Thread: Specter took to the floor to urge decriminalizing illegals

Specter has changed this on his site since yesterday!! Yesterday his article said he would give green cards to all illegals so they would have legal status and not be considered here illegally, he also wants to keep the family reunification the same as it is now, which lets in millions of family member and that must be stopped.

July 27th, 2007

SENATOR SPECTER CIRCULATES DISCUSSION DRAFT ON IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, today circulated a discussion draft of an immigration proposal. The proposal seeks to provide a plausible and alternative path to achieving comprehensive immigration reform during this Congress.


Detailed in a letter circulated to the every member of the Senate, the modified proposal makes two key changes to the previous comprehensive immigration reform legislation (S.1639): 1) eliminates the path to citizenship for immigrants, and 2) does not tamper with the current family unity provisions.

“Although the defeat of the bill on the Senate floor was a major disappointment, I think that we proponents of comprehensive immigration reform have significant momentum and these changes, perhaps supplemented by other modifications, could put us over the top,â€

Are they on C-span now?

Amensty, Amnesty, Amnesty.

Originally Posted by Paige

Are they on C-span now?

No, this was a last minute introduction on the Senate floor last night, but you can bet they are going over it behind our backs, we need to let them know we are not going to go for this!! So lets stop it now!! I beleve he brought it up to see how everyone felt about coming up with another bill so soon after the death of the last one, so we will let them know just how we feel!! NO,NO,NO IT IS TIME TO ENFORCE OUR LAWS AND CLOSE OUR BORDER!!

Friday, July 27, 2007
Arlen Specter's New Immigration Plan--Third Time's A Charm
Posted by Corpus Juris
Here is an odd story. It seems that The Hill, Congress Gossip Blog, and the Politico' Crypt Blog, are all reporting that Arlen Specter is getting ready for a third run at immigration reform. According to the Politico


http://proctoringcongress.blogspot.com/ ... -plan.html


Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said he's floating a plan that would grant legal status to the nation's 12 million illegal immigrants, but offer no path to citizenship.

"It might be the equivalent of a green card," Specter said Thursday. "The main thrust is to bring the 12 million out of the shadows," and eliminate the fear of arrest or deportation.

Specter said conservatives who last month derailed a comprehensive immigration bill might accept his plan because it would not allow the 12 million to seek citizenship status.
Let's see, Specter is saying if you have gotten into the country illegally, all you need to do is sign up for some sort of green card equivalent and you are legal. Isn't that the essence of amnesty? Specter says it isn't. Maybe he is counting on conservatives not noticing. It could happen. Specter knows how Republicans think. After all last month the Senate missed breaking the filibuster by one vote.

In possibly related news, according to the New York Times, Specter went flying with President Bush on Air Force One earlier this week. The Times says he was particularly chatty during the flight. Maybe he found time to listen to the President's advisers. Bush is still in need of a legislative success for his legacy. One vote from achieving cloture must seem doable if you are desperate.

Paige thanks for posting that!!

They are discussing medical benefits to illegals now.

Bingham from New Mexico. Wants the 5 year bar lifted on illegal immigrant children. We need to also when speaking to anyone on the phone that no we can't take on illegals health care or their anchor babies either. NO NO NO!

Originally Posted by Paige

They are discussing medical benefits to illegals now.

They just don't get we are tired of paying for these illegals from anywhere or for anything!!!!

http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/ ... Again.html

July 26, 2007
Read More: Immigration

Immigration. Again.


Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said he's floating a plan that would grant legal status to the nation's 12 million illegal immigrants, but offer no path to citizenship.

"It might be the equivalent of a green card," Specter said Thursday. "The main thrust is to bring the 12 million out of the shadows," and eliminate the fear of arrest or deportation.

Specter said conservatives who last month derailed a comprehensive immigration bill might accept his plan because it would not allow the 12 million to seek citizenship status.

"We litigated amnesty and that lost," Specter said.



Specter's pitch comes as the Senate voted Thursday to add $3 billion to the homeland security appropriations bill for border security measures.

Specter said he has talked with President Bush and the bipartisan group of senators who crafted the last comprehensive bill.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who helped negotiate the failed comprehensive bill, suggested that he was skeptical of creating a class of workers with no opportunity to seek citizenship.

"Europe has paid a heavy price for that stuff," Graham said.

A spokeswoman for Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), who led negotiations for the Democrats, said the senator was looking at Specter's proposal and meeting with his staff.