Despite stating his support for the Senate's immigration reform bill three weeks ago, Bobby Casey Jr. continues to distance himself from the legislation suggesting that it does not offer amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. In his radio ad, Casey says that the Senate's immigration bill includes "no amnesty" and that he is for "commonsense solutions." No amnesty? Newspapers disagree.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Senator Santorum "has had no qualms calling this 'reform' the amnesty that it is." (Editorial, "Midweek Briefing," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 7, 2006)
The Washington Times: "On Thursday, by a vote of 62-36, the Senate passed a reckless immigration bill which, among other things, grants amnesty to the estimated 11 million illegal aliens already in the country..." (Editorial, "The Senate's Amnesty Pill," The Washington Times, May 27, 2006)
Associated Press: "'I think the general conclusion of everybody who has studied guest or temporary worker programs is that they are never as advertised,' said Michael Teitelbaum, a demographer with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in New York. 'They are never temporary programs, nor are the workers temporary.' Fewer than half the 'Bracero' workers brought in to work the farms in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War went home, said Vernon Briggs, a labor economist at Cornell University. 'These things are a disaster,' he said. 'They don't stop illegal immigration. What they basically do is encourage people to keep coming.' (Lynn Brezosky, "Immigrants say temporary worker program will be anything but," Associated Press, June 13, 2006)
Associated Press: "The bill would allow border crossing workers...to apply for unlimited enrollment in the guest worker program." (Associated Press, "Guest workers could stay indefinitely, under bill," June 11, 2006)
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