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Check out the whole clip and a story at CBNnews.

Now HERE is a bit of news I was happy to see tonight, from the House Immigration Reform Causus press release

Washington D.C. — Immigration Reform Caucus Chairman Brian Bilbray (R-CA) joined Congressman Peter T. King (R-NY), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, to unveil two new border security and immigration initiatives—a comprehensive border security and immigration reform bill as well as a resolution calling for full enforcement of all current immigration laws.  The two new measures represent a strong ‘Security First-No Amnesty’ alternative to the Kennedy-Bush Senate Amnesty bill.
“We decided to take action today rather than wait for the Senate to pass an amnesty bill the American people clearly do not want,” Bilbray said.  “There is no reason why Congress shouldn’t take immediate action to secure our borders, strengthen our immigration laws, implement true interior enforcement and establish a working employer verification system.”

This sounds promising.  It’s… it’s…. almost like somebody was listening.  We’ve heard Bush, Reid, Kennedy, and Lott whining and complaining about the out of control bloggers and talkshow hosts, all the bigots and hispanophobes, all the nativists in the way of “true immigration reform.  And all the while over in the House, men like Tancredo, Bilbray, and King have been working on something that sounds a lot closer to what we need.

“First and foremost, we must gain control of our borders, and the Senate bill fails to do this,” King said.  “Furthermore, against the wishes of the American people, the Senate bill would provide almost immediate amnesty for an estimated 12 million illegal aliens here in the United States.  These are serious issues that would only serve to weaken the security of our country.”
“The immigration status quo is intolerable.  Not because our immigration laws are broken, but because they are not vigorously enforced,” Smith said.  “Immigration enforcement has failed primarily because Administrations for 20 years have not enforced sanctions on employers who hire illegal immigrants.  Our resolution calls on the Administration to enforce employer sanctions systematically, not just sporadically.”

I think they mean that 3300 arrests per year in employer crack-downs doesn’t make it when there are 12 million here, ya think?

Bilbray added, “The practice of rewarding illegal behavior and ignoring current immigration laws must come to an end.  No one believes that you can grant an amnesty first and enforce the law second.  What part of illegal is hard to understand?”

He sounds like one of those blogger fellows, doesn’t he?  And he calls Mr Bush out as well

“The Administration claims we have a de facto amnesty now,” said Smith. “That’s true and it’s the result of the Administration’s own lack of determination to enforce the law.  We don’t need amnesty to enforce current law; we need to enforce the law to eliminate the need for amnesty.” 

You can read more, and keep track of these guys at the Immigration Reform Caucus website.   And you’ll find these two names on the membership list, Congressman Bill Sali (R-ID) and Congressman Michael Simpson (R-ID).  Good job gentlemen.