USA Today: House moves to tighten immigration law at border, workplace [View All]

[Eugene]

Posted 12/15/2005 10:06 PM Updated 12/16/2005 10:35 AM

House moves to tighten immigration law at border, workplace

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House continued to struggle Friday over how best to shut down illegal
immigration, approving the construction of a fence along the U.S.-Mexican border but putting off
debate on an explosive proposal to deny citizenship to babies born in this country to illegal
immigrants..

The legislation on strengthening border controls and cracking down on the hiring of illegal
immigrants headed for a vote Friday after the House Rules Committee, which determines allowable
amendments, rejected the birthright amendment.

Rep. Nathan Deal, R-Ga., had proposed that, within the bounds of the 14th Amendment, birthright
citizenship be granted only to children of U.S. citizens and permanent legal aliens.

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Late Thursday, the House passed a measure, 260-159, calling for construction of a fence in parts
of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. The measure is an amendment to a larger immigration
enforcement bill backed by the White House.

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