 2006
http://www.pal-item.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a ... 10335/1003

http://mikepence.house.gov/News/Documen ... ntID=44833