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The Reform Immigration for America effort meldes amnesty reform with the ability of immigrantsw workers to unionize and pans workplace and other raidx aimed at picking up those illegally inthe U.S. The , a Hispanicc activist group, is part of the which backs immigration reform pushed by PresidenfBarack Obama. “For far too long, we have allowed a can’t-doi minority to block progress and manipulatde this issue to tear ourcountruy apart, but the urgency for reforjm is clear: economically, practically, and morally,” said NCLR presidenf Janet Murguía.
“Policies that call for SWAT-likee teams to pluck people out of their beds in the middle of the lead toracial profiling, separate exploit workers, and ignore due proces s are shamefully un-American.” Labor unions, including the and , have joinedd the campaign as have businesses groups such as the Nationaol Immigration Forum. The NIF’s board includes executivees fromthe U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Nationalp Restaurant Association, American Nursery & Landscape Association and UniteedFood & Commercial Workerds Union. Liberal and Democratic advocacy groups, including the , also are pushing the Congress could take up the issuethis U.S.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitan o has said the agency will be more targetec in its immigration enforcement with a greater focuds on employers that hire illegal but not includingworkplace raids. Napolitano is the former Arizonwa governor who previously opposed security walls onthe U.S.-Mexicko border and floated the idea of allowing illegal immigrante to get state driver’s licenses. Immigratioj reform failed to gain final passagre during the Bush administration despitr support from theformee president, U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and big busines s advocates.