Arlen Specter wants "comprehensive immigration reform" this year

Posted Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 8:57 am
Yesterday Roll Call offered the subscriber-only "Specter to Take Another Stab at Immigration Bill Before Year Ends", which is excerpted here:
After meeting privately with Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) earlier this week, Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said Thursday he is moving forward with plans to resurrect the languishing immigration reform measure before the end of this year.

Specter said the three Senators, at the core of negotiations over the legislation, "decided to make an effort" to spend the next month working to bridge the divide between the House and Senate over the issue. He said the Nov. 7 elections, in which Republicans lost control of both chambers, sent a signal to Congress that voters want immigration reform now, and it is incumbent upon lawmakers to heed that call before the end of the 109th Congress.

"I'd like to do it," Specter said. "We have time."

Specter said he already has talked to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) about his intentions, adding that he expects Frist will discuss the matter with Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) when the two leaders meet later this week. The Judiciary chairman said he is also engaging the White House on the issue...
Sen. Mel Martinez is also on board.

Please contact as many Senators as you can with your thoughts.

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Comments

Fred Dawes (not verified)

Sat, 11/18/2006 - 09:43

read Andrew, "this is the thanks we get for helping to save millions of people from hitlers death camps", ask why? old Arlen specter is nothing but a rat and hates this once great nation and loves the ideals of mexico and the third world evil rulers. buy guns be free.

Andrew (not verified)

Sat, 11/18/2006 - 05:48

I wonder what motivates someone like Arlen Specter

From Joe Guzzardi at VDare:

Capitol Hill friends and confidantes that have attended various Senate Judiciary Committee hearings have told me that on more than one occasion Chairman Arlen Specter has admitted his bias for more immigration comes because his parents were Jewish immigrants. Specter

eh (not verified)

Sat, 11/18/2006 - 05:26

I wonder what motivates someone like Arlen Specter.

Don't know about him in particular, but IMO in many cases it is nothing more than racially sensitive political correctness, especially among politicians.

Fred Dawes (not verified)

Fri, 11/17/2006 - 14:08

arlen mexico city drug dealer specter! has always been on evils side, so don't get mad buy guns.

oh yes check out how much land old arlen has in mexico and red china.

anon (not verified)

Fri, 11/17/2006 - 10:14

Check out this story on immigration:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/longterm/stories/weekendbest.476029f3.html

Hal K (not verified)

Fri, 11/17/2006 - 09:19

"He said the Nov. 7 elections, in which Republicans lost control of both chambers, sent a signal to Congress that voters want immigration reform now"

I know many on the restrictionist side have tried to dispel this notion. The most convincing argument I have read so far is from Pat Buchanan:
http://buchanan.org/blog/?p=551

I wonder what motivates someone like Arlen Specter. What's in it for him besides campaign contributions? Has he just bought into the idea that immigration = economic growth = good?