Senate Rejects 'Security-First' Proposal
This is from the NY Times:
The Senate defeated, 55 to 40, a proposal by Senator Johnny Isakson, Republican of Georgia, that lawmakers demand that border-security measures be in place before beginning a guest-worker program of the kind envisioned by President Bush.
The 55 senators rejected Mr. Isakson's argument that, if the Congress did not act now, it would have to a decade or so from now, and that "instead of 10 million or 12 million, it will be 24 million" illegal immigrants at issue.
Opponents of the Isakson measure (36 Democrats, 18 Republicans and the independent James Jeffords of Vermont) maintained that it would be an obstacle to the kind of comprehensive legislation that is needed.
When you break down the vote, you see that more Republicans favored security 1st and more Democrats favor open borders. The Republican led Senate has screwed things up in America but if the Democrats take over, I believe that they would give all the illegal aliens amnesty and this is unacceptable to me. I'll be watching the Senate votes very closely to see which side has the balls to secure our borders and deny the illegals amnesty.
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