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Labor Groups, Business Seek Immigration Law Overhaul
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| Last Edited | CBlock941 Jan 22, 2007 11:25am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Monday, January 22, 2007 05:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Worried that surprise raids are driving away workers who are their lifeblood, businesses are pooling their money and joining unusually broad alliances that include labor unions and civil rights groups to push Congress to overhaul the nation's immigration laws.
The coalition Alliance for Immigration Reform 2007 announced its formation this week, placing the force of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Service Employees International Union and the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights group behind a unified lobbying effort to get a law passed before the politics of the 2008 presidential campaign make a compromise on the contentious issue unworkable. |
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