Joe Guzzardi
gopusa.com
July 1, 2013
When the Senate passed the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, 68-32, the successful vote set off loud rounds of self-congratulatory backslapping among the Gang of 8, the Hispanic lobby, the Chamber of Commerce and immigration lawyers. The White House, which had veto power over the bill, chimed in too.
Look more deeply into the vote, however, and some interesting facts emerge that should take the wind out of the victors’ sails, especially as S. 744 heads to the staunchly opposed House.
Since 2006, the Senate has cast 60 votes more or less for amnesty in all the bills put before it. This week’s vote gave no indication that Senate enthusiasm for a wide reaching amnesty is greater than it traditionally has been. Two of the Gang’s original goals failed: 1) to reach 70 total votes and 2) to get at least half of the Republicans to sign on. The first objective came up two short. As for the second, only 14 of 45 Republicans voted “yea,” a much lower share than in either 1986 during the disastrous Immigration Reform and Control Act or in 2006 for the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act.
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