SENATE'S CITIZENSHIP PROPOSAL BASHED.Byline: LISA The first personal computer to include integrated software and use a graphical interface. Modeled after the Xerox Star and introduced in 1983 by Apple, it was ahead of its time, but never caught on due to its $10,000 price and slow speed. FRIEDMAN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- House Republicans continued their bare-knuckled bashing of the Senate's proposal to bestow citizenship on millions of illegal immigrants with a hearing Tuesday aimed at exposing flaws in the legislation. From the beginning, even the title of the House Judiciary Committee Judiciary Committee may refer to:
And despite all the trappings of a routine congressional hearing Congressional hearings are the principal formal method by which committees collect and analyze information in the early stages of legislative policymaking. Whether confirmation hearings — a procedure unique to the Senate — legislative, oversight, investigative, or a -- opening statements delivered, witnesses convened and testifying under oath -- both Democrats and Republicans used the session primarily as a platform for political potshots. ``This is simply a well-orchestrated effort to have this Congress recess before the elections without having dealt with one of the most serious national crises,'' said Rep. Howard Berman Howard Lawrence "Howie" Berman (born April 15 1941) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1983, representing the 28th District of California (map). , D-Van Nuys. ``It's a con job on the American people.'' The Senate earlier this year passed sweeping legislation that would enhance border security while also devising a system to legalize le·gal·ize tr.v. le·gal·ized, le·gal·iz·ing, le·gal·iz·es To make legal or lawful; authorize or sanction by law. le an estimated 11 million undocumented aliens. The bill also would create a temporary-worker program that could admit millions more. Rep. John Hostettler, R-Ind., chairman of the subcommittee over immigration policy, called the plan ``eerily similar'' to a 1986 measure on amnesty reform that also promised to deter illegal immigration with tough border security and employment enforcement. ``We bought this bridge before,'' added Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, also an opponent of the Senate bill. Featuring three witnesses who testified to massive problems in the bill -- including conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly -- and one advocating in favor of it, the hearing offered little new information about the bill or new ways to handle America's illegal immigrants. Schafley, who heads a group called the Eagle Forum, told lawmakers that ``the invasion by illegal aliens is the hottest issue in America.'' She argued against both legalizing illegal immigrants in the U.S. and any new guest-worker program. Steve Camarota, research director for the Center for Immigration Studies The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) is a right-leaning, immigration reduction-oriented, non-profit, non-partisan research organization and was founded in 1985 with roots in the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and anti-immigration activist John in Washington, D.C., testified that the problems with the Senate measure parallel the problems in the 1986 measure. Primarily, the measures focus on legalization LEGALIZATION. The act of making lawful. 2. By legalization, is also understood the act by which a judge or competent officer authenticates a record, or other matter, in order that the same may be lawfully read in evidence. Vide Authentication. , not enforcement, he said. Those who would be hurt the most, he maintained, are Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 with no high school degree. ``They're really taking it on the chin,'' Camarota said. lisa.friedman(at)langnews.com (202) 662-8731 |
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