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Point System in Immigration Bill Survives Near Miss from Obama
The point system we've discussed at length here on MoJoBlog almost suffered the same fate as the guest worker program. Late last night, Barack Obama introduced an amendment to sunset the problematic point system after five years instead of the current 14, a move that infuriated the bill's sponsors and never quite mustered the support to pass. So in a 55-42 vote, the point system that will radically change the face of America's immigrant population remains as is.
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Given that they've buried REAL ID (show me your papers) bullshit in the bill, which would amount to one more step towards a police state, I would not weep over the demise of this particular bill.
Posted by: gvc on 06/07/07 at 1:24 PM
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The point is moot now. Senator Harry Reid is pulling the Bill to move on to other things because he can't get cloture. The Democrats voted to limit debate to move on for a vote, but the Republicans wanted more time.
Posted by: Heard on the Street on 06/07/07 at 11:42 AM