Congress moves on illegal-immigration bills about voter ID, fences

“The House and the Senate moved Wednesday toward a piecemeal crackdown on illegal immigration, pushing forward separate bills to require photo identification to vote, build fences on the U.S.-Mexico border and speed the deportation of undocumented workers. The measures would take the place of President Bush’s far broader rewrite of the nation’s immigration laws.

Voting almost completely along party lines, the House voted 228-196 for a bill that would require all who register to vote in federal elections to show photo identification that proves they are U.S. citizens. The Senate is not expected to consider the bill this session but voted 94-0 to take up a House-passed measure to build 698 miles of double-layered fencing on the U.S.-Mexico border, with a final vote to come as early as Monday”

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