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[RED DEMOCRATICA] NOTICIAS : U.S. Senator Harry Reid wants immigration bill this year

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Reid wants immigration bill this year By: Manu Raju June 4, 2009 02:12 PM EST
Just in case you thought the Senate's schedule was already stuffed with fierce battles, the chamber's top Democrat said he wants to take up comprehensive immigration reform this year, opening a new front on a divisive issue that sparked a roiling national debate two summers ago. Passing immigration reform is "going to happen this session," Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), referring to the 111th Congress. "But I want it this year if at all possible." At a press conference with Hispanic leaders touting the Supreme Court nomination of the Sonia Sotomayor, Reid said that he wants Congress to pass a bill with tougher border security measures, improved employer sanctions, a guest-worker program and a path for citizenship to the country's illegal immigrants — a policy critics have called "amnesty." "We have to have a pathway for legalization," Reid said. "I believe what we need to do is have penalties, fines, I think they have to learn English, stay out of trouble, pay their taxes, and then they don't go to the end of the line, they go to the back of the line. But at least it keeps them so that they are not subject to arrest and that they are more productive than they are." In 2007, the last time the Senate took up comprehensive immigration reform, senators overwhelmingly rejected comprehensive immigration after a heated debate that was as much about regional differences as it was about political philosophy. But with the Hispanic community largely behind a pathway to citizenship, Democrats may sense an opportunity to further solidify their hold on the potent voting bloc. Asked if immigration critic Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the top Judiciary panel Republican, could pose a problem, Reid said: "Check the numbers of Democrats and Republicans on that committee — OK? Democrats hold a 12-7 advantage after Sen. Arlen Specter became a Democrat and a 59-40 advantage in the Senate overall."
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