PenceBlog: <b>Columnist says Hutchison-Pence Plan could "break the stalemate between competing House and Senate bills"</b> - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence : 6th District Of Indiana

Here is an excerpt from a column by San Diego Union-Tribune writer Ruben Navarrette Jr.:

"After months of self-serving hysterics and heated rhetoric, congressional Republicans are finally doing something helpful in the area of immigration reform.

"It's a plan by Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas. The lawmakers see their proposal as a middle-ground approach that could break the stalemate between competing House and Senate bills.

"Here's where the two lawmakers are coming from: They oppose amnesty, which they define as anything that lets illegal immigrants obtain legal residency without having to first return to their home country. And yet, they also seem to agree with President Bush that there are plenty of jobs that Americans won't do – or at least aren't currently doing. Mr. Pence and Ms. Hutchison want to maintain law and order and the integrity of the system, but they also want to help those employers who need workers.

"Sound familiar? It should. The lawmakers' dilemma is the American dilemma. It's the tension between the two signs planted on our southern border – 'Keep Out' and 'Help Wanted.'"

Click here to read the full column.

posted by Pence Press Office # 1:49 PM