PenceBlog: <b>Hutchison-Pence Plan a "a responsible solution" to illegal immigration problem</b> - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence : 6th District Of Indiana

Yesterday Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and Congressman Pence introduced a joint border security and immigration reform plan.

Sen. Hutchison and Rep. Pence authored this op-ed describing their proposal in today's Washington Times.

Here is an excerpt from an article in the Orange County Register that describes yesterday's press conference.

"Two Republican lawmakers today unveiled an immigration proposal that moves toward the kind of comprehensive reform the Senate passed and President Bush has been pushing, as a new poll says the majority of Americans support such an approach.

"Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., outlined a plan that would strengthen border security and include a guest worker program. Their plan includes the kind of trigger that some lawmakers have been talking about – that the guest-worker program would kick in only after the president certified that the border is secure. And to participate in the guest-worker plans, the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living here would have to go home and apply in their home countries.

"'We believe that this Congress must come together and find a way forward, and we hope this idea can be that way forward,' Pence said at a news conference with Hutchison."

An ABC News online article says "On Tuesday Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) went so far as to propose an entirely new plan -- one that, they said, would combine tough border security measures with a 'no amnesty' temporary worker program."

Radio personality Hugh Hewitt wrote about the Hutchison-Pence Plan today in this blog entry.

The San Diego Union-Tribune also praised the Hutchison-Pence Plan in this editorial.

posted by Pence Press Office # 9:47 AM