Debate Over Senate Bill Within Immigrant Rights Movement

Even as Congress is stalled over legislation dealing with thegrowing number of undocumented immigrants, a split has emerged amongpro-immigrant rights groups over whether to back the Senate measure,seen as the more lenient of the two bills being considered by lawmakers.

Anumber of the larger and more well-known organizations, such as theNational Immigration Forum and the National Council of La Raza, backthe Senate bill, albeit reluctantly. But a growing number of otherliberal immigrant rights advocates, dismayed at what they say areonerous provisions of the Senate measure, are now saying they wouldprefer that Congress not enact an immigration law this year. Click here.

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