Immigration Reform

Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer Dept: WASHINGTON - Prospects for a Senate deal on an ambitious overhaul of America's immigration laws improved markedly as business and labour appeared ready to set aside their differences over a new low-skilled worker program holding up the agreement, according to Winnipeg Free Press. But on Friday, officials from both sides said there was basic agreement on the wage issue, and Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer said a final deal on the low-wage worker dispute was very close and Several southwest Michigan pastors along with immigrant families and members of the general public take part in a pray-in for immigration reform event outside of Representative Fred Upton's office in downtown Kalamazoo on Friday, March 29, 2013. AP Photo/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group, Matt Gade ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT The AFL-CIO trade union confederation and U.S. Chamber of Commerce had been fighting over wages for tens of thousands of low-skilled workers who would be brought in under the new program to fill jobs in construction, hotels and resorts, nursing homes and restaurants, and other industries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.