WASHINGTON (AP) -- Key senators in both parties announced agreement with the White House Thursday on an immigration overhaul that would grant quick legal status to millions of illegal immigrants already in the U.S. and fortify the border.
The plan would create a temporary worker program to bring new arrivals to the U.S. A separate program would cover agricultural workers. New high-tech enforcement measures also would be instituted to verify that workers are here legally.
The compromise came after weeks of painstaking closed-door negotiations that brought the most liberal Democrats and the most conservative Republicans together with President Bush's Cabinet officers to produce a highly complex measure that carries heavy political consequences.
3 comments:
good luck to them?
I just think its interesting how we will "quickly" give legal status to thousands of illegals here now when Im sure there have been thousands upon thousands who have gone through painstaking years to get their citizenship.
Sounds like a cop out to me.
Yeah, cause when you're unable or unwilling to enforce current laws you...um...make new laws.
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