PenceBlog: <b><i>Investor's Business Daily:</i> Pence Plan practical compromise between House and Senate<b> - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence : 6th District Of Indiana

Congressman Pence's immigration plan is mentioned in an editorial in Investor's Business Daily.

Here is an excerpt:

"Rep. Mike Pence, the influential chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, has already put one such plan on the table, and there may be others. Pence's plan would have illegal workers go across the border to privately run 'Ellis Island' centers to be matched with employers who need their services.

"After that, they could work here legally for three years, with the possibility of renewing their legal status for another three years as long as they've learned English.

"This is not 'amnesty' by any reasonable definition, though some may still see it that way. It would convert most working illegal immigrants to strictly temporary residents and leave the reward of citizenship to others.

"Bush ought to find such a plan acceptable, since he has been pushing for a guest-worker program all along. At least a few Senate Democrats would probably make the same decision, if only out of political prudence."

posted by Pence Press Office # 7:08 AM