Immigration bill likely delayed:::Frist to take on border bill first, email him SOS!!

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Looks like this may be the person to email to and clarify it is not the illegal people but the doctors, engineers who suffer and have to go back to their countries, the immigration bill is likely to be low on priority as below. don't know but someone can lookup and post the phones,fax,email for him and then bombard his office with phones, email etc.

http://www.immigration-law.com

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said yesterday that the Senate will tackle border security and interior immigration enforcement before turning to the broader question of immigration reforms and a guest-worker program.
"It is a separate issue, but it's one that people understand," the Tennessee Republican said of border security. "It's an immediate issue, it needs to be addressed more aggressively, we need to do that."
Speaking with The Washington Times by telephone after a helicopter tour yesterday of 300 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, Mr. Frist said he does not know whether an immigration bill can pass this year because of a heavy workload, but the Senate will pass a bill before adjourning next year.
He said the next immigration bill should address border security and could cover interior enforcement as well.
As majority leader, he controls the floor schedule of the Senate, and his decision will please many conservatives, who are calling for enforcement first. But it puts him at odds with President Bush and immigration rights advocates, who have said they want action on a broader guest-worker program this year.
His position on tackling enforcement first is similar to former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who says the government must prove to voters that it can enforce immigration laws before Congress turns to a guest-worker plan.
"I think what I'm saying is probably parallel to that," Mr. Frist said. "The understanding of immigration issues will be accelerated by the condition of understanding what border security is about, what internal enforcement is about."
New House Majority Leader Roy Blunt, Missouri Republican, is also leaning in that direction, said his spokeswoman, Burson Taylor.
"Mr. Blunt's focus with respect to the immigration question is securing the border and enforcing the immigration laws we have on the books," she said, adding that it's the top issue on Republican constituents' minds. "Mr. Blunt was in 10 districts in August, and whether it was in Michigan or Georgia or his own district in Missouri, it is the number one issue."
Several guest-worker plans are circulating in the Senate, and Mr. Frist said Congress eventually will have to address the overall issue of foreign workers and illegal aliens now here, although he is not backing a proposal. However, he did say he's "opposed to amnesty."
Mr. Frist toured the border with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Republican, and Lynne Underdown, chief of the Rio Grande Valley sector of the U.S. Border Patrol. He said that from the helicopter, he could see the worn paths that illegal aliens have made to the shallowest crossings of the Rio Grande.
"It is a torrential flow of aliens coming across the border that have little difficulty in entering this country and staying illegally," he said.
 
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This guy Frist is goin to be a pain in the rear, till he gets subpeoned for another 100 cases. he is trying to divert people's attention from himself to issues of illegal immi to please the far right.

Remember guys, Frist is considered a top guy to potential run for President in 2008. No mean slouth this.
 
I told you guys...the more you contact Senators...the more our Bill will be delayed...

I am now confident....that Immigration Bill will not be of much concern....as

1....we can keep extending our H1s indefinitely...so why so do people want GC......let them wait....what is bothering?
2.....Border crossing.....I think they do not have a proper fence and enough support to catch those guys entering illegally smuggling drugs....so we have to pay for...but extending our H1s, AP, EAD for couple of years more...
2. Jobs going out.....and outsourcing and jobs taken by immigrants....is the main problem for the Senators....because they have to answer the voters...

What would you and I do ....in these situations...just keep quiet

So let us digest these factors...adn enjoy the weekend.....and wait for no change.
 
I don't think so. I think the 'budget' bill, the one that our cause should be attached to seems to be independent from the pro illegal aliens bill, such as the S.1033.

We've seen the news weeks ago that Hayworth and other US senators wisely requested a halt in any immigration reform until existing laws are enforced. Think about, how could such S.1033 bill be even considered with no real border security and allowing illegal aliens to come to the US and keep attending public resources, living here, etc ? Can you imagine the flood of illegal aliens coming here, establishing here for several months hunting for a job knowing that they would get a work permit then ? That would be a total chaos.
This is a reason I keep saying, let's not focus in any particular bill that favors illegal aliens, because chances of getting rejected are increasing.



To my understanding,

nato said:
Looks like this may be the person to email to and clarify it is not the illegal people but the doctors, engineers who suffer and have to go back to their countries, the immigration bill is likely to be low on priority as below. don't know but someone can lookup and post the phones,fax,email for him and then bombard his office with phones, email etc.

http://www.immigration-law.com

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said yesterday that the Senate will tackle border security and interior immigration enforcement before turning to the broader question of immigration reforms and a guest-worker program.
"It is a separate issue, but it's one that people understand," the Tennessee Republican said of border security. "It's an immediate issue, it needs to be addressed more aggressively, we need to do that."
Speaking with The Washington Times by telephone after a helicopter tour yesterday of 300 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, Mr. Frist said he does not know whether an immigration bill can pass this year because of a heavy workload, but the Senate will pass a bill before adjourning next year.
He said the next immigration bill should address border security and could cover interior enforcement as well.
As majority leader, he controls the floor schedule of the Senate, and his decision will please many conservatives, who are calling for enforcement first. But it puts him at odds with President Bush and immigration rights advocates, who have said they want action on a broader guest-worker program this year.
His position on tackling enforcement first is similar to former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who says the government must prove to voters that it can enforce immigration laws before Congress turns to a guest-worker plan.
"I think what I'm saying is probably parallel to that," Mr. Frist said. "The understanding of immigration issues will be accelerated by the condition of understanding what border security is about, what internal enforcement is about."
New House Majority Leader Roy Blunt, Missouri Republican, is also leaning in that direction, said his spokeswoman, Burson Taylor.
"Mr. Blunt's focus with respect to the immigration question is securing the border and enforcing the immigration laws we have on the books," she said, adding that it's the top issue on Republican constituents' minds. "Mr. Blunt was in 10 districts in August, and whether it was in Michigan or Georgia or his own district in Missouri, it is the number one issue."
Several guest-worker plans are circulating in the Senate, and Mr. Frist said Congress eventually will have to address the overall issue of foreign workers and illegal aliens now here, although he is not backing a proposal. However, he did say he's "opposed to amnesty."
Mr. Frist toured the border with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Republican, and Lynne Underdown, chief of the Rio Grande Valley sector of the U.S. Border Patrol. He said that from the helicopter, he could see the worn paths that illegal aliens have made to the shallowest crossings of the Rio Grande.
"It is a torrential flow of aliens coming across the border that have little difficulty in entering this country and staying illegally," he said.
 
FOCUS on the issue NOT the bills

I agree.
We need to focus on the issues and not on any particular bill.
One good example the Schedule Workers. This was tackled by not passing a new immigration bill but by attaching it another unrelated bill and signing it into law !

We have hope with the budget bill for the same to happen. Even if you get them to not count the spouses and Kids towards the cap then we have achieved something.

Let us keep the pressure. Lets fax the budget committee folks and talk with their immigration heads in their offices .
 
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