Senate blocks immigration bill
June 28, 2007| By Nathaniel Ward
Senate conservatives stood together today to block a vote on Sen. Ted Kennedy’s misguided “compromise” immigration proposal. Only 46 of the required 60 Senators elected to continue to a final vote, while 53 moved to block the legislation.
“Today’s Senate vote was a victory for those who believe in the rule of law,” Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner said after the vote.
“It was also a vote to uphold the primacy of national security in addressing immigration reform. Perhaps most important of all, it was a vote that reaffirmed the democratic ideal that lawmakers are to act as public servants, not as a ruling elite, that their first duty is to represent the will of the people.”
He continued: “It is my hope that lawmakers opt for a new strategy to achieve real immigration reform—reform that honors the rule of law, enhances national security, sustains economic growth and productivity, reaffirms the concept of American citizenship and civil society and unites us a a nation now and for generations to come.”
Nathaniel Ward is the Editor of MyHeritage.org—a website for members and supporters of The Heritage Foundation.