Frist: Border Security Only Immigration Issue To Be Addressed Before Elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional leaders are giving up on broad immigration legislation that would legalize millions of illegal immigrants and instead will concentrate on border security ahead of the elections, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Wednesday.
"I think it would be next to impossible to pass a comprehensive bill that includes dealing with the diversity of 12 million people here in the next three weeks," the Tennessee Republican told reporters.
Part of me wants to think of this as a good thing. After all, no guest worker program or amnesty for illegal immigrants already in the country is a good thing for those of us in favor of enforcing our immigration laws right? And Frist says Congress will still address a permanent solution for border security, to there will be progress regardless.
But another part of me thinks that the Republicans are probably just putting off the guest worker/amnesty thing until after the elections when they can safely pass it without having to worry about being held accountable for it in an election right afterward.












