Ianus
01-09-2009, 04:50 PM
Well,this outlook (http://www.rotor.com/Default.aspx?tabid=510&newsid905=60425) isn't good news but usually they're accurate.
Obama said on the campaign trail that he supported comprehensive immigration reform, and leaders of pro-immigrant groups now expect Obama and the Democratic-led Congress to take up a massive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system this year.
However, getting the economy back on track will take center stage for the time being. It is expected that comprehensive immigration reform giving millions of undocumented workers in the U.S. a path to citizenship will be taken up by Congress sometime between September and March of 2010.
HAI reports that behind the scenes, immigrant, labor and humanitarian groups are working to beef up their alliances, gain support from key lawmakers and officials close to Obama. The various groups are working to develop legislative and political strategies that will prevent the meltdown that occurred last year and doomed major immigration legislation in the last Congress.
Groups opposed to legalizing undocumented workers say efforts to rewrite immigration laws will be undercut by the need for economic recovery and providing jobs for U.S. workers. HAI continues to track this issue, as well as other as other programs such as E-Verify and will provide updates as developments occurDream act as a stand alone legislation should be our priority.
Obama said on the campaign trail that he supported comprehensive immigration reform, and leaders of pro-immigrant groups now expect Obama and the Democratic-led Congress to take up a massive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system this year.
However, getting the economy back on track will take center stage for the time being. It is expected that comprehensive immigration reform giving millions of undocumented workers in the U.S. a path to citizenship will be taken up by Congress sometime between September and March of 2010.
HAI reports that behind the scenes, immigrant, labor and humanitarian groups are working to beef up their alliances, gain support from key lawmakers and officials close to Obama. The various groups are working to develop legislative and political strategies that will prevent the meltdown that occurred last year and doomed major immigration legislation in the last Congress.
Groups opposed to legalizing undocumented workers say efforts to rewrite immigration laws will be undercut by the need for economic recovery and providing jobs for U.S. workers. HAI continues to track this issue, as well as other as other programs such as E-Verify and will provide updates as developments occurDream act as a stand alone legislation should be our priority.