Immigration Reform Bill: Congress Betrays the American People

The Senate passed tonight it's version of of the immigration reform bill. The vote was 62-36. And it now goes to conference to reconcile between the House and Senate bills. This is how Lou Dobbs described this shameful piece of legislation:

"Just moments before the final Senate vote, the United States Senate adopted a provision that requires consultation with the government of Mexico before the United States government can build a security fence on our southern border."

"This is breathtaking, it is hard to imagine what this president and the leadership of this Senate have been thinking and what -- and it's just extraordinary. Absolutely disregarding the will of the American people, and abandoning common sense all together, or any apparent concern for border security in passing this legislation."

He is also had something to say about the failure of immigration laws to protect social security numbers in order to prevent identity theft. This in light of the fact that 15 of the hijackers "could have been intercepted or deported through more diligent enforcement of immigration laws:"

PILGRIM: "More than four years after September 11th, the head of Homeland Security is still begging for access to the names and numbers that don't match on Social Security files, files the Social Security Administration says they cannot share -- Lou."

DOBBS: "But that the president of the United States, through an executive order, could order."

PILGRIM: "It could be cleared up instantly."

DOBBS: "And the Congress of the United States, four and a half years later, could also pass a law. In other words, they're simply not running this government."

PILGRIM: "There's no will to do it.

"DOBBS: "It is absolutely disgusting, criminal. The words that follow after that I can't speak on the air."

Mr. Dobbs pointed to 2 examples tonight in where the Congress of the United States is betraying the American people. In fact, the Congress wants to give social security benefits to illegal aliens who stole their numbers. And they want to give benefits for those years in where they worked illegally in the United States. Outrageous! Who needs al Qaeda when you have a government that doesn't want to defend America.