Amendment Passes, Welcoming Felons to America!
June 8th, 2007 by Jessica IrwinA substitute amendment to the White-House backed immigration bill, sponsored by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) passed in the Senate on Wednesday. Senator Kennedy’s amendment will block some criminals, like terrorist supporters, from getting a Z visa but will allow illegal aliens who have used fraudulent documents or ignored court ordered deportation to gain legal status.
Senator John Cornyn (R- Tex.), also sponsored an amendment, one that would
deny felons legal status. This includes those who
defy deportation orders from a U.S. judge, those who used fraudulent documents to obtain work and sex offenders.
Sen. Cornyn’s amendment was defeated 51-46 because Democrats believe it
would gut the bill because up to half the illegal immigration population likely had run-ins with Immigration and Custom Enforcement officials, or misused identification documents.
Sen. Cornyn believes this group will include sex offenders and drunk drivers.
Presidential Candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), and ten other Republicans, voted against Cornyn’s amendment to deny felons legal status, tacitly voting in favor of granting felons amnesty.
Great! That’s just what this country needs! More felons overcrowding the already-full jails! I’m glad to see the members of the Senate support and obey our laws here in the United States. I know this is the Land of the Free, but not the land of the free-to-get-by-with-murder!
Thursday, the Senate could not get enough votes to end debate and speed the bill to final passage. Overall, it appears that the Senate calendar is too full to debate the Immigration bill anymore. Immigration still remains a huge issue. However, it has just been put on the back burner.
Townhall.com reporter Amanda Carpenter explains the immigration bill.
October 1st, 2007 at 3:21 am
It is ashame that we can’t use the old tar and feathers on the democarts and a few republicans that have demonstrated how unamerican and will do anything for a vote.
November 28th, 2007 at 2:18 am
What of the law billing employees $2000 for each illegal immigrant working for him? I am sorry, there is no such thing as an illegal “guest”. The only person in the whole USA doing positive things for OUR VETS is not even American born but Arnold Schwartzenegger. What is that? Tea? One if by land, two if by sea? Anybody want to take America back for Americans & have a return to we the people instead of We, Corporate America, having paid off Congress & the President******
December 7th, 2007 at 2:30 am
Whatever happened to the oath of office. I thought there was something about supporting the laws and the Constitution??
January 24th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Whatever happened to protecting our borders? That is Constitutional!!! This is insane. How does McCain have the gall to face the electorate after that vote to allow felons to remain in our country?
April 19th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I see illegals every day at my job as a bail bondsman.
They break EVERY LAW ON THE BOOKS. Child molesting, rape, aggravated assault, TONS of drunk driving and TONS of drug dealers. It makes ME SICK.
THat dam border fence needs to be BUILT NOW. Bringing drug resistant disease into the country, straining our healthcare system to the verge of breaking. Bankrupting ambulance companies, hospitals etc etc. IT HAS TO STOP!!!! Illegal mothers getting their teenage daughters raped so they will get pregnant and get to stay because the bastard was born here.