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Senate Panel Passes Immigration Bill

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Posted on Mar 27, 2006

The bill, which requires approval by the full Senate, clears the way for 11 million illegal aliens to seek U.S. citizenship, and will allow some 1.5 million workers to seek temporary jobs legally.

This is a big win for the hundreds of thousands of people who joined protest marches this past weekend.


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WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee approved sweeping election-year legislation Monday that clears the way for 11 million illegal aliens to seek U.S. citizenship, a victory for demonstrators who had spilled into the streets by the hundreds of thousands demanding better treatment for immigrants.

With a bipartisan coalition in control, the committee also voted down proposed criminal penalties on immigrants found to be in the country illegally. It approved a new temporary program allowing entry for 1.5 million workers seeking jobs in the agriculture industry.

“All Americans wanted fairness and they got it this evening,” said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (news, bio, voting record), D-Mass., who played a pivotal role in drafting the legislation.

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By James, March 29, 2006 at 12:33 am #
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There is also a great article in the NY Times by Paul Krugman on illegal immigrants and the economic effect they have on American citizens.  Aside from the marches and protests that may or may not have influenced the Senate panel decision, I wonder whether this is the start of a distinct class society.  Will, if Bush gets his way, this be the beginning of the real “working class?”  If so, where does that put all the Americans whose job will soon be replaced by the labor of illegal immigrants-below this working class or somewhere slightly above?  The future, needless to say, looks quite sobering yet very strangely fascinating.

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By s, March 28, 2006 at 7:03 pm #
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what is the actual name of this bill

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By chairman_mao, March 28, 2006 at 6:08 pm #
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doesnt seem right?...there are foreign born immigrants here legally who go out and find work and work dang hard..now they’ll probably be thrown to the back of the line so illegals can get first dibs…tsk tsk

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By anonymous, March 28, 2006 at 1:42 am #
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Yes, it’s a big win for the hundreds of thousands of people who marched this weekend.  What’s the lesson?    Spontaneity is the mother of revolution, that’s what!  How about a similar march right now to bring the troops home and stop the Iraq war.  How?    Same as for immigant rights.  We just do it, that’s how!    And who leads?  Everyone’s a leader, that’s who.

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