It Failed Because It Made No Sense

Like I said before, I don't know who threw this crap of a bill together but it makes NO SENSE! They killed one part of it. I really wish they'd go back to square one and come of with something actually feasible and HONEST before they waste time killing the rest of it.

The Senate on Wednesday killed a Republican proposal to require all adult illegal immigrants to return home temporarily in order to qualify for permanent lawful status in this country.

Also defeated was a Democratic bid to restrict legal status to those who have been in the United States for four years.

The vote was 53-45 to table an amendment by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, to require that illegal immigrants go home within two years in order to qualify for a renewable Z visa to live and work lawfully in the United States.

The bill, which could grant lawful status to as many as 12 million illegal immigrants, requires only heads of household seeking permanent legal residency to return home to apply for green cards.

Senators also voted 79-18 to kill a proposal by Democratic Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., that would have allowed only those who had been in the country for at least four years to gain lawful status. The bill would make anyone here by Jan. 1, 2007 eligible for legalization.

Both amendments were designed to respond to conservatives who decry President Bush's immigration bill as a form of amnesty.

What head of household, who was here illegally and undetectable, would willingly up and "go home" to a place that they fled because there were no opportunities? It didn't have to be defeated. It would have been defeated in practice. Any illegal stupid enough to fall for that needed to be sent home anyway and probably wouldn't have been smart enough to get here in the first place.

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