Mon Apr 05, 2010 at 02:30:00 PM EDT
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The other day, Senator Menendez sat down with the Star Ledger Editorial board and among the topics of conversation was Immigration Reform. The Senator said that Latinos believe reforming the country's immigration system is the "civil rights issue of their time""I think it's a real challenge at the end of the day not to seek progress on it and not to have progress on it," he said. "I think it has a political equation."
"All of us who are U.S. citizens, all of us who are permanent residents, all of us who wear the uniform of the United States, when we hear the debates on immigration ... to hear some senators saying, 'those people, those people,'" he said. "I've heard along the way what that means, 'those people.' He said that Latinos identify with the issue no matter what their own immigration status is. You can view the Senators comments here:
The other part of the political equation is that many elected officials are so afraid of the consequences as they perceive, that they'd prefer it not come up now. In the past when the issue has come up, it's been demagogued and set aside for another day. In order to get the reform the Senator is seeking, they're going to need to overcome the other sentiment. |
| Jason Springer :: Menendez: Immigration reform part of the "political equation" |
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