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NVMojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-17-05 05:46 PM
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Other Issues Sideline Immigration Laws
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sidetracked by hurricanes and Supreme Court nominees, the Senate will not take up comprehensive immigration legislation until January, a leading proponent of immigration law reform said Monday.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, also told reporters he did not expect the Senate to vote on immigration legislation that addresses only border control enforcement without considering the issues of illegal aliens already in the country.

"We have to deal with this comprehensively," said Cornyn, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee's immigration, border security and citizenship panel.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-cong/2005/oct/17/101709129.html
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-17-05 09:36 PM
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1. Comprehensively? WTF?
You mean we can't just keep all our housekeepers and day laborers and fast food workers and $1.00 burgers and keep all those OTHERS out?

Shit.
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NVMojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-17-05 09:39 PM
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2. ...we can only keep their housekeepers and their indentured slaves ...
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-17-05 09:45 PM
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3. And bedroom slaves and whatever else we feel like.
These people are just chattel to the RW.
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