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loom. After the health care debate, there is little appetite for dealing with comprehen- sive and controversial legis- lation.


A final scenario would be a legislative “down payment.” A scaled-down approach is possible because both the


White House and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) are under immense pressure to deliver some- thing on the issue, and many feel that some progress on immigration reform is preferable to a continued stalemate with no clarity on when Congress might


...both the White House and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid...are under immense pressure to deliver something on the issue...”


get back to the issue. A legisla- tive down payment might include the so-called DREAM Act, which addresses the legal status of teen- agers and young adults who were brought to the U.S. at a young age and whose undocumented status precludes them from fully participating in our society; and, the green industry-supported Ag-


JOBS bill, which represents the only current reform agreement between business and labor interests. The reforms of AgJOBS are urgently needed, in the face of ongoing worksite immigration enforcement, and a recent crippling rewrite of the H-2A program.


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