Amnesty for illegals?

[Grlygrl201@aol.com]

Just watched Tancredo on Fox, who, when asked who "pushed this through" responded, "Well, I hate to say it, but the White House and the House [of representatives]."  End of interview, natch.

What will be interesting to watch: 1. Fox contorting itself to make amnesty seem like a good idea, 2. Fox finding a Clinton precedent for amnesty.

gg


In a message dated Wed, 13 Mar 2002 12:25:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, "John Evdemon" <jevdemon@vitria.com> writes:

> Off topic, but interesting anyway.....
> 
> I can't believe congress would still consider this after a group of 
> illegal aliens committed the worst attack in the history of this country...
> 
> ----
> 
> "A Republican congressman has forced the House of Representatives to take a
> recorded vote on a plan to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens
> currently living in the United States.  In an exclusive interview with
> CNSNews.com, Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) warned that he would block a plan
> that would allow the House to extend the '245i' provision of U.S.
> immigration law without members publicly stating their position on the
> issue.  'It's going to be a recorded vote, absolutely, because I'm going to
> call for a recorded vote,' he said.
> 
> "The amnesty extension was brought up as part of the House's 'suspension
> calendar,' a legislative device normally reserved for non-controversial
> items such as naming federal buildings. Most items on that calendar are
> passed by voice vote, with no written record of how particular members
> voted.  Tancredo rallied members on the House floor to oppose the issue and,
> when the voice vote was called for, Tancredo's allies interrupted and
> demanded a recorded vote in accordance with House rules.  'Now, whether
> we'll win this, I don't know, but at least we're going to get people on
> record,' he concluded."
> 
> - CNSNews.com, 3/12/02
> 
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