Illegal Immigration Watch: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist – Less than Even Odds for Immigration Reform Bill Prior to Fall Elections
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) (L) and U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow (R) attend a news conference on May 11, 2006. Frist on Friday gave less than even odds that Congress would pass an immigration law overhaul before the November congressional elections.
Reuters: US immigration overhaul given less than even odds
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on Friday gave less than even odds that Congress would pass an immigration law overhaul before the November congressional elections.
The Tennessee Republican said that election year politics and lack of movement by the House of Representatives toward a comprehensive approach sought by the Senate and President George W. Bush complicate negotiations for final legislation and that odds for a bill this year were “less than 50-50, realistically.”
But, will the President and Senate budget for increased border enforcement?
Somewhat……
The next President and Congress will have to deal with immigration reform. But, we might get a little more border enforcement/control out of the Bush administration – perhaps.
A US Border Patrol officer patrols the fence at the US-Mexico border near Nogales, Arizona.
Stay tuned……
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