jackbenimble
03-04-2006, 09:06 AM
<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr class="standard"><td>Quote </td></tr><tr class="standard"><td class="QUOTE"> Nelson wants to fence off Mexico (http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=54&u_sid=2127402&u_rnd=7450278)
BY HENRY J. CORDES
There's a growing consensus in Washington that before Congress can address comprehensive immigration reform, it must first crack down at the nation's borders, U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson said Friday.
Nelson this week introduced a new border security bill, one that would go even further than the proposal he first outlined in September.
Among the provisions added since September is the construction of a $5 billion, two-layer reinforced fence that would stretch from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico along the 1,900-mile U.S.-Mexico border.
The latest bill also includes a requirement that all employers verify that their workers are in the country legally and adds 10,000 new detention beds to hold those found in violation of federal immigration laws.
"It's a border-security-first bill," Nelson, a Democrat, said at an Omaha press conference.
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Well it was only a matter of time before the Dims flanked the Pubs on the illegal immigration issue. Here we have Ben Nelson, a Red State Democrat actually proposing to do something while the other Senator from Nebraska, the Republican RINO McLame clone, Chuckie Hagel throws his support behind the McCainneddy Shamnesty.
If those two were both running for President I'd vote for the Dim in a flash!
Fortunately, all is not lost for the GOP because two (of the five) actual conservatives Republicans in the Senate have signed up as co-sponsors. They are Jeff Sessions R-AL and Tom Coburn R-OK who I would love to see run for President.
Regards,
Jack
BY HENRY J. CORDES
There's a growing consensus in Washington that before Congress can address comprehensive immigration reform, it must first crack down at the nation's borders, U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson said Friday.
Nelson this week introduced a new border security bill, one that would go even further than the proposal he first outlined in September.
Among the provisions added since September is the construction of a $5 billion, two-layer reinforced fence that would stretch from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico along the 1,900-mile U.S.-Mexico border.
The latest bill also includes a requirement that all employers verify that their workers are in the country legally and adds 10,000 new detention beds to hold those found in violation of federal immigration laws.
"It's a border-security-first bill," Nelson, a Democrat, said at an Omaha press conference.
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Well it was only a matter of time before the Dims flanked the Pubs on the illegal immigration issue. Here we have Ben Nelson, a Red State Democrat actually proposing to do something while the other Senator from Nebraska, the Republican RINO McLame clone, Chuckie Hagel throws his support behind the McCainneddy Shamnesty.
If those two were both running for President I'd vote for the Dim in a flash!
Fortunately, all is not lost for the GOP because two (of the five) actual conservatives Republicans in the Senate have signed up as co-sponsors. They are Jeff Sessions R-AL and Tom Coburn R-OK who I would love to see run for President.
Regards,
Jack