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Article: House Republican says path to citizenship for illegal immigrants is unacceptable
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- May 29, 2006
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KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
05-29-2006
Dateline: WASHINGTON
The Senate's effort to curb illegal immigration involves the hiring of 14,000 Border Patrol agents, more detention centers to hold illegal immigrants and 370 miles (595 kilometers) of fencing.
But those get-tough provisions aren't generating much support from a key Republican lawmaker in the House _ at least not when combined with a provision that would allow millions of illegal immigrants already in the country a chance to become U.S. citizens.
"It's too much too soon, and too expensive," said Congressman James Sensenbrenner, a Republican from Wisconsin. "What we have to do is first secure the border, and ...