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Emboldened by the passage of health care legislation, Latino activists are pressuring the Obama Administration and Congress to tackle immigration reform as its next major priority.
"The fact that Democrats were able to pull through with health care reform, it gave us hope that something can be done this year," said Emilio Amaya, director of the San Bernardino Community Services Center, a nonprofit immigrant assistance organization.
Despite the support of a prominent Republican senator, area GOP lawmakers say they oppose the proposal.
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They see everything as an opening for amnesty. If our economy is okay they claim we need more workers, if our economy is failing, they claim that by having illegals eligible for unemployment benefits and more welfare that they will contribute more to stimulate the economy by having more money to shop and buy houses.
If illegals come and open a businesses to hire their extended families and bring them here, they will claim that illegals create jobs -- no matter that no Americans are ever given jobs by illegals.
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