Charles Schumer: Immigration Reform

Illegal Immigrants Dept: The bipartisan group unveiled proposals to provide a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants already in the U.S. while beefing up border security, allowing more temporary workers and cracking down on employers who would hire illegal immigrants. The plans were admittedly short on detail and all present acknowledged that months of tedious and politically treacherous negotiations are ahead before they can claim success, according to CTV. Other bipartisan groups of Senators have stood in the same spot before, trumpeting similar proposals, said Sen. Charles Schumer, a Democrat. But we believe this will be the year Congress finally gets it done. The politics on this issue have been turned upside down, Schumer said, arguing that polls showed more support than ever for immigration reform and political risk in opposing it and wASHINGTON -- Key Democratic and Republican senators pledged Monday to propel wide-ranging immigration legislation through the U.S. Senate by summer, even as they acknowledged pitfalls ahead that could doom their effort just as previous attempts have failed. But with a newly re-elected President Barack Obama also pledging his commitment, the lawmakers argued that six years after the last sustained congressional effort at immigration reform came up short in the Senate, this time would be different. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.