Thread: Email response from Sen. Harry Reid

Dear Ms. .......



Thank you for contacting me to share your views on immigration. I appreciate hearing from you.



Immigration is a very complex and important issue facing our nation. While I am opposed to illegal immigration and believe our immigration laws need to be firmly enforced, I also believe that we must reform our broken immigration system. Immigration reform should be tough on lawbreakers, fair to taxpayers, and practical to implement. I do not believe it is practical to deport an estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants.



I believe reform must be comprehensive. We must secure our borders. We must effectively enforce our immigration laws in the workplace and harshly penalize employers who hire individuals not authorized to work, thereby eliminating the primary draw for people to come to this country illegally. We should create a new worker program, to help shift the illegal flow across the border into legal channels. And we must create a path to legalization for the undocumented immigrants currently in this country who pay fines for being here illegally, pass criminal background checks, learn English, work for several years, and go to the back of the line. I believe focusing on enforcement alone has not worked, will continue to compound existing problems, and will make our nation less secure.



On January 4, 2007, I introduced the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (S. 9). This legislation expresses the sense of Congress that the Senate and the House of Representatives should pass, and the President should sign, legislation 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. S. 9 will soon be considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee.



Please be assured that I have noted your views and suggestions about immigration reform. I understand how important this issue is to Nevadans. I have studied this issue closely, listening to experts on every side of the debate. Unfortunately, the House and Senate were unable to reach a compromise on immigration legislation during the 109th Congress, but I hope that the President and Congress will work together to enact comprehensive immigration reform during the 110th.



Again, thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with me. For more information about my work for Nevada, my role in the United States Senate Leadership, or to subscribe to regular e-mail updates on the issues that interest you, please visit my Web site at http://reid.senate.gov. I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.



My best wishes to you.



Sincerely,


HARRY REID

United States Senator

On January 4, 2007, I introduced the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (S. 9). This legislation expresses the sense of Congress that the Senate and the House of Representatives should pass, and the President should sign, legislation 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. S. 9 will soon be considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

He did Do we have the text of S9???

Oliver, this is all I could find:

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Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (Introduced in Senate)

S 9 IS


110th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 9
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.

Originally Posted by olivermyboy

He did Do we have the text of S9???

Here it is olivermyboy:

110th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 9

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

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/z?c110:S.9:

Thanks Tamarra and Cvangel!

That's what I thought--no meat on the bones--those secretive SOB's.

And, that is what Reid is bragging about having accomplished???

Yeah, makes me proud to be a Nevadan.

I do not believe it is practical to deport an estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants.

Hey Reid, or whatever the hell your name is, enforce the current immigration laws regarding employment and you won't have to round them up, jackass, they'll all go home.

We should fill in the blanks for him and send it to him!

Tamarra, good job on shining the light on another one of these Good Ole Boys. Lets keep the heat on and keep letting them know their pro illegal position is NOT okay with patriotic Americans!

Great flag, April!