Mark Pryor and the "Leaky" Border
Senator Mark Pryor complains about a "leaky" border, but fails to explain that he voted against several measures that would have helped seal it.
Senator Mark Pryor complains about a "leaky" border, but fails to explain that he voted against several measures that would have helped seal it.
Amnesty Republicans are searching for a change to the immigration bill -- a fig leaf -- that can be used to defend their votes for amnesty to conservative voters. The RESULTS amendment offered by U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is currently getting the most traction.
If senators oppose this misguided immigration bill, they must deny amnesty supporters the 60 votes needed to begin debate and kill this bill before it sees the light of day. A vote today to begin this debate is a vote for amnesty.
Elected over the past three years, Republican Sens. Rand Paul, Mike Lee and Ted Cruz have had a meteoric impact in Washington, soaring to grassroots stardom, crashing into the Democratic majority and raining down on the old bulls of the Republican Party.
The "Gang of Eight" bill is not immigration reform. It is big government dysfunction. It is an immigration Obamacare. All advocates of true immigration reform -- on the left and the right -- should oppose it.