Voted in committee against agricultural amnesty in 2008
Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted as a Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee against an agricultural amnesty for illegal aliens. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced an amendment to H.R. 2642, the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008. The 101-page Feinstein amendment, titled "Emergency Agriculture Relief," was submitted to Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee on May 15, 2008the same day it was passed by the Committee by a vote of 17 to 12. The amendment would require the Department of Homeland Security to grant "emergency agricultural worker status" (i.e., amnesty) for up to five years to as many as 1.35 million illegal aliens, plus their spouses and children, if the illegal alien: Could show by "a preponderance of the evidence" that he worked 863 hours or 150 work days (defined as 5.75 hours of work per "work day"), or earned at least $7,000 in agricultural employment between January1, 2004, and December 31, 2007; filed an
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