Amnesty compromise

Politics | Lone congressman proposes a way through the immigration impasse | Clint Rainey

Indiana Republican Mike Pence takes issue with critics who call his conservative views on immigration policy insincere. As the grandson of an immigrant from Tubbercurry, Ireland, he says he empathizes with the immigrants' plight.

Coincidentally, so does Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.), whose grandfather was Italian. And Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) has them both beat: He is himself Cuban, immigrating to the United States as a child.

The House has passed Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner's border-security-first bill, which makes illegal immigration to the United States a felony; Rep. Tancredo, head of the House Immigration Reform Caucus, supports that legislation. The Senate spent last week debating and finalizing Sen. Martinez's Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (CIRA), which Rep. Tancredo calls an "amnesty" plan. Into that mix, Rep. Pence on May 23 unveiled a new reform plan that stakes out a "middle ground" between the Senate and House proposals.

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