Senate Judiciary Committee: Patrick Leahy

Jose Antonio Vargas Dept: "What do you want to do with me?" an emotional Jose Antonio Vargas demanded of senators. "How do you define American?", according to Montreal Gazette. "You really mean that we're not going to have enforcement, but we've got to have amnesty first," Sen. Jeff Sessions, a top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, confronted the panel's chairman, Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy and wASHINGTON - Lawmakers who are shaping the fate of the millions of people in the U.S. illegally were told by one Wednesday that it's time to rewrite immigration laws so that they, too, can live the American dream. The first Senate hearing on immigration policy this year pointed toward an emerging bipartisan consensus that the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants should be offered a path to citizenship. But passionate divisions over the issue also surfaced as one Republican decried amnesty and shouting protesters interrupted the proceedings. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.