Senate Agrees To Amnesty For Criminal Illegal Aliens

Here is the story from Reuters. The fix is in on the Senate immigration bill. Now that they have caved in, it will be interesting to see if the House is able to stand their ground. All this Senate bill is, is amnesty plain & simple. It rewards lawbreaking. They might as well give amnesty to every single felon in the US because "they have compassion" and we the people who want the laws enforced are just wacked out. Just go ahead and empty the prisons. There is no point in having laws if you won't enforce them. The other sides logic on this issue is just breathtaking. The one good thing about this from my point of view is that we will soon know all the Republican Senators who support the rule of law and those who don't. I already know how the Democratic Senators are going to vote on this so there's no suspense there.

Michelle Malkin has an excellent roundup here of this debacle.

Hugh Hewitt thinks the compromise bill is going to be a great thing for Bill Frist. Take another sip of that open border kool-aid Hugh. Start painting the map blue Hugh if this horrible bill sees the light of day. We know the details and they ain't pretty. Quit pretending this is a good thing.

I posted this over at California Conservative as well.

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Reuters is now reporting that the so called compromise has fallen apart for the time being. It seems Democrats didn't want to let any amendments be offered by Republicans. This is fine with me. No law is way better than what the Senate is proposing. I have a feeling if no bill gets out of the Senate tomorrow, it's not going to improve the prospects for amnesty two weeks later when the Senators are going to get an earful from their constituents on the two week Easter recess.