Their painstaking progress on winning Latino voters is in jeopardy because the face of the (Republican) party on this issue is Tom Tancredo. They are caught between their base and their desire to do something reasonable.
"Frank Sharry" is the founder and executive director of America’s Voice, an immigration reform group.
More Frank Sharry on Wikipedia.The Sensenbrenner bill has proven to be one of the great mobilizing forces for the pro (immigration) reform alliance in this country.
Instead of leading the country to bipartisan comprehensive reform, ... he runs more of a danger of putting gasoline on the fire.
Will it (the speech) change what's already scheduled to happen in Congress? Not one iota.
We all know that this issue is so volatile that anything can happen.
It's a big day for us. We may not have a lot of big days, but this is a big day.
The idea that 11 million here illegally are going to sign up for a program that is going to (eventually) result in their removal is unworkable. Most won't sign up. The good news is that (Bush) continues to address the issue and he hasn't backed down from the point of view that temporary workers need to be part of it. But politically, they've made a mishmash of this issue.
I think he's trying to tell a restive populist base in his party that he gets it, ... It's a way to say, 'We understand that we need to get better control of our borders.' .
Every Western industrialised nation faces the same issues of an ageing society that needs migrants, a sceptical public and some hostile media. In supporting migrants, we do face formidable challenges but I'm still optimistic; we just have to focus on bringing together the needs of our societies and the aspirations of migrant families.
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