Sensenbrenner to Lead House Immigration Panel

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/20...005-immigrati/

man who wrote House Republicans’ controversial 2005 immigration crackdown bill, was installed Friday as chairman of the immigration subcommittee, in a move likely to cheer conservatives and enrage immigrant-rights advocates.

The Wisconsin Republican drove many of the immigration changes after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, including pushing through the REAL ID act to tighten restrictions on driver’s licenses.

conservatives and enrage immigrant-rights advocates.

The Wisconsin Republican drove many of the immigration changes after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, including pushing through the REAL ID act to tighten restrictions on driver’s licenses.


But his biggest effort was the 2005 immigration bill that called for new border fencing, required companies to use E-Verify to make sure their employees were legal, and — most controversially — created a criminal penalty for being in the U.S. without authorization. Currently, illegal presence is only a civil offense — although jumping the border is a crime.

The “Sensenbrenner Bill,” as it became known, cleared the House on a bipartisan 239-182 vote. But it collided with the Senate, where lawmakers in both parties were moving the other direction to try to legalize illegal immigrants.


After the House vote Mr. Sensenbrenner’s name became a rallying cry for immigrant-rights advocates, sparking massive protests in the spring of 2006. Those culminated in a series of May 1 “Day without immigrants,” rallies that drew hundreds of thousands in cities across the country — including 500,000 in Los Angeles alone.

“He’s got quite a track record,” said Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice, a leading advocacy group. “His anti-immigrant bill, which bore his name, led to the biggest protests in modern American history. It will tough for him to top that but, given the propensity for GOP overreach, I’m guessing he will.”


On the right, Mr. Sensenbrenner’s 2005 bill spawned the Minuteman movement — citizens who traveled to the southwest border to help Border Patrol agents spot illegal immigrants attempting to sneak in.

And late in 2006, President George W. Bush signed the Secure Fence Act, enacting into law the gist of Mr. Sensenbrenner’s border security plans.

Mr. Sensenbrenner’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on his new chairmanship.

Among his other proposals on immigration were expanding the number of high-tech guest-workers, limiting the agriculture guest-worker program and changing the law so illegal immigrants aren’t counted when seats in Congress are divvied up.


He has also been critical of the Obama administration’s relaxed enforcement against illegal immigrants, saying it encouraged the new wave of border-jumpers over the last three years.

So what does this mean to us?

oh god... not this guy....

More enforcement, less reprieve.

Probably the biggest take away from this guy.

What does the house immigration panel do? If they write bills then they will be responsible for writing the actual details of their enforcement bill. If they don't include something for DACA during their panel, I'm sure democrats would try to attach it before it goes up for a vote. An enforcement only bill with nothing for DACA is probably not going to pass either. This guy's role in this panel will be to recommend only enforcement and recommended against any and all relief including no DACA relief. But like I said, any bill from this panel with no protection for at least DREAMers is unlikely to pass.

Wait


criminal penalty for being in the U.S. without authorization


What the heck

I believe the article got the committee wrong. It's the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations that he will lead, not the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

So he was kobach-ed lol

That was last session. They just announced on Friday, so he chairs the immigration subcommittee.

https://judiciary.house.gov/press-re...15th-congress/

The committee does not write the bills. They approve the bills that are to be voted on. A congressperson can write and sponsor any bill they like, but if the chairman of that committee does not like it, it will never get a vote and will "die in committee".