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November 23, 2009
High Unemployment Will Make "Comprehensive Immigration Reform" Very Tough With unemployment up over ten percent, even Democrats on Capitol Hill are realizing that passing mass amnesty for over 12 million illegal aliens will be very tough over the next year. The nation's unemployment rate was 4.5 percent when legislation sponsored by Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) in 2007 stalemated in the Senate. At the end of last month, 22 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and dozens of metropolitan areas had average unemployment rates above 9 percent. Michigan's rate is above 15 percent. California's is 12.2 percent. Even Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Congress' biggest proponent of amnesty, admitted that "Each bill is reflective of a time. And with unemployment over 10 percent I think we need to have language that is very carefully tailored." Read the full story in today's The Hill. |
