PenceBlog: <b>Hutchison-Pence Plan attracts nationwide attention as Congress reconvenes</b> - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence : 6th District Of Indiana

The Hutchison-Pence immigration reform plan generated a large amount of media attention over the long weekend. Below are highlights of the coverage:

- National columnist Bob Novak writes that "when Republican Rep. Mike Pence went home to his east central Indiana district in August, he found constituents upset -- as they had been all year -- about spending and immigration. Chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, Pence has courageously taken the position that a border security bill should not omit a guest worker program (that does not include a path to citizenship)."

- An editorial from the Miami Herald also offered support for the Hutchison-Pence Plan:

"One new idea by Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., could be a conversation starter. He suggests requiring undocumented immigrants to return to their home country, even if briefly, to apply for a guest-worker visa that would allow them to return the United States legally. After 17 years here, the guest worker could apply for permanent status. This program wouldn't start until tougher border controls were in place."

- Orange County Register columnist Dena Bunis writes that the Hutchison-Pence Plan "falls somewhere between the enforcement-only House bill and the Senate measure."

- The Congressman also was mentioned in articles in the Indy Star, the Denver Post, the San Jose Mercury News and the Miami Herald.

posted by Pence Press Office # 7:55 AM