White House Floats Immigration Proposal

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

White House Floats Immigration Proposal
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Mar 28, 8:29 PM (ET)

By DAVID ESPO

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration floated elements of an immigration plan on Wednesday that would make it harder for millions of illegal immigrants to gain citizenship than under legislation passed by the Senate last year, according to officials in both parties.

These officials said the administration also suggested barring future guest workers who enter the country legally from bringing family members with them - a proposal unlikely to survive intact.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to discuss about elements of a plan that was not yet public.

President Bush and Democratic leaders of Congress have both pledged to seek a compromise on immigration legislation this year, and the administration's point men, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, sat down in the Capitol with key senators of both parties for an initial meeting.

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[DCKit]

1. Guess they don't want citizens

Just workers, paying taxes with no real rights.

Wait, isn't that what they've done to us?

[w4rma]

2. I wholehartedly oppose this. It also increases guest worker caps.

Bill Gates wants that to replace American programmers with guest workers.