From: Ellen K. 

Missing:  even a single sentence about enforcing existing laws requiring
employers to verify that prospective employees are legally allowed to work
in the U.S....

On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 13:21:36 -0500, "Gary Britt"
 wrote in message :

>
>Now if they would just add the land mines and we would have a real solution
>to the crossing the border problem.
>
>Gary
>GOP mulls ending birthright citizenship
>By Stephen Dinan
>THE WASHINGTON TIMES
>November 4, 2005
>
>House Republicans are looking closely at ending birthright citizenship and
>building a barrier along the entire U.S.-Mexico border as they search for
>solutions to illegal immigration.
>A task force of party leaders and members active on immigration has met
>since the summer to try to figure out where consensus exists, and several
>participants said those two ideas have floated to the top of the list of
>possibilities to be included either in an immigration-enforcement bill later
>this year or in a later comprehensive immigration overhaul.
>"There is a general agreement about the fact that citizenship in this
>country should not be bestowed on people who are the children of folks who
>come into this country illegally," said Rep. Tom Tancredo, Colorado
>Republican, who is participating in the "unity dinners," the group of
>Republicans trying to find consensus on immigration.
>Birthright citizenship, or what critics call "anchor babies,"
means that any
>child born on U.S. soil is granted citizenship, with exceptions for foreign
>diplomats. That attracts illegal aliens, who have children in the United
>States; those children later can sponsor their parents for legal
>immigration.
>
>
>Meanwhile, the idea of a fence or other barrier also is gaining support.
>    At this week's "unity dinner," House Speaker J. Dennis
Hastert, Illinois
>Republican, said he supports a barrier system of fences in some places and
>electronic surveillance or vehicle barriers in others, one participant said.
>    Mr. Hastert's spokesman said the speaker would not talk about the
>private meetings.
>    Border barriers received a big boost yesterday when Rep. Duncan Hunter,
>California Republican and chairman of the Armed Services Committee,
>announced a broad enforcement bill with a fence as its centerpiece.
>    "The fence works," Mr. Hunter said. He led the fight
earlier in this
>Congress to complete a 14-mile section of fence near San Diego, and he and
>other members said the success there gives the idea momentum.
>    "Those who say the fence won't work, frankly, don't have experience with
>fences," said Rep. Geoff Davis, a Kentucky Republican who is supporting Mr.
>Hunter's bill.
>
>http://www.washtimes.com/national/20051103-115741-1048r.htm
>
>Gary
>

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