Senate to pass immigration bill.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060406/ap_on_go_co/immigration_46

WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans and Democrats closed in on a last-minute compromise Thursday on legislation opening the way to legal status and eventual citizenship for many of the 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally.

The developments marked a turnaround from Wednesday, when it appeared negotiations had faltered. The key sticking point involved the 11 million illegal immigrants in the country, and the struggle to provide them an opportunity to gain legal status without exposing lawmakers to the political charge that they were advocating amnesty for lawbreakers.

While final details were not available, in general, the compromise would require illegal immigrants who have been in the United States between two years and five years to return to their home country briefly, then re-enter as temporary workers. They could then begin a process of seeking citizenship.

Illegal immigrants here longer than five years would not be required to return home; those in the country less than two years would be required to leave without assurances of returning, and take their place in line with others seeking entry papers.



Not as good as it could be, but a helluva lot better than the draconian anti-immigrant House bill.

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1. Doesn't address the employers who hire the illegals nor does it address...

...paying ALL workers a living wage. Employers are NOT going to stop hiring illegals because it's too advantageous to them - UNLESS they're fined heavily for it and REQUIRED to check ALL OF THEM to see that they are not illegal.

These bills are useless. All versions.

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2. The score is:

Corportate America 11,000,000
Working America 0

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3. Apparantly they won't be "illegal" any more.

Which is the good part.