Hutchison Files Immigration Bill That Focuses on Minors
Outgoing U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, introduced a bill Tuesday that would provide legal status for immigrants brought to the country illegally as minors.
The bill, called the ACHIEVE Act, is co-authored by U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Arizona. It would create a new visa system affecting “young people who intend to pursue a technical or college degree, or serve in the U.S. military,” according to a statement on Hutchison’s website.
Hutchison, who will leave Washington next year after serving in the U.S. Senate since 1993, concedes that the legislation is not comprehensive immigration reform ...
Comments (12)
Felipe Gutierrez via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Just my opinion."Illegally" she says, because children can break the law on their own. Glad she is doing this however, I respectfully say she's out of touch. These children are undocumented immigrants or undocumented citizens in my opinions (note I didn't say say U.S. Citizens).
Joe Estep via Texas Tribune on Facebook
9ne of those laws being the one about entering the counttry legally?
Jose B. Gonzalez via Texas Tribune on Facebook
And so the GOP begins to dig their own graves for 2016... They'll never learn...
Lori Trammell via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I don't agree with all of this but it makes more sense than "throw them all out"...which is impossible. No one's hands are clean in this problem. These kids have graduated from our schools and are Texas children. Set a cut off year. Close the borders...deport the dopers and gang members and other criminals and the rest will take care of itself over time. Secure borders and a sane worker visa program coupled with entitlement reform for all -- citizen and non citizen--. At least it this is the beginning of a serious, workable solution to a problem that didn't occur overnight..and won't be solved with simplistic overnight "fixes".
Chris Thornton via Texas Tribune on Facebook
A last-ditch effort of a RINO that is about to retire. Goodbye Sen. Hutchinson, and thank God a real true Conservative will be taking your place in DC.
Rick Archer via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Idiots!
Jalapeño Schwartz via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Holy crap! It's GOP party line KBH!
jpt51
Kay, you're a day late and a dollar short!
Colin Strother via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Death bed conversion.
audrey fisher
This legislation does accomplish one thing, the ability of the country to continue to deny these people the right to participate. Would anyone want to pay taxes, knowing full well that you cannot benefit from the programs that you are funding?
In a moment of insanity / hilarity, the co-author, yes, another retiring Senator, explains that these people can obtain citizenship - by marrying a US Citizen.
Yep, keep digging GOP - this legislation in it's entirety is just another form of slavery that will be rejected by all sane voters.
Rudy Gonzales
Yep! Time for every Texan to get mobilized and call, write, e-mail and fax a letter to Re. Michael McCaul to get the Dream Act that was ready and set to go to the Senate floor in 2010 and was never brought for a vote. This other wishy-washy BS put out by K.B. Hutchison and Jon Kyl are nothing but washed down legislation that create too many hurdles to jump through. The 2014 Mid-term election is a-coming!
Bert Chadwick
Why now when she had the opportunity to do good by voting yes when the Senate voted the Dream Act. These kids BEGGED, yes BEGGED her and Senator John Cornyn and they still voted NO..These kids could easily become productive in their fields of work because most of the have already graduated from colleges and universities. They can contribute to the economy. Many of them without legal status are doing jobs nobody else would do, such as cleaning toilets and other menial jobs.
Just plain bad nature.