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Speaker Hastert and Senate Majority Leader Frist Joint Statement on Border Security Bill

For those who are just not getting it!
(Washington, D.C.) House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and Senate Majority Leader released the following joint statement regarding the border security bill:

"America is a nation with borders and borders matter. We are a nation of citizens and citizenship matters. We are also a nation of laws and laws matter. We have an important immigrant heritage and honoring that heritage matters.

"In December, the House of Representatives passed a strong border security bill aimed at securing our borders and preventing illegal immigration.

"However, on December 16, 2005, there were 191 House Democrats who voted to oppose House Republican efforts to reduce the crime of unlawful presence in the United States from a felony to a misdemeanor. Instead, they voted to make felons out of all of those who remain in our country illegally.

"While we are disappointed with the House Democrat's lack of compassion and the continued efforts by Senator Reid to block action on immigration legislation so that Congress can proceed to conference, it remains our intent to produce a strong border security bill that will not make unlawful presence in the United States a felony."
So, who is trying to make illegal immigrants into felons? Who is trying to cause division through obstruction? Who is using the illegal immigration debate for their own political gain?

Democrats.

Tags: Politics, border, Homeland Security, MEXICO, Immigration, Illegal Aliens, Border Security, California, GOP, Democrats, Immigrant, MECHA

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