Friday, March 26, 2010

Looking forward to immigration reform

Some are threatening to vote against immigration reform because the health care law was signed. They don't have much to do with each other, this is an important issue and should be worked on soon. - - Donna Poisl

Tribune staff reporter

With the ink barely dry on our nation's health care overhaul, the Latino Policy Forum, like many others in the immigrant advocacy community, looks ahead to what a recent Tribune editorial called "the next big thing": comprehensive immigration reform.

We have watched key events including President Obama's affirmation of his promise to fix the immigration system, the publication of Senators Schumer and Graham's framework for reform, and the show of at least 200,000 immigration advocates on Capitol Hill this Sunday unfold with great optimism. Each seems to have put us a step closer to fixing our broken immigration system.
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