Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Plan to send immigrants home is defeated

This may "kill" the bill as at least some additional Republicans (4 by latest count) will now jump ship and vote no on cloture Thursday. It will be extremely close but I don't think the shamnesters have the 60.

WASHINGTON - 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.

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