Reid presses Congress for immigration reform

[NVMojo]

WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid today urged Congress to press for immigration reform this year, citing Hurricane Katrina as the latest, high-profile illustration of the need to help Hispanic immigrants who are "living in the shadows."

Reid said some immigrants whose lives were devastated by Hurricane Katrina aren't seeking government aid.

"They're afraid to ask the government for help for fear of what the government will do," Reid said today. "The one entity that should be helping them, they are afraid to ask."

Reid and other congressional Democrats today opened the sixth annual Democratic Hispanic Leadership Summit, a concerted effort by the party to stay connected with a key voting bloc.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-gov/2005/sep/15/519361020.html

[GayCanuck]

1. Open borders

is the only way to go. It's racist and morally abhorrent to keep people who want to better themselves out of both the US and Canada.

[creeksneakers2]

2. This would be fatally unpopular n/t

[Cocoa]

3. Reid is not the suicidal type

I think the dems are thinking hard about immigration, and I think it's going to be THE issue in 2006.

Not an easy subject, for sure. Pretending it is easy WOULD be politically fatal.

[NVMojo]

4. ...and it is one issue that Repugs are ticked at the Bush admin about ...