Thursday, June 27, 2013

AMNESTY CLEARS SENATE 68-32 VOTE

The Senate, in a 68-32 vote, passes immigration bill that would legalize millions of illegal immigrants while boosting border security, sending the bill to the House where it faces an uncertain fate. (Fox News)

Senate Gallery Spectators Chant 'Yes We Can, Yes We Can'...
BOEHNER: Immigration bill D.O.A. in House...
Riddled with pork...
BORDER AGENTS ASK PUBLIC, LAWMAKERS TO OPPOSE BILL...
BILL 'ALLOWS CRIMINAL ILLEGALS SAFE HARBOR'...

68 Senators Vote to Create Incentive for Employers to Hire Amnestied Immigrants Over U.S. Citizens - John McCormack/Weekly Standard

As The New Republic, Investors' Business Daily, and the Washington Examiner have all reported, this problem certainly does exist, and the bill was never amended to fix the problem before it was passed by the Senate on a 68-32 vote Thursday afternoon. "[Registered provisional immigrants] are not subject to mandate and the do not count towards an employer's penalty," Sean Neary, communications director for the Senate Finance Committee, told THE WEEKLY STANDARD in an email late Thursday night.