Immigration and Border Security Passage - HR4437

Published: Dec 16, 2005 Author: AuntB - transcribed from CSpan Post Date: 2005-12-16 22:58:25 by AuntB Immigration and Border Security Passage in the House 10:30 pm ET - U.S. House of Representatives Upon Passage HR 4437 Yea Nay Not voting Republican 203 17 11 Democrat 36 162 3 Ind 1 Totals 239 182 14 There you have it, folks. No word yet on who the 28 republicans are who align themselves with liberals and lawbreakers. 17 voted no and 11 were just too yellow bellied to bother. Here are a few (NOT all) highlights included in the bill that Cspan listed. The fence wasn't mentioned during the 5 minute vote. The anchor baby provision was dumped during a deal making by the rules committee. Increases use of surveillance equipment 250 added inspectors at ports of entry Mandatory minimum sentences for smuggling and reentry by an alien Blocks admission of any street gang member Allows deportation of 3 time drunk driver convictions of an alien Mandatory employment verification system http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=121392&Disp=1#C1 UPDATE The roll call votes are up. Hayworth voted against the bill, he said, because it didn't do enough. The rest are the usual suspects. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll661.xmlhttp://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll661.xml Repubs voting No Bartlett (MD) Diaz-Balart, L. Nunes LeachHastings (WA) Hayworth Radanovich Ros-Lehtinen Souder Thomas Smith (NJ) Tiberi Turner Wilson (NM) Not voting Barrett (SC) Barton (TX) Cole (OK) Davis, Jo Ann Diaz-Balart, M. Hyde Istook Kolbe LaHood Young (AK) Young (FL) _________________ Want to make people angry? Lie to them. Want to make them absolutely livid? Tell 'em the truth."