Posted on 10/16/2013 5:58:23 AM PDT by jimbo123
Over the past few years, immigration reform has been at the forefront of debates in Congress. In both the Senate and the House of Representatives, members from across the aisle have come together to develop bipartisan bills that would change the lives of over 11 million undocumented immigrants. Some in Congress have worked tirelessly to create a law that would provide a path to citizenship for millions, while others have focused the debate on border security.
In an exclusive interview with Latinos Post, National Council of La Raza (NCLR)’s senior immigration legislation analyst Laura Vazquez discussed the future of immigration reform. Vazquez, who spoke during the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s Public Policy Conference earlier this month, also discussed how the debate on comprehensive immigration reform has been put on hold since the government shutdown.
“I work for the National Council of La Raza and we’re a civil rights organization and we certainly see this as a civil rights issue,” Vazquez said.
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While some have been skeptical that Congress members will be able to pass a bill on comprehensive immigration reform, Vazquez said NCLR is “optimistic” that Republicans and Democrats will be able to come together.
“We’re optimistic that we’ll be able to see an immigration reform bill pass through the House of Representatives. They will complete the job that the Senate has already done and will get to the president’s desk,” she said.
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At least with immigration Bohner promised he would only put a bill up that had majority of GOP votes.
He never made that promise with the CR and debt limit as those had some sort of deadlines.
Hopefully Obama’s win will sour GOP to give him another victory on immigration. But you never know.
You mean they can change the “Law of the Land”??
/sarc
never trust Bonehead
I trusted him to in the end pass a CR and debt limit increase with Dem votes, but others seemed to think he wouldnt, or didnt care.
Looks like immigration is next.
Laura is optomistic that the GOP will AGAIN shoot itself in the foot?
That’s not rocket science, Laura. Happens ALL THE TIME.
Let’s call it what it is, sovereignty surrender to Mexico.
Immigration “activists” demand the United States pass a bill of sovereignty surrender to Mexico and Central American nations allowing them to decide how America controls it’s border.Lets start framing debate as the U.S. vs foreign interests setting national security policy.
Cantor and Goodlatte are building the Trojan Horse now, aka the Kid’s Act, that will enable the Senate working with House conferees to pass most of the Gang of 8’s amnesty bill. The fix is in. Time for a third party.
“From the impact that it has on the ground and communities, where we’re seeing families devastated by our broken immigration system,”Maybe we should stop arresting people all together, we’re seeing families devastated by our broken criminal system .Children come home from school to see a parent is not there or was not there to pickup their children from school.Their parents cannot be a part of their lives.The children are so traumatize,by law enforement locking up their parents,they cannot sleep,they hardly eat, they suffer in schools as their grades begin to show the strain of the missing parent. This certainly works for illegals lets expand it and make anyone with kids non arrestable.
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