Immigration Reform Starting to gain traction

After stalling out last year Congress is once again looking at the issue of Immigration reform. While there has been very polarizing discussion on how best to approach the issue, there is quite a bit of common ground that both Democrats and Republicans are coalescing around.

Senator Chuck Schumer (D) New York and Senator Lindsey Graham (R) South Carolina published a joint op-ed in the Washington Post on March 19th, which captured much of what most of the leadership of organized labor concurs with in general. However, a joint press release from the leaders of the AFL-CIO, SEIU, and the UFCW was issued that spoke to elements of the Schumer-Graham op-ed.