Spokesperson: Bond "Not Conflicted" About Immigration

Senator Kit Bond's Communication Director sent me an e-mail reassuring me that "Senator Kit Bond was not and is not conflicted over the immigration bill."

Shana Marchio said Bond voted to allow debate on the bill because he thinks "it is important that members of Congress debate important issues."

"He thinks his colleagues should go on-the-record regarding whether they support giving U.S. citizenship to illegal immigrants. That is the heart of the amnesty that Senator Bond opposes," said Marchio in an e-mail message.

Marchio also said Bond believes "the more this bill is exposed to the light of day through debate, the more people will see its fundamental flaws, like the amnesty provisions and the $25 billion in new mandatory entitlement spending for illegal immigrants."

"He has stated publicly and to Missouri journalists that unless all the amnesty provisions are removed from the bill and other flaws like the entitlement spending he will vote to kill the bill – that includes the upcoming budget point of order (60 vote threshold) and the cloture vote to end debate (60 vote threshold) and final passage," Marchio said in the message.