Actualité - Republicans maneuver to delay immigration reform in the United States
Washington, September 8 (Prensa Latina) — Republicans in the House of Representatives are maneuvering to delay the passage of immigration reforms in the United States until after the November elections.
The media here, including the influential The New York Times, criticized the ruling party’s plans to put off the issue.
During the summer recess, Republicans held hearings in several different locations around the country and now are trying to harden their anti-immigrant stance.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Republican Dennis Hastert, expressed his support for repressive measures aimed, he said, at closing the borders.
The House, which had considered the bill HR4437 – which would have criminalized immigrants – will meet next week to consider new measures. These include the creation of a national identity card and security devices on Social Security cards, Hastert announced.
Meanwhile in the Senate, Republican Majority Leader Bill Frist said that it would be “next to impossible” to pass immigration reforms before the end of the month. To date, the Republicans are in favor of measures to protect the borders and ignore the situation of almost 12 million people who are living in the shadows of becoming “illegal” and are an essential component of the country’s economy.
The Republicans’ position in the House sparked mass demonstrations throughout the country this past spring, leading to the Senate’s approval of a broader text that considers the legalization of a large number of undocumented immigrants.
As on previous occasions, immigration reform seems to be hostage to the elections, experts are saying.
In that respect, the Reverent Eugenio Hoyos, an immigrant rights activist, asked Congress members to “consider the issue of immigration as a priority, and not to avoid addressing the question for electoral reasons.”
Yesterday, September 7, thousands of people demonstrated outside U.S. Congress demanding immigration reforms to legalize the millions of undocumented immigrants who live in the country. While not as large as the April 10 demonstration of some 200,000 in Washington, yesterday’s rally brought together thousands of immigrant-rights demonstrators.
The immigration issue and its influence on Congressional elections was referred to by Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy, one of the speakers at the rally.
“If Congress does not pass this law, we’re going to elect another Congress that will,” he said in a message read out in Spanish.
The conflict is set, given that the Republicans, who hold a majority in both chambers of Congress, have decided that they will not pass any immigration reform before the elections, which will decide one-third of Senate seats and all 435 seats in the House of Representatives.
Last weekend, similar demonstrations were held in the states of Illinois, California and Arizona, and another is planned for this Saturday in Los Angeles.
(Granma International)
The media here, including the influential The New York Times, criticized the ruling party’s plans to put off the issue.
During the summer recess, Republicans held hearings in several different locations around the country and now are trying to harden their anti-immigrant stance.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Republican Dennis Hastert, expressed his support for repressive measures aimed, he said, at closing the borders.
The House, which had considered the bill HR4437 – which would have criminalized immigrants – will meet next week to consider new measures. These include the creation of a national identity card and security devices on Social Security cards, Hastert announced.
Meanwhile in the Senate, Republican Majority Leader Bill Frist said that it would be “next to impossible” to pass immigration reforms before the end of the month. To date, the Republicans are in favor of measures to protect the borders and ignore the situation of almost 12 million people who are living in the shadows of becoming “illegal” and are an essential component of the country’s economy.
The Republicans’ position in the House sparked mass demonstrations throughout the country this past spring, leading to the Senate’s approval of a broader text that considers the legalization of a large number of undocumented immigrants.
As on previous occasions, immigration reform seems to be hostage to the elections, experts are saying.
In that respect, the Reverent Eugenio Hoyos, an immigrant rights activist, asked Congress members to “consider the issue of immigration as a priority, and not to avoid addressing the question for electoral reasons.”
Yesterday, September 7, thousands of people demonstrated outside U.S. Congress demanding immigration reforms to legalize the millions of undocumented immigrants who live in the country. While not as large as the April 10 demonstration of some 200,000 in Washington, yesterday’s rally brought together thousands of immigrant-rights demonstrators.
The immigration issue and its influence on Congressional elections was referred to by Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy, one of the speakers at the rally.
“If Congress does not pass this law, we’re going to elect another Congress that will,” he said in a message read out in Spanish.
The conflict is set, given that the Republicans, who hold a majority in both chambers of Congress, have decided that they will not pass any immigration reform before the elections, which will decide one-third of Senate seats and all 435 seats in the House of Representatives.
Last weekend, similar demonstrations were held in the states of Illinois, California and Arizona, and another is planned for this Saturday in Los Angeles.
(Granma International)
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