Arlen Spector vs John McCain on immigration

[ScreamingEagle]

Arlen Spector introduced an immigration bill in the Senate that McCain does not agree with.

"Sen. Arlen Specter unveiled a 305-page immigration bill that combines enhanced enforcement, a new guest-worker program and a way for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. to work legally. Spector’s measure combines features of the House bill, along with another bill authored by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. and Sen Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., along with a third bill from two Senate Republicans."

http://news.newstimeslive.com/story.php?id=80490&category=Local

Although his bill has seven co-sponsors and the basic support of most members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, it suffered a setback last week, when the committee's Republican chairman, Senator Specter, unveiled legislation that will be used to start the discussion this week. Rather than creating a path to citizenship for the undocumented, it would provide special immigrant worker visas.

Mr. McCain and other politicians at the rally were highly critical of such an approach. Most notably, Rep. Charles Rangel, a Democrat of New York, compared a guest-worker program without an opportunity to become an American citizen to "slavery."

http://www.nysun.com/article/28261

 

[The ClayTaurus]

"Sen. Arlen Specter unveiled a 305-page immigration bill that combines enhanced enforcement, a new guest-worker program and a way for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. to work legally.
Spector’s measure combines features of the House bill, along with another bill authored by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. and Sen Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., along with a third bill from two Senate Republicans."

It sounds more like a "with" instead of a "vs."

 

[ScreamingEagle]

It sounds more like a "with" instead of a "vs."

Sorry, I hit the button too soon. The post is amended above.

Specter is proposing that we just issue worker visas while McCain wants to allow existing illegals a way to become full-fledged citizens.