La Raza spoke and the Senate backed down!

[RagingInMiami]

WASHINGTON - Senators writing an immigration bill broke from the House’s get-tough approach by refusing Monday to make criminals of humanitarian groups or individuals who help illegal immigrants as more than a thousand immigration rights activists rallied outside the Capitol.

The Senate Judiciary Committee adopted an amendment by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., that would protect church and charitable groups, as well as individuals, from criminal prosecution for providing food, shelter, medical care and counseling to undocumented immigrants.

“Charitable organizations, like individuals, should be able to provide humanitarian assistance to immigrants without fearing prosecution,” Durbin said.

The House voted in December to make offers of such non-emergency aid a felony. The Senate panel also rejected a proposal Wednesday by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, to require humanitarian groups providing aid to illegal immigrants to register with the Department of Homeland Security.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12034586

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. The people lead, the politicians follow.

So much for the plan to go after the Hispanic vote El Supremo Magnifico Boosh was trumpeting.

[MadMaddie]

2. Yea....they always seem to find a way to spit on their supporters..

the news media.....the hispanics....and the list goes on....

[sui generis]

3. so wait, emergency rooms at for-profit hospitals are now

required to have you prove you're a citizen before removing the steering wheel from your chest? Or else face criminal charges?

That's still freaky.

I just want the republican members of La Raza to remember that you probably voted republican originally to keep gays from getting married, and now they just tried to put you down with the same knife to your back. They don't like minorities, and it doesn't matter whether you're gay, latino, a tax paying citizen or just someone trying to feed his family for another day.

You've been had by the republicans too now, and you should be mad.

[raccoon]

6. Yes, and those who, just like some anglos, thought Dubya

was a good Christian man waging a good Christian war.

[rocktivity]

4. This is exactly what what Bush monarchy wanted!

Now they can go ahead and launch Operation "From Underpaid Guest Worker To American Citizen to Spanish-Speaking GOP Voter!"

:headbang:
rocknation

[liveoaktx]

5. Geez. Cornyn wanted to make groups REGISTER with Homeland Security

that guy is a nut. I can't wait till he's up for re-election.

[Marie26]

7. I can't imagine anything more facist. nt

[raccoon]

8. Is this what is meant by compassionate conservatism?

"The House voted in December to make offers of such non-emergency aid a felony."

:puke: :puke:

Shades of Nazi Germany!

[Dob Bole]

9. I'm actually going on a humanitarian trip to the Arizona border this summe

I planned the trip with a church group before all this debate was happening, but I was willing to go to jail if it passed anyway.

Still, that provision protects me...now what about the immigrants?