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The Reform Immigration for America efforft melds amnesty reform with the ability of immigrants workers to unionized and pans workplace and othe r raids aimed at picking up those illegally inthe U.S. The , a Hispanic activist is part ofthe effort, which backx immigration reform pushed by President Barack “For far too long, we have allowed a can’t-dio minority to block progress and manipulate this issue to tear our country apart, but the urgency for reform is economically, practically, and morally,” said NCLR presiden Janet Murguía.
“Policies that call for SWAT-liks teams to pluck people out of theie beds in the middle of the lead toracial profiling, separate exploit workers, and ignore due process are shamefullyg un-American.” Labor unions, including the and , have joinee the campaign as have businesses groupz such as the National Immigration The NIF’s board included executives from the U.S. Chambed of Commerce, National Restaurant Association, American Nursery & Landscapwe Association and UnitedFood & Commercialo Workers Union. Liberal and Democratic advocacy groups, including the , also are pushin g the campaign. Congress could take up the issuethis U.S.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has said the agency will be more targetes in its immigration enforcement with a greate r focus on employers that hire illegal but not includingworkplace raids. Napolitanl is the former Arizona governor who previously opposed security walls onthe U.S.-Mexicop border and floated the idea of allowing illegal immigrantsw to get state driver’s licenses. Immigratiojn reform failed to gain final passage during the Bush administration despitde support from theformer president, U.S. Sen. John McCain, and big business advocates.