NY Lawmakers On Immigration Reform

Raymond Hernandez of the NY Times, writes about the divergent views on immigration reform of NY lawmakers:

Representative José E. Serrano, Democrat of the Bronx, objects to a recent bipartisan proposal on immigration policy because, he says, it would create an underclass of immigrant workers with few rights.

Representative Peter King, a Republican of Long Island, has a problem with the plan, too, but for an altogether different reason. To him, it amounts to amnesty for legions of illegal immigrants in the country.

And in the middle are lawmakers like Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, who calls the plan a “fair starting point” to deal with the question of what to do about the millions of immigrants who are in the country illegally.

A survey of lawmakers from the New York metropolitan region shows that they are every bit as divided about the comprehensive immigration bill now being considered in Washington as many of their colleagues around the country are. Click here for the rest of the story.

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