May 20, 2007
The immigration bill: Amnesty is amnesty

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Op-Ed

President George W. Bush and other apologists for the U.S. Senate's bipartisan immigration legislation say it's not an amnesty program. But if this proposed pathway to citizenship for the roughly 12 million illegal aliens in the United States is not amnesty, then nothing is amnesty.

The bill, which the Senate will take up on Monday, throws a bone to conservatives by promising improved border security. However, the meat of the scheme is all about the A-word.

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Posted by tyne at May 20, 2007
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