Arizona jumpstarts immigration law reform

With a new Arizona immigration law dominating the national debate, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has accelerated the timetable on immigration reform and is planning to bring a bill straight to the Senate floor in hopes of quickly drawing some Republicans to the negotiating table.

The Republican supporters are the usual suspects — Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Scott Brown of Massachusetts, George LeMieux of Florida, Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Dick Lugar of Indiana — all of whom have expressed willingness to stand firm on immigration. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is planning to meet with several of these GOP senators this week to see whether there’s hope for a bipartisan immigration bill.

Democrats have no specific timetable for immigration, but the next recess — a natural deadline for legislation — begins May 28.

The political dynamics has some moderates stepping up to support reform. “We just have to focus on jobs and job creation,” Brown said.

Lugar said he had heard from President Barack Obama but not from Schumer. He said he backs the section of the bill that would allow high-achieving students to stay in the U.S., “but that’s just part of the immigration picture,” he said.

“At some point, we need to make a final decision about what to do with all those trespassers that have no desire to become part of this country . The vast Majority of welfare recipients in California are illegal immigrants, the same is true with our jail systems, almost 60% are illegal immigrants and that number is growing at an alarming rate

Graham has backed immigration in recent days, torpedoing the expected unveiling of an energy measure, and saying he is likely to support comprehensive reform and for doing a border security bill first. The negotiations have also run headlong into increasingly heated electoral politics and an inflammatory law in Arizona. Reid is facing a tough reelection fight at home — and his political fate could rest on Hispanic turnout, sure to increase if he is viewed as the key backer of comprehensive immigration reform.

But Republicans from heavily states such as California, Texas and Florida are in a particularly rough spot because they are caught between the fastest-growing segment of the population and the passionately anti-illegal immigrant sentiment in the Hispanic population.

Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) is one of those.

“I actually support comprehensive immigration reform,”

This knot of competing interests could simply mean that an immigration bill will Pass in the Senate

“What we’re not interested in is a test vote that would hurt chances of comprehensive immigration reform in the future. Nobody’s interested in a kamikaze mission,” said Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice and a longtime advocate of comprehensive immigration reform.

Advocates remain hopeful that at least one moderate Republican will jump on board as Reid pushes the timetable for reform.

“There are the votes there. It’s just a question of getting the right chemistry, and so I think they’re struggling,” said a labor advocate who is involved in the meetings.

But that assumes that the 59 Senate Democrats — a handful of whom are in very tough reelection races this year — would also hold the line on the volatile issue.

Sharry says the escalated push from Reid’s office is a bid to smoke out Republicans.

“the political viability of immigration reform. It’s time has come.

With the undeclared recession the time is now for Government to clean up our states of unwanted trespassers.

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While The Global Satanic Government (The CIA) arranges for Drug Shipments in Trucks to Cross the Borders with Free Passes like Parcel Postage Trucks, and Blames Immigrants like House Maids, Apricot Pickers, and Construction Workers for The Drug Problem, and while The Global Satanic Government (The CIA) who did the 9-11 Attacks so they could "Justify" their Post 9-11 Police State USSA and Post 9-11 Wars in The Middle East Blames Immigrants who had nothing to do with the 9-11 Attacks as being responsible for these Attacks and Falsely Classifies Immigrants and Terrorist and has their Satanic Henchmen in The ICE Railroad them into their Post 9-11 Immigrant Detention Centers, and while The Global Satanic Government (The CIA) blames Immigrants for the Loss of Jobs in Amerikkka, when in fact it was their own Shipping of High Paying Jobs Overseas that did this to further "Justify" their Inhumane Treatment of Immigrants you should ask the question over and over again and again. Who is benefitting from the 9-11 Attacks and The Post 9-11 Police State USSA and The Post 9-11 Wars in The Middle East, and The Post 9-11 Wars in Africa, and The Post 9-11 Shipping of High Paying Jobs Overseas. Not the Immigrants and Certainly The Global Satanic Government (The CIA), Their Wall St. Money Washers, and Their Oily Friends in The Texas Energy Cabal.

when ever you see or hear the phrase "bipartisan" anything.

it needs to be spelled buypartisan to provide a certain truth in these buzz words used to hypnotize the public with numbing repetition.

Why aren't these duplicitous criminal cronies attacking NAFTA?

Then these people wouldn't be swarming over the border to escape their NAFTA ravaged [ ...does this seem familiar somehow, right here in the USA ...] manufacturing and agricultural sectors?

It's NAFTA, not immigration these !@$#%$$$@!!!s should be working to resolve by a swift death.

Too bad for the commissars who would then need to find real work.

But no, they will wail and wring their hands and screw us again, to further drive this nation into chaos.

And.

We all know the reason. Buypartisanship. Wall Street Rules.