But we are willing to work through this. As important as the number of amendments is what happens in conference. no question about that. With the Republicans in the House having passed a bill making all undocumented immigrants felonsfelonswith the House majority leader publicly dismissing the Senates bill. and with the House Judiciary Committee chairman serving as sponsor of the felon provision in the House legislationlisten to what Chairman SENSENBRENNER said on the House floor. Basically. he said the White House originally proposed the idea to criminalize the undocumented status of these people. This is from Chairman SENSENBRENNER: At the administrations request. the base bill makes unlawful presence a crime. such as unlawful entry already Is. This change makes sense. Aliens who have disregarded our laws by overstaying their visas to remain in the United States illegally should be just as culpable as aliens who have broken our laws to enter and remain here illegally. Again. at the administrations request. says Chairman SENSENBRENNER. A few days ago. on April 16. a White House source confirmed this statement in the L.A. Times as being accurate. Does everyone understand why I am a little concerned. a little suspicious? We have the House passing a bill declaring these immigrants as felons. and we are told by the chairman of the House committee that the idea came from the White House. and we have the majority leader in the House saying he doesnt like our bill. So we must have some agreement. and we need it soon. Time is awastin. for lack of a better description.
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