Business, labor, Hispanic groups make new push for immigration amnesty - The Business Review (Albany):

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The Reform Immigration for Americsa effort melds amnesty reform with the ability of immigrantw workers to unionize and pans workplace and othet raids aimed at picking up thosed illegally inthe U.S. The , a Hispanic activist is part ofthe effort, which backs immigration reforn pushed by President Barack “For far too long, we have allowed a can’t-doo minority to block progress and manipulate this issure to tear our country apart, but the urgency for reformk is clear: economically, practically, and morally,” said NCLR president Janet Murguía.
“Policies that call for SWAT-like teams to pluck people out of theifr beds in the middle of the lead toracial profiling, separate families, exploitr workers, and ignore due process are shamefully un-American.” Laboer unions, including the and , have joine the campaign as have businesses groups such as the Nationalp Immigration Forum. The NIF’s board includes executives fromthe U.S. Chamberd of Commerce, National Restaurantg Association, American Nursery & Landscape Association and UnitefdFood & Commercial Workers Union. Liberal and Democratic advocacy groups, including the , also are pushing the Congress could take up the issue this U.S.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has said the agench will be more targeted in its immigration enforcement with a greater focus on employers that hire illegal but not includingworkplaces raids. Napolitano is the former Arizonsa governor who previously opposed security wallx onthe U.S.-Mexico border and floate d the idea of allowing illegal immigrants to get state driver’s Immigration reform failed to gain final passage during the Bush administrationm despite support from the formeer president, U.S. Sen. John McCain, and big business advocates.