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GOP Sens. Marco Rubio, Jon Kyl, Kay Bailey Hutchison crafting own DREAM Act bills - 03/27/12
... and hopefully very soon."
Sens. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) are also working on a bill, although its details are being kept secret, according to congressional sources. Senate sources expect it to be unveiled after GOP front-runner Mitt Romney has clinched the presidential nomination.
(In a March 2012 interview with Geraldo Rivera, Rubio said:) "I do think there is...
Senators: ICE doing selective enforcement, not asking for more resources - 10/27/10
... Signers: John Cornyn, Jeff Sessions, Jon Kyl, Orrin Hatch, Chuck Grassley, Lindsey Graham, and Tom Coburn
Jon Kyl praised judges Susan Bolton (Arizona case), Mary Murguia in 2000 - 07/29/10
... business publication, senator Jon Kyl not only praised Judge Susan Bolton - she of yesterday's decision that gutted the new Arizona immigration law - but Mary Murguia, the sister of Janet Murguia of the National Council of La Raza. Bolton was also apparently recommended by Kyl (judgepedia.org/index.php/Susan_Bolton).
In 2000, Kyl wrote this:
"We ought to vote on judgeships based on merit, not...
Kyl: Obama says he won't secure the border without comprehensive immigration reform (UPDATE: backtracks?) - 06/20/10
... peekURL.com/v6robbv ) has Senator Jon Kyl making this shocking claim about a private meeting he had with Barack Obama:
"Here's what the president said. The problem is, he said, if we secure the border, then you all won’t have any reason to support comprehensive immigration reform. In other words, they’re holding it hostage. They don’t want to secure the border unless and until it is combined...
Senators complain about DHS plan to reduce Border Patrol agents on southern border - 10/10/09
A group of senators - mostly of the "secure the border first, then amnesty" variety - have sent a letter to Janet Napolitano of the Department of Homeland Security complaining about her plan to reduce the number of Border Patrol agents on the Mexican border. The letter is at [1], excerpted below:
White House immigration meeting of amnesty all-stars: Obama, McCain, Graham, Cornyn, Gutierrez - 06/26/09
Yesterday, Barack Obama met with various members of Congress to discuss comprehensive immigration reform. His remarks are at [1], a list of attendees is at [2], and some quotes from attendees is at [3]. Nothing very important appears to have happened or been said. Note also that before the meeting, Rahm Emanuel said, "If the votes were there [for amnesty], you wouldn't need to have the meeting....
"National Council for a New America": new GOP, same old amnesty? (Jeb, McCain, Romney) - 04/29/09
... amnesty plans: Mike Pence and Jon Kyl.
Per Ben Smith, Sarah Palin was invited and hasn't replied yet; Newt Gingrich and Michael Steele were ruled out due to heading a 527 and a party respectively.
UPDATE: The full text of the letter they sent out is below. Other signatories are Cathy McMorris Rodgers, John Carter, Pete Sessions, David Dreier, Kevin McCarthy, Roy Blunt, John Cornyn (the other...
Senate illegal immigration amnesty: cloture or defeat. And: what you can do. - 06/06/07
... signed a letter urging Senator Jon Kyl to back off the bill.
Monkey Boy goes to Washington.
There's an apparent list of non-committal Senators here: robertbluey.com/blog/2007/06/06/amnesty-opponents-making-progress-in-senate
Senate immigration amnesty bill: the supporters - 05/21/07
... the closed-door sessions, Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, wrote a column for the Arizona Republic newspaper yesterday saying he won't support the bill if major changes are made during the floor debate... "If the consensus we reach is not accurately reflected in the final legislative language, or is seriously undercut by amendments in the Senate or House, it will lose support, including from me," he...
NRO on Graf/Hayworth election results myth - 11/17/06
... York...
...Even in Arizona, Sen. Jon Kyl, who voted against the open-borders bill, beat a Democratic candidate who supported it. Arizona voters also approved, by wide margins, three ballot measures cracking down on illegal immigration, plus one declaring English the state’s official language...
...A final piece of mythology concerns the Hispanic vote. Exit polling found that 30 percent of...
Suzanne Gamboa/AP on immigration ads - 08/30/06
... Internet-only ad 'Secure'.
And:
Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., has an ad on his re-election campaign Web site praising his anti-terrorism work. The ad includes an image of him standing in the desert near two white SUVs, similar to those used by the Border Patrol. Critics say the scene looks like the U.S.-Mexican border.
Has anyone besides some unknown leftie at TPMCafe even discussed that ad? If one...
"Sens. Cornyn, Kyl Prepare Massive Guestworker Plan" - 05/27/05
... attended by John Cornyn (R-TX) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ). Those two worthies are preparing their own massive guest worker plan/amnesty (not to be confused with the McCain-Kennedy Open Borders, Open Wallets bill.)
According to Egan the meeting was one-sided in favor of Open Borders types:
...Deputy labor secretary Stephen Law proposed a wide-open foreign worker program, for every sector of the U.S....
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