US immigration reform will be introduced once votes are secured
October 29 2009 by Liam Clifford
US policy on immigration is rumoured to be changing
According to reports on Tuesday from Interior Secretary Ken
Salazer, the Obama administration will push for US immigration reform once they
are sure there will be enough votes to pass it.
Attending a National
Association of Hispanic Publications event, Salazar stated that the immigration
policy reform bill will be “introduced when there is certainty as to the
availability of the necessary votes for it to be approved”.
Rep. Luis
Gutierrex, who appeared on the NPR show Tell Me More on Tuesday, added that
there is only likely to be a very small window of time for the immigration bill
to be discussed: after the health care bill and before the 2010 congressional
election campaigns get under way.
In response to fears that the reform
may have been thrown out completely following controversy linked to the health
care bill, Salazar reassured immigrants living in the US, stating, “we’ve worked
really hard, but this is an issue that depends on time and on how we deal with
the important points in the agenda… It can be expected that the administration
will not withdraw its support from reform”.
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