In my mind. there is no doubt that had we moved forward with the compromise that was struck yesterday. it would be a vast improvement over the current system. It would secure the borders. It would provide a rational way to handle the 11 million undocumented aliens. It would provide a rational way to handle the guest worker situation. And it should have gone forward. It has not gone forward because there is political advantage for the Democrats not to have an immigration bill. not to take tough votes. to have the opprobrium of the House bill. which is objected to by the Hispanic population. illustrated by the massive rallies. to have that as the Republican position. Contrasted with what would have happened had the Senate produced a bill which was bipartisan. which was sponsored by Republicans. then the opprobrium. the edge would have been taken from the House bill. So we are going to leave here. by all indications. without having completed action on the immigration bill or without having come to a point where we would have a definitive list of amendments. to have an agreement that on our return from the recess we could. in short order. finish the bill. That is totally unacceptable. Again.
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