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Democrats Reframe the Debate on Immigration

The enforcement would be more far-reaching than anything in place now — or anything proposed by the administration of President George W. Bush.

It begins with “zero tolerance” for immigrants trying to enter the country illegally, by tightening border enforcement and by barring them from taking jobs in the United States.

“It shows how far the Democrats have moved in terms of tougher and tougher enforcement,” said Edward Alden, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations who studies immigration. “Across the board you see language that would be very comfortable in a proposal written by Republicans.”

The move to a more security-minded consensus comes as the Democrats and their leader in the Senate, Harry Reid of Nevada, face a challenging midterm election season.

Democrats have joined Republicans in seeking to avoid the mistakes of 1986, when the last major overhaul gave amnesty to more than three million illegal immigrants, but enforcement provisions were largely left out of the final legislation.

The proposal’s prospects of coming up in the Senate this year appear dim, after a tough immigration law in Arizona further polarized the national debate and President Obama said this week that the time might not be right.

Yet the outline, with many game-changing measures that would broadly redesign the system bringing immigrants to this country, is likely to be the centerpiece of the immigration discussion this year, lawmakers and advocates said, whether or not it comes to the floor of the Senate.

The “conceptual proposal,” as the senators called it, is an outline, not a draft of legislation. No Republican signed on to it, not even Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who worked for months with Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of new York, shaping sections of a potential bill.

Mr. Graham, in a statement with Senator Jon Kyl, Republican of Arizona, dismissed the blueprint, saying it “promises everything to everyone.”

Senator John Cornyn of Texas, another border state Republican, said the timing of the outline “suggests that politics rather than policy is driving the train,” since it comes just before nationwide rallies on Saturday by advocate groups demanding progress from mr. Obama on the immigration overhaul.

The blueprint, written primarily by mr. Schumer, includes a proposal for a Social Security card containing a biometric chip that all workers, including American citizens, would have to present to an employer when being hired.

The proposal was presented by mr. Schumer, mr. Reid, Senator Robert Menendez of new Jersey, Dianne Feinstein of California and Richard J. Durbin of Illinois. Employers would be responsible for monitoring the immigration status of potential hires much more closely than they do now. every employer would be required to use a new verification system, including a scanner at every business to confirm the validity of the Social Security cards of job applicants.

Conservatives, while supporting stronger enforcement, have long opposed national identity cards, or making the Social Security card a de facto one.

Mr. Cornyn said the “emphasis on border enforcement was certainly encouraging,” but, he said, Congress should not wait for the whole package to pass before financing new border security measures.

As part of the enforcement system, the outline calls for a national system to register births and deaths, to eliminate the fraudulent use by immigrants of documents of people who have died.

It would establish a system to monitor the departure of all immigrants as well as their entry into the country. if immigrants failed to leave when their visas expired, the immigration authorities would be required to deport them quickly.

Immigration officials have said that creating an exit system would be a vast task that could take many years to complete.

The proposal opens the door wider than ever before to high-skilled immigrants. It would offer permanent-resident status, with a document known as a green card, to every foreigner with an advanced degree in science or technology from an American university. It would make it much easier for foreign students in the sciences to stay in the United States after they graduate, and eliminate numerical restrictions that have kept highly educated immigrants from India and China waiting for many years before becoming residents.

The outline would make it possible for the spouses and other close relatives of legal green-card holders to come immediately to the United States, reuniting many thousands of families and eliminating a wait that now stretches to eight years. It would create a commission to monitor labor markets and determine when the supply of foreign workers should be raised or lowered.

Mr. Schumer “made an effort to fix every piece of the system that doesn’t work right,” said Paul Donnelly, an advocate for legal immigrants.

Also for the first time, the Democrats’ proposal would recognize same-sex relationships in allowing immigration.

In exchange for more enforcement, the proposal offers a relatively simple path to legal status for an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants. They would register, admit their legal violation and pay penalties and back taxes up front. then they would remain on provisional status for eight years.

On Friday, different sides were weighing in. Roman Catholic bishops embraced the framework but strongly opposed the benefits for same-sex couples. The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights said the proposal was “heavily framed around enforcement.”

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Kansas lawmakers leave Topeka without budget decision

TOPEKA | If a legislative session is a game, it’s one that lacks basketball’s quickness or baseball’s rhythm. It does share football’s plodding strategy, punctuated by sudden, decisive action.

Yet, perhaps curling comes closest, with its demand for patience, an often frosty atmosphere and a slippery set of arcane rules that mystify the outside observer.

But only one rule matters in a legislature: It takes a majority to win.

Kansas lawmakers left town last week without passing a budget for the next fiscal year. It was the first time that had happened since the Legislature adopted its current method of passing budgets more than 20 years ago.

It means that lawmakers will have to resolve their biggest challenge of the year — a $467 million deficit — in a wrap-up session that begins April 28. Lawmakers will use this post-regulation overtime to endorse more spending cuts, tax increases or a mix of the two.

Democratic Gov. mark Parkinson and Senate GOP leaders said a consensus in favor of raising taxes had emerged. they suggested higher tobacco, alcohol and sales taxes as options. But they’ve yet to put any points on the legislative scoreboard.

Parkinson has cut more state spending than any governor in state history. he said now was the time to raise new revenue through modest tax increases.

“We simply cannot cut any more,” he said. “For a relatively modest amount of money, we can stabilize our spending on critical state programs without wrecking the economy.”

House GOP leaders, meanwhile, are playing defense. they argue that raising taxes could hurt families and businesses just as they struggle to exit the recession. instead, they proposed a budget that would reduce funding for schools and other state programs, though critics contend it’s sure to force local school districts to raise property taxes.

House Speaker Mike O’Neal worries that Parkinson and other proponents of higher taxes may try to run out the legislative clock in hopes that the opposition will cave in during the session’s final, stressful days.

O’Neal, a Hutchinson Republican, said: “We have a lot of people with their heads in the sand. No good work gets done when it’s rushed. It sounds a lot like Congress on a Sunday night.”

The House Appropriations Committee passed a budget bill that avoids the need for a state tax increase by cutting funding for schools and imposing a pay cut on state workers. a vote in the House was scheduled, then canceled, when it became clear the votes weren’t there to pass it.

“Ultimately the decisions we had before us in January are the decisions that are still before us,” said House Appropriations Chairman Kevin Yoder, an Overland Park Republican. “Will the Legislature decide to raise taxes or will it put in place a responsible budget that balances without devastating cuts?”

The Senate Ways and Means Committee endorsed a radically different budget plan, one without deep cuts. But it would rely on tax increases that so far haven’t even made it out of committee.

More deep cuts are no longer an option, according to Senate President Steve Morris, a Hugoton Republican. Almost 85 percent of state general fund spending goes to schools or Medicaid — areas that are politically sensitive or mandated by law. Finding $400 million in the remaining 15 percent “would devastate state government,” he said.

Lawmakers hope new state revenue estimates due April 16 will outline the true size of the state’s budget hole. Passing a budget based on the old numbers might have been a waste of time, lawmakers noted.

To reach David Klepper, call 785-354-1388 or send e-mail to dklepper@kcstar.com.

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