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  • Head of banking group pushes Republicans to back immigration reform

    11/11/2013 10:25:54 AM PST · by jimbo123 · 27 replies
    LA Times ^ | 11/11/13 | Jim Puzzanghera
    The head of the American Bankers Assn., who is a former GOP governor, made a strong pitch Monday to his fellow Republicans to support the bipartisan Senate immigration reform legislation by invoking party hero Ronald Reagan. Frank Keating, president of the group since 2011, said in a Times opinion article that Reagan would say "it's time to open the doors" to immigrants to boost the economy. Conservatives were wrong to oppose the Senate legislation, supported by President Obama, that would overhaul the system and provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million people in the country without legal...