Jun
11
In the wake of the comprehensive immigration reform bill (aka the Strive Act or ‘Z’ Visa) defeat in the US Senate, leaders of the US Latino community will meet at a summit in Washington D.C on Monday (11JUN07) to try to jump start the defeated bill again.
The summit is co-sponsored by the University of California’s California Policy Research Center (CPRC) and Consejo de Federaciones Mexicanas en Norteamerica (COFEM), the largest US-Mexican immigrant organization.
CPRC director Andres Jimenez says, “The time has come to fundamentally rethink the current approach to immigration reform. We must redirect the debate in Congress to reflect the importance of keeping families together, protecting immigrant worker rights, creating a reasonable pathway to citizenship, and encouraging a balanced relationship with Mexico, and the Central American and Caribbean nations.”