The Los Angeles Times reported late last week that President Obama has sought bipartisan support from Senators Charles Schumer, a Democrat from New York and Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina despite a very uphill battle to convince lawmakers to come together and create legislation to overhaul our nation’s immigration laws.
The President is seeking to bring new attention to this issue and is pushing to have an immigration reform bill on the Congressional floor in place before the mid-term elections later this year.
An immigration reform rally is scheduled for March 21, 2010 at the National Mall in Washington, DC which is expected to draw about 100,000 supporters.
Immigration reform is a hot button issue in this country. The President promised to work on the issue within his first year in office. However, issues such as health care reform, the downturn in the economy, and rising unemployment had forced him to place immigration reform on the back burner.
He cannot keep immigration reform on the back burner much longer. The increasingly powerful Latino constituency who voted for him have become frustrated because the President is not resolving the issue fast enough. It seems clear that there would be an outcry in the immigrant communities particularly, by the Latino voters if he continues to put off immigration reform.
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