Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Introduced in the Senate 01/25/2011
 

* Yesterday, the Majority Leader, Senator Harry Reid, introduced S.6 bill in the Senate to reform America's broken immigration system, co-sponsored by nine other Senators. This is one of the ten bills he placed in the Senate's priority agenda for the 112th Congress. This has a long way to go ahead, but it symbolizes the Senate Democrats' plan to initiate debate on this key issue. Please stay tuned to this web site for the development of this legislation.
* Text of S.6:
o Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
o SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
+ This Act may be cited as the ``Reform America's Broken Immigration System Act''.
o SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE SENATE.
o It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should--
+ (1) fulfill and strengthen our Nation's commitments regarding border security;
+ (2) pass legislation to support our national and economic security, such as the DREAM Act, which would allow students who came to America before turning 16 to earn citizenship by attending college or joining the armed forces, and AgJobs, which would help to ensure a stable and legal agricultural workforce and protect the sustainability of the American agricultural industry;
+ (3) implement a rational legal immigration system to ensure that the best and brightest minds of the world can come to the United States and create jobs for Americans while, at the same time, safeguarding the rights and wages of American workers;
+ (4) require all United States workers to obtain secure, tamper-proof identification to prevent employers from hiring people here illegally, and toughen penalties on employers who break labor and immigration laws;
+ (5) hold people accountable who are currently here illegally by requiring them to either earn legal status through a series of penalties, sanctions, and requirements, or face immediate deportation; and
+ (6) adopt practical and fair immigration reforms to help ensure that families are able to be together.

http://immigration-law.com/

Re: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Introduced in the Senate 01/25/2011
 

All 9 cosponsors are democrats. It won't go anywhere unless Reid gets at least a couple of GOP cosponsors. And by some miracle if it passes the Senate, it's nearly impossible to go through the Tea Party house. Looks like Reid just harvested a brand new political carrot for the hispanic voters.

Cosponsors:

Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Barbara Boxer [D-CA]
Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
John Kerry [D-MA]
Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]
Patrick Leahy [D-VT]

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s112-6

Re: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Introduced in the Senate 01/25/2011
 

rollercoaster....oooh hoo hoo hoo...

Re: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Introduced in the Senate 01/25/2011
 

I think we got this. Senate's bill is a easy pass though.

Obama has done his magic last night in SOTU. I think it will get passed in Houston with a strong border security measure.

Re: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Introduced in the Senate 01/25/2011
 

Nothing is Imposible, but I would still say we are still far away to make it reality.

Re: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Introduced in the Senate 01/25/2011
 

WHY do you say that it needs to passssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

Re: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Introduced in the Senate 01/25/2011
 

S.T.F.U

Re: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Introduced in the Senate 01/25/2011
 

......^+1

Re: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Introduced in the Senate 01/25/2011
 

S.6 is not an actual CIR bill

S.6 is just a bill holder. you know, just in case CIR is introduced, then CIR could be named S.6

If you look back, in 2009, Reid also introduced a bill holder for CIR. It's S.5 or S.4, i totally forgot.

Re: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Introduced in the Senate 01/25/2011
 

Its in Thomas.gov already.