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Anti-Immigrant Bill Attached to War Spending Bill Last week House Democrats criticized the tactics that
attached anti-immigration provisions to the Iraq Supplemental spending bill.
The REAL ID Act’s immigration language contained many provisions that
were rejected when Congress passed the bi-partisan 9/11 reform bill last year.
By adding the Sensenbrenner immigration bill to the Iraq spending
measure, the combined bill will proceed to the Senate.
Republicans in the House of Representatives, with support
of the Bush administration, approved the Sensenbrenner provisions last month,
which would reduce the rights of documented immigrants, allowed for expedited
deportation and permit immigrants to be to be deported to countries no matter
their punishment practices. While the White House supports the bill, it still faces
stiff opposition in the Senate. Many
Senators are upset that the REAL ID provisions have never been the subject of
hearings and that the measures are harsh and would not result in a more secure
immigration system. By
attaching the border security measure to the emergency war spending package, the
House ensured the Senate will address it when House and Senate negotiators meet
to write a final version of the legislation.
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