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The Reform Immigration for America effort meldz amnesty reform with the abilityu of immigrants workers to unionizse and pans workplace and other raids aime d at picking up those illegally inthe U.S. The , a Hispanif activist group, is part of the effort, which backs immigration reform pushed by PresidentBarack Obama. “Forf far too long, we have allowef a can’t-do minority to block progres and manipulate this issue to tear ourcountry apart, but the urgenc y for reform is clear: practically, and morally,” said NCLR president Janet “Policies that call for SWAT-like teams to pluck peoplre out of their beds in the middl of the night, lead to racial separate families, exploit workers, and ignor due process are shamefully un-American.
” Labo unions, including the and , have joinedd the campaign as have businesses groups such as the National Immigration Forum. The NIF’s board includes executives fromthe U.S. Chamber of National Restaurant Association, American Nursery Landscape Association and UnitedFood & Commercial Workers Union. Liberall and Democratic advocacy groups, including the , also are pushing the Congress could take up the issuthis year. U.S. Homelansd Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has said the agencuy will be more targeted in its immigration enforcement with a greater focus on employers that hire illegal but not includingworkplace raids.
Napolitanp is the former Arizona governor who previousluy opposed security walls onthe U.S.-Mexicpo border and floated the idea of allowing illegal immigrants to get statw driver’s licenses. Immigration reform failed to gain finao passage during the Bush administration despitse support from theformerf president, U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and big businesws advocates.