Senate Welcomes Return of Illegal Immigration Reform Bill After a year of delay on S. 392, the House finally acts
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
THE SENATE
For Immediate Release
January 31, 2008
Senate Welcomes Return of Illegal Immigration Reform Bill After a year of delay on S. 392, the House finally acts
Columbia, SC – The South Carolina Senate is encouraged by news that the House has acted on the Illegal Immigration Reform bill (S. 392) sent to the House in March of 2007. The Senate will take action to address any amendments made by the House to ensure the integrity of the bill stands and that the House has not weakened the bill.
“The House, which has been referred to as a legislative race track, has been sitting in the pits on illegal immigration while the Senate has been waiting to cross the finish line,” says State Senate President Pro Tempore, Glenn McConnell. “We look forward to working together on this issue to win the race for the citizens of South Carolina.”
Senator McConnell, who is deeply concerned about the effects illegal immigration is having on South Carolina, has worked diligently in conjunction with the other members of the Senate to craft a series of bills addressing illegal immigration in South Carolina.
The House passed S. 392 on the day the Senate passed a call for a Constitutional Convention on illegal immigration and a week after the Senate passed the English-only bill – two important parts of the Senate’s illegal immigration package.
“The people of South Carolina cannot afford the same delays that the House gave comprehensive illegal immigration reform last year to spill over to the English-only legislation and the call for a Constitutional Convention. For every day the House waits, these issues only get bigger and more expensive,” states Senator McConnell.
Senator McConnell also responded to a press release from the Speaker of the House that the House was sending two immigration bills to the Senate out of fear that the bills may die in the Senate. McConnell also sought to understand why the House Judiciary Committee adjourned debate on a bill that would require state agencies to perform its official functions in English-only.
Senator McConnell says, “I think the Speaker’s concerns are misplaced. He should be more concerned with the members of his own House and his appointees to the Judiciary Committee than with the Senate. The House Judiciary Committee delayed action on illegal immigration for nearly a year. They have now delayed consideration of English-Only legislation. The time for delay has long since passed.
Now is the time for decisive action from decisive leaders.”
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President Pro Tempore McConnell said that the members of the Senate look forward to quickly working with the House on the issues of illegal immigration reform.
The Senate’s Illegal Immigration Reform Bill is a culmination of six-months of work preformed by a Senate subcommittee, chaired by Senator Jim Ritchie (R- 13), Majority Whip.
McConnell says that by working together, the House and the Senate can pass a comprehensive illegal immigration reform package and send it to the Governor’s desk.
For more information about the Senate’s Illegal Immigration Reform bill, please contact Douglas Ford at 803-212-6295 or douglasford@scsenate.org ###
Douglas Ford
Majority Communications Director
South Carolina Senate
803.212.6295 – office
douglasford@scsenate.org
if after election of new president, and Illegal Immigation Reform bill returns to the senate and this time passes, will they start first buy processing the spouses of U.S.citizens that are in mexico to reunit with there familys……or will it be up to the senate congress in washingtion to decide this matter…..reply if possible thanks…..
The senate congress must decide.But some confusion make the problem difficult.Some peoples cames legaly toUSA over stay(15to20years) work pay taxes(10to15years) don’t have any criminal record get a chance to be legal. Those peoples are different ,than those crossing border.In ,IRS and SSA recent report illegal immigrant pay billions dollars.I think those taxes payer must be processing first.If those taxes payer help USA why USA don’t help them.Peoples work illegaly pay taxes and those don’t work don’t pay taxes don’t go to school ,who’s help USA and who’s better?
The senate congress must decide.But some confusion make the problem diffcult.Some peoples cames legaly over stay(15to20years),work pay taxes (10to15years) don’t have any criminal record must get a chance to be le gal.Those peoples are different than those crossing border.In ,IRS and SSA recent,report, illegal immigrant pay billions dollars.I think those taxes payer must be processing first.If those taxes payer help USA why USA don’t help them.Peoples work illegaly pay taxes and those don’t work don’t go to school don’t pay taxes,who’s help USA and who’s better?