House GOP Not Budging on Border (enforcement-only plan

[papau]

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-immig24may24,0,3346131.story?track=tottext

From the Los Angeles Times
House GOP Not Budging on Border
Leaders still committed to an enforcement-only plan and opposed to the Senate's wider overhaul.
By Nicole Gaouette
Times Staff Writer

May 24, 2006

WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders Tuesday resisted the latest White House effort to move beyond the enforcement-only approach they have taken in rewriting immigration laws, emerging from a meeting with President Bush emphasizing their continued opposition to the broader approach the Senate is taking.

"The basic difference of opinion that we have seen on this issue between the House and Senate and the White House is real, it is honest, and it was exhibited at this meeting," House Majority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said.

His comments came as the Senate worked toward a final vote — expected Thursday — on its immigration bill. The remarks underscored that the divide between the two chambers would be difficult for legislators to bridge.

The House passed a bill several months ago that focused solely on improving border security and cracking down on the employment of illegal immigrants. The Senate has crafted a measure that, along with heightened enforcement measures, would establish a guest worker program and open a route to citizenship for most of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.S.<snip>

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. Good! Don't budge on that!

Given that the Senate's not likely to budge from their plan, keep furthering the perception (and fact) that a GOP-lead Congress can't get a damn thing done!!

I love the smell of an implosion in the morning! :bounce:

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Yes, those GOP reps. are laying it on thick for their 'base' voters.

"Look at us. We're taking the hard line against these brown people stealing your jobs. And we, certainly, can't be linked to Bush."