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Immigration See other Immigration Articles Title: Reid Threatens Filibuster on Immigration As the Senate prepares to tackle the most sweeping immigration reforms in years, a top Democrat vowed Wednesday to do everything in his power, including filibuster, to thwart Majority Leader Bill Frist's proposed overhaul. Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he would "use every procedural means at my disposal" to prevent Frist from bypassing the Judiciary Committee. Frist, R-Tenn., has made clear the Senate will take up his proposal next week if the 18-member committee fails to complete a broader bill. "If Leader Frist brings a bill to the floor that does not have the approval of the Judiciary Committee, it will not get out of the Senate," Reid told reporters at the San Ysidro border crossing, a few steps from Tijuana, Mexico. Bob Stevenson, a spokesman for Frist, did not immediately respond to a call Wednesday evening. Reid said the overhaul must include heightened border enforcement, a "guest worker" program and a "path to citizenship" for the estimated 11 million people in the United States illegally. He called legislation by Sens. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and John McCain, R- Ariz., a "good place to start." President Bush, in a State of the Union address two years ago, urged Congress to create a worker program under which participants could gain legal status for a specific time and then be required to return home. It would not provide an automatic path to citizenship. Frist unveiled a bill last week that sidesteps the question of temporary work permits. It would tighten borders, punish employers who hire illegal immigrants and provide more visas.
Poster Comment: Trust the Dems to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. He is their most visible leader. He is saying we must legalize more than 11 million illegals who will immediately send out for more friends and relatives as they did in the last amnesty. Bush's popularity bites the dust. The country is sliding down a greased pole straight to hell. And this moron has picked one issue that is more despised than Dubya and the Iraq war and illegal wiretaps. I have got news for the Dems. Bush is not running for either the Senate or the Congress. He will not be on the ballot in 2008. All the Reps have to do in 2006 is run against illegal immigration. There is no other issue that separates the Dems and the Reps. Not the Patriot Act. Not the war. Not the occupation. And not the illegal national surveillance program. Bush challenged the Dems to run a campaign against it if they were really opposed to it. What morons. If the only difference people see is that one corrupt party wants 20,000,000 people to undercut your wages and raise your taxes, and the other party is opposed, which one would you expect most people to choose?
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