H.R.1645 Summary, Co-Sponsors, Full Text (Flake, Gutierrez, HR1645, STRIVE Act)

The official summary of the Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy ("STRIVE Act", aka HR1645, aka H.R. 1645, aka HR 1645, aka the "Flake-Gutierrez Massive Illegal Alien Amnesty of 2007") is here. The full text and other details are available here. It includes both the anti-American DREAM Act and the AgJobs farmworker amnesty.

The current list of co-sponsors is like a veritable garden of idiots:

* Joe Baca (CA) (linked to Armando Navarro
* Xavier Becerra (CA)
* Dennis Cardoza (CA)
* Joseph Crowley (NY)
* Henry Cuellar (TX)
* Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL)
* Mario Diaz-Balart (FL)
* Rahm Emanuel (IL)
* Luis Fortuno (PR)
* Gabrielle Giffords (AZ)
* Charles Gonzalez (TX)
* Raul Grijalva (AZ)
* Ruben Hinojosa (TX)
* Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX)
* Ray LaHood (IL)
* Grace Napolitano (CA)
* Solomon Ortiz (TX)
* Ed Pastor (AZ)
* George Radanovich (CA)
* Silvestre Reyes (TX)
* Ciro Rodriguez (TX)
* Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL)
* Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA)
* John Salazar (CO)
* Janice Schakowsky (IL)
* Jose Serrano (NY)
* Albio Sires (NJ)
* Hilda Solis (CA)

Out of those 28 alleged representatives, 21 of them (75%) are of Hispanic origin, with most of those being of Mexican descent.

Note that neither Loretta Sanchez (border subcommittee) nor Zoe Lofgren (immigration subcommittee) have signed on.

Immigration2007a · Sat, 03/24/2007 - 09:44 · · Importance: 1