March 24, 2007

H.R.1645 Summary, Co-Sponsors, Full Text (Flake, Gutierrez, HR1645, STRIVE Act)

The official summary of the Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy ("STRIVE Act", aka HR1645, aka H.R. 1645, aka HR 1645, aka the "Flake-Gutierrez Massive Illegal Alien Amnesty of 2007") is here. The full text and other details are available here. It includes both the anti-American DREAM Act and the AgJobs farmworker amnesty.

The current list of co-sponsors is like a veritable garden of idiots:

* Joe Baca (CA) (linked to Armando Navarro
* Xavier Becerra (CA)
* Dennis Cardoza (CA)
* Joseph Crowley (NY)
* Henry Cuellar (TX)
* Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL)
* Mario Diaz-Balart (FL)
* Rahm Emanuel (IL)
* Luis Fortuno (PR)
* Gabrielle Giffords (AZ)
* Charles Gonzalez (TX)
* Raul Grijalva (AZ)
* Ruben Hinojosa (TX)
* Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX)
* Ray LaHood (IL)
* Grace Napolitano (CA)
* Solomon Ortiz (TX)
* Ed Pastor (AZ)
* George Radanovich (CA)
* Silvestre Reyes (TX)
* Ciro Rodriguez (TX)
* Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL)
* Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA)
* John Salazar (CO)
* Janice Schakowsky (IL)
* Jose Serrano (NY)
* Albio Sires (NJ)
* Hilda Solis (CA)

Out of those 28 alleged representatives, 21 of them (75%) are of Hispanic origin, with most of those being of Mexican descent.

Note that neither Loretta Sanchez (border subcommittee) nor Zoe Lofgren (immigration subcommittee) have signed on.

Posted to Immigration2007a at March 24, 2007 11:44 AM