http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...s_Most_Popular
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In addition to addressing citizenship, Sens. Charles Schumer (D, N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R, S.C.) are working on legislation that also would include a guest worker program, border security measures and a new requirement that all workers have a biometric identification card to make sure employers don't hire people who aren't in the U.S. legally.
Democratic strategists said Friday that Mr. Obama's new push reflects a renewed feeling after the health care bill's passage that difficult legislation can be accomplished. But they said the White House also sees the Arizona law as a political opportunity.
They likened Ms. Brewer's decision to that of California Gov. Pete Wilson in the 1990s, whose embrace of anti-illegal immigration measures preceded major losses by Republicans among Hispanic voters.
The Arizona law appears to be "unconstitutional," said Karl Manheim, a law professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles who has written about states' past attempts to regulate immigration. "States have no power to pass immigration treaties because it's an attribute of foreign affairs. Just as states can't have their own foreign policies or enter into treaties, they can't have their own immigration laws either."
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All I have to say is, Thank you Arizona for starting this debate over Immigration all over again. It has reached to a level where the heat will not simmer down. CIR will be brought to a conclusion.