Washington Post Editorial Critical of Poison Immigration Amendments

Asthe immigration bill steams through the Senate with surprising speed, it isacquiring a number of new and unpleasant amendments, mostly designed to placatepeople who don’t really want an immigration bill at all. Some of the worst –those that would have eviscerated the bill entirely or prevented immigrantsfrom collecting Social Security owed to them — have been voted down. Othernoxious amendments, such as yesterday’s proposal to make English the”national language,” have been approved. None that has been acceptedso far is a deal-breaker. But some changes would make the bill untenable. Inparticular, any amendment that would prevent illegal immigrants who live herenow from coming out of the shadows is unacceptable — as is any measure thatcreates a class of “lesser” Americans who live here but can neverbecome citizens.

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