European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 s to r and stripes Page 17 opinion ii Congress has walked away from the problem and left the broken immigration system for someone else to f f Miami Herald editorial failure Borders on dereliction of duty Miami Herald editorial the senates decision to slam the door shut on immigration Reform thursday represents an enormous failure that Borders on dereliction of Congress has walked away from the problem and left the broken immigration system for someone else to All because the Peoples elected representatives could not Muster the courage or political will to Deal with a controversial the Only real Issue before the Senate was whether the Reform legislation improves the chaotic status which is rightly deemed unacceptable by both advocates and opponents of immigration but instead of voting on the merits of the the Senate by a margin of members voted against limiting this stalling tactic opens the door to an endless Stream of amendments and could have postponed a final vote on the merits until this was not the senates finest As Edward lamented the failure to act carries a High instead of establishing path ways to Legal status for an estimated 12 Mil lion immigrants who live in the there will be More immigration raids that terrorize businesses and immigrant comm state and local governments will continue adding to the volume of conflicting ordinances that characterize our Patchwork system of immigration for president who sought to make immigration Reform his crowning Domestic this represents a severe set although he had lobbied hard for the Bill and even threw an extra billion into the enforcement pot to revive debate earlier this 37 senators from his own party including the two from his Home state of Texas voted against curtailing for opponents of the immigration this is a hollow they cannot claim to have solved the immigration problem be cause they never offered solutions other than building fences and demanding Large scale immigration the former wont work not for people find ways around or under mass deportations Arent a so it sounds president Bush said on an april visit to the Border re Gion in it wont As Senate majority Leader Harry immigration re form will be Back on the legislative its just a matter of like the epic Strug Gle against segregation that ended with the passage of civil rights it May take a few years and a few stumbles to get to the finish but this Issue is too important to remain is a controversial and is a matter of simple a merciful ending to flawed legislation Philadelphia inquirer editorial sometimes the Only thing you can do for a badly wounded animal is put it any disappointment in the senates inability to pass immigration Reform must be tempered by an acknowledgement that the Bill had become so mangled that it needed to be put out of its no one was totally Happy with the often that is a sign of fruitful but this proposal so compromised Princi Ples on both sides of the argument that in the end few had the stomach to keep fight both democrats and republicans were opposing the Bill when a procedural vote ended the fiasco the vote sent a Clear message to president who personally lobbied for the that his Low poll ratings have made him a paper Tiger in his own conservatives kept harping about the need to make americas Border with Mexico More the dead Bill would have done it included not Only increasing the Bor Der but also adding fencing and elec tronic surveillance at key the stickier Point that still has most americans scratching their Heads is what to do with the 12 million or More people who have entered this nation the Defeated Bill included a path to Citi but it was decried by critics As granting that was hardly the unless you deem anything Short of deportation As the Bill called for fees and other Steps before eligible people could apply first for Legal residency and then for its not amnesty when you have to pay a Fine for what you but the path had for it treated All illegal residents the same an earlier version made proper distinctions Between new arrivals and those who had lived and worked in this country for what happens next is a immigration will Likely be a hot topic in the 2008 elec some Steps Are proceeding to make Borders More immigration officials Are making More raids to catch undocumented but not enough is being done to Sanction the mat hire and often exploit America must find the will to balance its immigration concerns and its statue of lib erty both to efforts defeat deals blow to All americans Orlando Sentinel editorial the Senate came to a contentious dead end on the Issue of immigration Reform its a fail ure that will be Felt Way beyond the Borders of americans lost big they can thank a group of republicans and a hand Ful of democrats who cried amnesty with out offering reasonable these naysayers got their wish by Torp doing a vote that would have ended the debate and moved the Bill toward guess what the Bill included a Bil lion provision for increased Border Securi its a cruel irony that these lawmakers voted to make our Borders less the winners How about unscrupulous employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants this Bills failure lets them off the there would have been much stronger rules requiring employee Verinica tamper proof cards would have helped Weed out undocumented workers and opened up the Job Market for citizens who claim they Are deprived of jobs that go to illegal rejecting the Bill also closed doors for american companies who need High tech workers who would come Here under a temporary work now High tech companies that cant find enough qualified workers Here will Send the work hurting the american the Bills failure also makes it More difficult for Law since an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants will re main although the majority of them Are la abiding there is a Crimi Nal element that will continue to live Here with Little fear of being discovered by a thorough immigration this Bill want but it was a com Promise that offered something to both sides of the immigration no body gets a and the Saddest part is that immigration Reform will remain in Legal limbo for two More years because of the 2008 election season coming All that left Are the hard feelings from a bitter debate that too often vilified people with principled immigration now becomes the focus of advocacy groups intent to make senators who opposed this Bill accountable at the As Well they should expect a backlash from the expanding universe of hispanic but All americans had an interest in seeing this Issue the scorecard reads 37 republicans and is democrats and one Independent voting against the to their Florida Mel Martinez and Bill Nelson voted for the they understood the bipartisan strength it would take to hold the Bill As Martinez the Burden shifts to oth ers to see what solutions they will they had a workable answer in their and 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