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07-11-2006, 09:14 AM
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Geez. This has got to be a man law felony.
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Nation's top warrior sobs as he talks of his immigrant roots
Marine general tells senators of father who came from Italy
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July 11, 2006
MIAMI -- A congressional field hearing on immigration came to a stunning halt Monday when Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, broke down in tears talking about his Italian immigrant father and the opportunities his parents gave their children by coming to the United States.
A hush fell over the hearing room as Pace, a Marine from Brooklyn, choked up and was unable to continue for about a minute as the opening witness at the hearing.
Pace was explaining his family's origins to the committee and the opportunities he and his three siblings enjoyed in America when he started crying, much to the surprise of the 150 people in the hearing room.
Pace's father was born in Italy in 1914, immigrated to the U.S. and became an electrician in New York City, raising four children there. Pace, the first Marine to head the Joint Chiefs, has been chairman since September 2005 after serving as vice chairman for four years.
Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), who was at the hearing, said Pace made an "enormously moving comment and statement. We just hope our colleagues in the Congress can hear it."
Field hearings are being held around the country on the separate House and Senate immigration bills currently before Congress. The subject of the Miami hearing, led by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner (R-Va.), was the contributions immigrants have made to the armed forces.
Pace, whose last name means "peace" in Italian, is a 1967 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has served overseas in Vietnam, Thailand, Korea and Japan.
After he composed himself, Pace described two of his siblings--his older sister who went to law school and his older brother, who also attended the Naval Academy and is a member of the armed forces.
"My dad came here, sometimes worked three jobs, but the jobs were there for him and the opportunities were there for him," Pace said. "There is no other country on the planet that affords that opportunity to those who come."
Pace told the senators that the first Marine he lost when he was a rifle platoon leader in the Vietnam War was an immigrant.
"I still owe those who served with me in Vietnam," he said.
The House bill calls for tighter border controls and 700 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. It also calls for tougher deportation standards and stringent enforcement of rules governing employers who hire undocumented workers, and it would provide funding for local law-enforcement agencies along the border.
The Senate's immigration bill includes provisions similar to the House measure, but it also outlines a method for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants to become U.S. citizens and calls for a temporary or guest-worker program that would give legal U.S. residency status for as long as six years.
In recent weeks, the White House and Senate Republicans have indicated a willingness to tackle border security first, but only if the action later triggers some or all of the Senate bill's residency-related provisions.
House GOP leaders have dismissed such features as the guest-worker program as an unacceptable "amnesty" for lawbreakers. They were the first to call for field hearings as a means of showcasing popular support for their approach while also delaying negotiations with senators on a final bill.
Kennedy said the Senate bill was the first legislation he had seen supported by the business community, unions, religious leaders, Republicans and Democrats. He commended President Bush for seeking a comprehensive solution to the immigration problem and opposing provisions in the House bill.
"We hope the president is the one who can get us across the finish line," Kennedy said.
Immigrants who served in the military also testified Monday at the Miami hearing, including Medal of Honor recipient Alfred Rascon. He told senators none of his fellow soldiers cared whether he was an immigrant when he threw himself on wounded comrades to shield them from bullets and grenade blasts in Vietnam.
"These men who fought with me and died beside me never asked my legal status," said Rascon, a Mexican immigrant who became a citizen after serving in Vietnam. He went on to become director of the Selective Service System.
After Pace's emotional testimony, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) asked him if his parents were still living. Pace replied that his mother was still alive.
"When you have Italian blood in you, sometimes it wells up and grabs your heart," he told Graham.
Graham said, "It takes a strong Marine to cry."
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Nation's top warrior sobs as he talks of his immigrant roots
Marine general tells senators of father who came from Italy
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A hush fell over the hearing room as Pace, a Marine from Brooklyn, choked up and was unable to continue for about a minute as the opening witness at the hearing.
Pace was explaining his family's origins to the committee and the opportunities he and his three siblings enjoyed in America when he started crying, much to the surprise of the 150 people in the hearing room.
Pace's father was born in Italy in 1914, immigrated to the U.S. and became an electrician in New York City, raising four children there. Pace, the first Marine to head the Joint Chiefs, has been chairman since September 2005 after serving as vice chairman for four years.
Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), who was at the hearing, said Pace made an "enormously moving comment and statement. We just hope our colleagues in the Congress can hear it."
Field hearings are being held around the country on the separate House and Senate immigration bills currently before Congress. The subject of the Miami hearing, led by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner (R-Va.), was the contributions immigrants have made to the armed forces.
Pace, whose last name means "peace" in Italian, is a 1967 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has served overseas in Vietnam, Thailand, Korea and Japan.
After he composed himself, Pace described two of his siblings--his older sister who went to law school and his older brother, who also attended the Naval Academy and is a member of the armed forces.
"My dad came here, sometimes worked three jobs, but the jobs were there for him and the opportunities were there for him," Pace said. "There is no other country on the planet that affords that opportunity to those who come."
Pace told the senators that the first Marine he lost when he was a rifle platoon leader in the Vietnam War was an immigrant.
"I still owe those who served with me in Vietnam," he said.
The House bill calls for tighter border controls and 700 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. It also calls for tougher deportation standards and stringent enforcement of rules governing employers who hire undocumented workers, and it would provide funding for local law-enforcement agencies along the border.
The Senate's immigration bill includes provisions similar to the House measure, but it also outlines a method for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants to become U.S. citizens and calls for a temporary or guest-worker program that would give legal U.S. residency status for as long as six years.
In recent weeks, the White House and Senate Republicans have indicated a willingness to tackle border security first, but only if the action later triggers some or all of the Senate bill's residency-related provisions.
House GOP leaders have dismissed such features as the guest-worker program as an unacceptable "amnesty" for lawbreakers. They were the first to call for field hearings as a means of showcasing popular support for their approach while also delaying negotiations with senators on a final bill.
Kennedy said the Senate bill was the first legislation he had seen supported by the business community, unions, religious leaders, Republicans and Democrats. He commended President Bush for seeking a comprehensive solution to the immigration problem and opposing provisions in the House bill.
"We hope the president is the one who can get us across the finish line," Kennedy said.
Immigrants who served in the military also testified Monday at the Miami hearing, including Medal of Honor recipient Alfred Rascon. He told senators none of his fellow soldiers cared whether he was an immigrant when he threw himself on wounded comrades to shield them from bullets and grenade blasts in Vietnam.
"These men who fought with me and died beside me never asked my legal status," said Rascon, a Mexican immigrant who became a citizen after serving in Vietnam. He went on to become director of the Selective Service System.
After Pace's emotional testimony, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) asked him if his parents were still living. Pace replied that his mother was still alive.
"When you have Italian blood in you, sometimes it wells up and grabs your heart," he told Graham.
Graham said, "It takes a strong Marine to cry."
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