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The Buzz on Immigration Reform On March 27, 2006, the Senate Judiciary Committee completed reviewing what is a bipartisan immigration reform bill that helps immigrants and illegal aliens. Committee members worked a comprehensive proposed law that addresses fundamental aspects of immigration law. Importantly, the final proposed law, the Committee was finally able to come to agreement on a realistic, workable path to permanent legal status for the current undocumented population. Again, immigration debate began Wednesday (3/29) on the Senate floor. The Frist bill is the starting point of debate, but Specter will offer the Judiciary Committee bill Thursday (3/30) as a substitute amendment. There will be NO VOTES on procedural issues nor on the overall bills this week. The debate will continue until next week, without any votes on the bills overall. Changes can and will be offered and some will be voted on, but many may wait until the end of debate next week. The current belief is that amendments will be based on the Specter bill, not the Frist bill, but that could change. At this point, it may be possible to win votes on Specter. If won, then the Specter bill, as amended on the Senate floor, would be the bill that could go to conference with the House Sensenbrenner bill (HR 4437). It is uncertain, given all the recent momentum and White House involvement, whether the House would want to go to conference with a Specter/Senate bill, or whether the House would end with a standoff. What this all means is that immigration law is the subject of much debate and review both in the eyes of the public and in Congress. The more favorable proposed laws would help illegal aliens gain the right to work. The less favorable would make illegal aliens criminals. Although the President of the United States has been pushing his agenda of “guest worker program,” what he says on television is not going to be the law. The law as proposed by Sensenbrenner would make immigration much tougher. The law as proposed by Specter would make immigration laws easier on immigrants. There are many provisions to each bill, we will have to wait to see what happens. By: Sanjay S. Mathur Attorney at Law |
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