Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports

[onehandle]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate supporters of far-reaching immigration legislation accepted minor changes in public while negotiating over more sweeping alterations in private Monday as they drove toward expected Judiciary Committee approval by mid-week.

The legislation would provide an opportunity of U.S. citizenship to millions of immigrants living in the country illegally, create a new visa program for low-skilled workers and permit a sizeable increase in the number of high-tech visas, at the same time it mandates new measures to crack down on future unlawful immigration.

In two previous weeks of deliberations, supporters of the legislation have demonstrated their command over the committee's proceedings, alternately accepting some proposals advanced by the bills critics and rejecting others — all without losing a single showdown.

The same pattern held true as the committee embarked on its third and final week of drafting.

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[louis-t]

1. Hmmm, require fingerprinting for flying...

but no fingerprinting to buy a gun. Sounds about right.

[ancianita]

2. So where's the list of the 30 airports?

Sorry, this isn't in reply to you. I meant to reply to the OP.

[SoapBox]

5. "but no fingerprinting to buy a gun."

Exactly my feelings too.

[freshwest]

8. I'd say LOL but it ain't funny...

[alarimer]

3. Talk about the important stuff far from the public eye.

Assholes. Throw the bums out, the lot of them.

I hope this doesn't pass Constitutional muster.

[jmowreader]

4. Read the article...

The fingerprinting requirement is for non-US citizens; they will be fingerprinted when they try to leave the country. This makes about as much sense as shooting down an airplane after it bombs your headquarters.

The real worrisome part is where they want to immediately double and eventually triple the number of H1B visas, and not require the firms to prove they tried to hire Americans first.

[bowens43]

6. the lunatics are running the asylum...... this country is totally fucked.

not much left here that is worth saving

[xtraxritical]

7. H1b visas and immigration reform are job killers for Americans, just like NAFTA.

The RepubliCONS are trying to kill the National Labor Relations Board too. All this is BS to ingratiate themselves with Hispanics.

[blkmusclmachine]

9. YOUR PAPERS, PLEASE

[JCMach1]

10. and we are opening the gates to more immigrants without fixing the entry system

personal pet peeve at the moment as I have been navigating this nightmare with my foreign fiance...

[Franker65]

11. More like flying in Israel

It's getting ridiculous and I'm becoming genuinely worried...