Comprehensive Immigration Reform (Update)

Just a short reminder for those interested in IMMIGRATION REFORM. Tomorrow, Thursday 09/06/2007 at 1:00 PM there is a scheduled hearings at the Rayburn House Office Building. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law will have the Hearing on H.R. 1645, the "Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy Act of 2007 (STRIVE Act)". Included in the Strive Act is the Dream Act, AgJobs, and a comprehensive provision for those who have been here long enough and stayed out of trouble to become conditional legal residents.

Sorry the Diary is so short, but I did post a longer one last week.

If you want to watch and listen to the hearing tomorrow afternoon go to the link and then
Click on September 6 or the Immigration Subcommittee box and then click on "view live webcast". Good luck.

There will only be comprehensive immigration reform if those that support it let Congress know that the majority wants reform now.Contact your Congressman and your Senator. Hopefully, this hearing will lead to a fair and humane immigration reform bill ASAP.

Update to my Update.
I know that immigration reform is not very popular with many here. And most of the resistence is not because of Racism here. But there are undertones of "those Mexicans" that can seem to be at least condescending. And there seems to be strong support for doing nothing (except enforcement) about the 12 million undocumented immigrants here. Take a look at Jon Garrido's Diary about 'How Racism Killed Immigration Reform'. Very enlightening.