WASHINGTON
(AP) -- When it comes to President Barack Obama's new immigration
policy, Senate Republicans are quite sure they don't like it.
They just
don't want to say if it amounts to amnesty, at least not yet, while they
await guidance on the politically charged issue from presidential
candidate Mitt Romney.
"If it leads to
citizenship as a reward for some kind of illegal entry, I think it could
be argued" to be amnesty, said Senate Republican leader Mitch
McConnell, who normally is one of Obama's most plainspoken critics.
Sen.
Saxby Chambliss of Georgia said the president's announcement last
Friday could be called "amnesty light," if not the real thing.
"It
all depends on how you define `amnesty,' and I'm not going to get into
that debate," added Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, second-ranking party leader
and another frequent critic of Obama.
"I wouldn't use the A-word to describe this. ... That's a word that gets used a lot," said Sen. John Cornyn.
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