Why Immigration Reform May Happen This Year

It looks like immigration reform will happen this year and it should help the economy too.    - - Donna Poisl

By: Mark Koba, Senior Editor, CNBC

A long-awaited overhaul of U.S. immigration law has a good chance of happening this year, bringing major changes to the millions of people living here illegally—and perhaps giving the economy a boost.

While details are sketchy right now, the Obama administration last week announced it is launching a major effort to push reforms through Congress soon.

A major goal is to expand the guest worker program to allow more foreign nationals to legally work in the U.S. But the biggest hurdle may be whether to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants in the U.S.—or deport them.
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