Most people across America believe the House bill has gone way too far in charging so many people who are in the United States with such a serious crime. On the floor it has been said by the Senator from Arizona that there was an effort to reduce that penalty to a misdemeanor on the floor of the House and that unfortunately the Democrats did not support that effort. It is true that 190 Democrats did not support that effort because they do not favor a criminal penalty for those who are here in an undocumented status. So ultimately the majority party in the House. the Republican Party. prevailed and the bill came to us with an aggravated felony as a charge against those who are here undocumented and those who help them. What it means in the real world is that people of faith who are volunteers at soup kitchens or shelters for homeless people and those who are victims of domestic violence. volunteers who help children of the undocumented. tutoring them for classes. helping them in their lives. coaching their teams. nurses who provide volunteer assistance at clinics that treat the undocumented in the city of Chicago and around the United States. would be subject to a felony charge under the Sensenbrenner bill. Senator SPECTER came to the Senate Judiciary Committee and offered an alternative. His alternative reduced the criminal charge to a misdemeanor.
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