Editorial: The Hispanic Communities Join in the Immigration Debate Making Their Voices Heard!

“This week the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee started down the long thorny road of Immigration.

There are five Bills before the Senate Committee; the U.S. House of Representatives approved bill H.R.4437, the Sensenbrenner Bill, and the 300-page Immigration Bill, introduced by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), both bills focus in on the criminalization aspects of Immigration Reform. Then, there is HR 2330, introduced by Senators John McCain and Edward Kennedy, the Comprehensive Enforcement Immigration Control Act, introduced by Senators John Cornyn and Jon Kyl, and finally there is HR 2092, introduced by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, that is radically different from all others. The McCain/Kennedy Bill and the Cornyn/Kyl bill reflect the Guest Worker type programs, while the Lee Bill has no guest worker provision and grants legal status to anyone living in the U.S. for five years from the date of passage.”

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