Título: David Vitter
Seção: Immigration
Background: David Bruce Vitter (born May 3, 1961) is an American lobbyist, lawyer and politician who served as United States Senator for Louisiana from 2005 to 2017. He was the first Republican elected to the Senate from his state since the Reconstruction Era. Previously, he served in the United States House of Representatives, representing the suburban Louisiana's 1st congressional district. He served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives before entering the U.S. House.

Conteúdo: Vitter has been actively involved with legislation concerning illegal immigrants. In June 2007, he led a group of conservative Senators in blocking federal Immigration Legislation that would have granted a pathway to legal residence to 12 million illegal immigrants coupled with increased border enforcement. The bill's defeat won Vitter national attention as the bill was supported by President George W. Bush, John McCain, and Ted Kennedy, among others. Vitter characterized the bill as amnesty, which supporters denied. Bush accused the bill's opponents of fear mongering.  In October 2007, Vitter introduced an amendment withholding Community Oriented Policing Services funds from any sanctuary city which bans city employees and police officers from asking people about their immigration status in violation of the Illegal Immigration Act. Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, in opposition to the amendment, said these cities do not want to inquire about someone's status if they report a crime, are a victim of domestic violence or get vaccinations for their children. The amendment was defeated.  In November 2007, Vitter introduced a bill requiring banks to verify that no customer was an illegal immigrant before issuing banking or credit cards. The bill never made it out of committee.  In March 2008, Vitter reintroduced the latter two proposals and cosponsored ten of eleven other bills in a Republican package of tough immigration enforcement measures including jail time for illegal border 

user: What is Vitter's stance on immigration?

assistant: he led a group of conservative Senators in blocking federal Immigration Legislation

user: What happened to the federal immigration legislation?

assistant: Vitter introduced an amendment withholding Community Oriented Policing Services funds from any sanctuary

user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: In November 2007, Vitter introduced a bill requiring banks to verify that no customer was an illegal immigrant before issuing

user: What else did the bill require?

assistant: banking or credit cards. The bill never made it out of committee.

user: Did Vitter introduce other bills?

assistant: In March 2008, Vitter reintroduced the latter two proposals and cosponsored ten of eleven other bills in a Republican package of tough immigration enforcement measures

user: How did these proposals fare?

assistant: None of these proposals passed, partially because the Democratic-controlled Senate preferred a comprehensive approach

user: What happened to Vitter after that?

assistant: Vitter introduced a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment that a child born in the United States is not a citizen unless a parent is a citizen,

user: How did the proposal for the amendment do?

assistant: The bill never made it out of the Democratic-led committee.