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Immigration reform advocates push forward in tough economy

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Backers of sweeping immigration policy changes, bolstered by the growing importance of the Hispanic voting bloc, are urging lawmakers to tackle the touchy subject this year despite rising unemployment levels among legal residents.



Rep. Joe Baca (D-Calif.), a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, told The Hill that he plans to speak on the House floor every week on the need for Congress to act.

“It’s time to get comprehensive immigration reform done,” Baca said.

But supporters acknowledge that rising joblessness creates a public-relations problem, if nothing else: How do you provide millions of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship at a time when millions of legal residents are out of work


Stewart Verdery, a former Homeland Security official who as a lobbyist supported a comprehensive reform bill, said the effort is also helped by improvements in border security made since the last big push at reform died on the Senate floor two years ago.
“A lot of the things [opponents] wanted to see be built have been built or will soon be,” Verdery said.

What’s left is how to deal with the illegal immigrants already here and find the right mix of temporary workers to satisfy businesses without being a deal-killer for labor.
http://thehill.com/business--lobby/i...9-02-17_2.html
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Imo,any talk officially of a guest-worker program would be the absolute death-knell for a CIR bill.It would even be more toxic than the illegal immigration debate that anti-immigrant folk like to rant about considering today's unemployment.
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^^^ Yea but most republicans won't vote for CIR without a guest worker program. Remember they got mad when reid allowed dorgan to sunset the 2007 guest worker program after 5 years?
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Well, it doesn't have to be an all encompassing guest worker program. I don't think that will fly over well at all.

But industries like agriculture can get Agjobs and increased guest workers. H1B reform can also be another part where compromise can be reached.
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