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Today the Sacramento political activist, who runs an addiction-treatment program, is at it again. He's trying to get Congress and the Obama administration to look at his point-by-point, 17-page idea for a "permanent mechanism" to solve illegal immigration.
Central to the plan is a U.S.-Mexico partnership to build infrastructure projects and create jobs in rural Mexico to stem the flow of migrants.
Torres' proposal dovetails with what a number of policy experts suggest the new administration should consider.
"It's time to recast this issue. And you have a president who recasts things," said Torres, 54.
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