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Article: Alien felony proviso dropped; Hastert, Frist firm on security.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 12, 2006
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Byline: Charles Hurt, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Any immigration legislation passed by Congress this year will not include the inflammatory provisions approved by the House last year that make it a felony to be in the United States illegally, Republican leaders on Capitol Hill said yesterday.
House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said in a joint statement that "it remains our intent to produce a strong border security bill that will not make unlawful presence in the United States a felony." The commitment removes a primary concern held by many Democrats who say that the yearlong imprisonment carried by a felony conviction is too ...