Congresswoman Candice Miller will take a lead role in the immigration reform debate when she holds a House hearing this morning to compare and contrast the Senate and House bills.
The Harrison Township Republican, who chairs the House subcommittee on border security, is expected to point out that the emerging House bill approaches the border issue by requiring metrics and timetables and accountability from the Department of Homeland Security. Miller has complained that the heavily praised bipartisan Senate bill simply “throws more resources (money) at the problem.”
The LA Times has taken notice.
In an editorial, the newspaper criticized the Senate for authorizing $46 billion in personnel and equipment for the Southwest border without establishing any strategy for spending that money. The writers express, with sarcasm, surprise that the House has emerged as the more sensible legislative body in the ongoing debate.
The editorial said this:
“Much of the credit for the bill belongs to Reps. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the chairman of the (Homeland Security) committee, and Candice S. Miller (R-Mich.), the vice chair, both of whom worked across the aisle and consulted with academics and experts rather than give in to the arbitrary demands of some GOP House members who feel that nothing short of a U.S. version of the Great Wall of China will guarantee border security.”
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