Senate Democrats to push new immigration reform plan

[Chris]

Washington (CNN) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other leading Democratic senators will formally unveil the outlines of legislation for comprehensive immigration reform late Thursday, CNN has learned.

The draft proposal includes a process to legalize an estimated 10.8 million illegal immigrants in the United States. It states that all illegal immigrants living in the United States would be required to "come forward to register, be screened, and, if eligible, complete other requirements to earn legal status, including paying taxes."

Illegal immigrants cleared by federal authorities would be eligible to petition for permanent resident status eight years after current visa backlogs have cleared.

Meanwhile, the top Republican in the House dismissed the plan as a political ploy with little chance of passage.

"There is not a chance that immigration is going to move through the Congress," said House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio.

The proposal "is nothing more than a cynical ploy to engage voters, some segment of voters, to show up in this November's elections."

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/29/democrats.immigration/

[NHSparky]

Basically, Dingy Harry wants to see if he can lose by at least 50 points come November.

[zeitgeist]

And please allow me a little shameless post whoring to link the article on Puerto Rico's Statehood Plan that I posted in Politics a day ago.

I say again, Roosevelt tried to pack the court, this is no less an attempt by the Oh' balmy, this is crazy like a fox.

Mash here for the link promised above>

Nice graphic Chris.

[5412]

And please allow me a little shameless post whoring to link the article on Puerto Rico's Statehood Plan that I posted in Politics a day ago.

I say again, Roosevelt tried to pack the court, this is no less an attempt by the Oh' balmy, this is crazy like a fox.

Mash here for the link promised above>

Nice graphic Chris.

Hi,

Let's just hope they don't pull this shit off or it really is all over.  Mexico has been ruled by the same party for almost 100 years.  If the dems get Puerto Rico and all the illegals they will control this country for a century and we really will end up as corrput and poor as Mexico.

regards,
5412

[zeitgeist]

Hi,

Let's just hope they don't pull this shit off or it really is all over.  Mexico has been ruled by the same party for almost 100 years.  If the dems get Puerto Rico and all the illegals they will control this country for a century and we really will end up as corrput and poor as Mexico.

regards,
5412

Hope springs eternal in the human breast or something like that but in Chicago style politics it's a bare knuckle brawl. 

April 29, 2010 | 7:04 PM ET
House Approves Puerto Rico Vote LegislationThe House of Representatives voted Thursday to allow Puerto Ricans to decide their own political future and relationship with the United States.

The vote was 223 to 169. Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., voted present.

The bill introduced a two-step ballot measure for Puerto Rico to decide if its residents want to change their current relationship with the United States. If they vote to change their status, they can then choose to become a state, pursue independence, or seek some other "political association between sovereign nations." ‬‪ ‬‪

Proponents say the measure gives citizens of the island the right to self-determination.‬‪ ‬‪Critics say the measure is a device to impose statehood on a population that doesn't want it.‬‪ ‬‪Thursday's action was nonbinding, and if Puerto Ricans eventually select statehood, Congress would still have to vote to admit the island to the union as the 51st state.‬‪ ‬‪

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Link to entire article is here >

BOHICA.  The first part of the strategy is fait accompli.

[Linda]

Obama's fatal flinch on immigration reform

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/30/AR2010043001389_pf.html

By Dana Milbank
Sunday, May 2, 2010; A15



Air Force One was about seven miles over Appalachia this week when President Obama dropped a bomb on his party.

Senate Democrats had that very day circulated an immigration reform proposal, and the Associated Press, receiving a leaked copy, reported on the "draft legislation."

But as Obama returned to Washington from Illinois Wednesday night, he walked back to the press cabin on the presidential aircraft and, in an impromptu Q&A, essentially declared immigration reform dead. He said "there may not be an appetite" for it.

continued on the above link....

 

[NHSparky]

"May not be an appetite?"  AYFKM?  He knows that because of the healthcare debacle he's sure to lose 35-40 seats in the House.  GOP leadership is claiming that there are over 100 "in play", whatever that means.  If he pushes for amnesty, it might be more than that.