We passed it 68 to 22. I think it would have been a dramatic improvement over the current laws or lack of laws in America. The House of Representatives refused to call it up. wouldnt even bring the matter before its committees. and never had a debate on any immigration issue in the 212 years since. They missed an opportunity. an opportunity to do something important and a rare opportunity where Democrats and Republicans happened to agree on a solution. That is hard to come by in this place. This bill would have strengthened border security. cracked down on illegal immigration. protected American workers. and established a tough but fair path for 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country who are currently living here. and it gave them a path to legal status. They would pay their taxes. pay their fines. go through a criminal background check. and then they would be eligiblenot before then. Democrats were in the majority of the Senate at that moment.
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