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Days after the Republican body of the House of Representatives stated that they would not support the highly-debated immigration reform bill, President Obama once more took to the airwaves in his weekly radio address to call for the House to pass the bill into law.
As Congress prepares itself for a major debate regarding the controversial immigration reform proposal from the Senate, former President George W. Bush plans to speak on the bill next week.
With the immigration reform proposal due for a potentially earth-shaking debate this summer, another major Republican has issued his support for immigration reform, but some Democrats are becoming hesitant on the bill's tough border provisions.
On Sunday, legislators took to the airwaves as they argued their cases for and against the immigration reform bill's passage at the House this time around.
Proponents of immigration reform celebrated a historic victory on Thursday when the Senate successfully passed a comprehensive reform bill by a clear majority. Groups and organizations representing people from all walks of life, all across the country, are speaking out and voicing their approval and support for the legislation.
Apparently undaunted by the perilous road ahead in the U.S. House of Representatives on the pending immigration reform bill, President Obama in his weekly radio address called for Congress to pass the bill, declaring that "the time for excuses is over."
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush argued for immigration reform, stating that more legal immigration would add to the American workforce and create more revenues from payroll taxes.
As a whole, Republicans are still on the fence regarding immigration reform, but they seem to be taking one large stance against adding in gay couples to the debate, as Sen. Marco Rubio's comments Thursday helped demonstrate.
Despite the earlier indications that the Republican Party was looking to come around on immigration reform, the party's stance has grown shakier as Congress prepares to debate the new immigration proposal this summer.
As the debate on immigration reform prepares to shift into another gear, members of the bipartisan U.S. Senate panel that crafted the bill have opted to speak with a group of conservative GOP House representatives about immigration reform to bridge the gap in communication between both sides.
As the immigration reform debate prepares to hit the stage in Congress, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., one of the lead voices on the push to pass immigration reform, said this week that contrary to popular belief, Republicans are largely in favor of immigration reform.
The battle to pass an immigration reform bill submitted by a bipartisan U.S. Senate panel in Congress is sure to be an uphill one, but U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., believes that in the end, the bill will be passed-in fact, he said, it could be passed by July 4.
Supporters and advocates for immigration reform are pushing hard for Congress to pass it into law this year, but according to a new poll, most Americans are doubtful that the bill on the table that would reform immigration laws will be approved.
With the current debate on immigration reform raging on Capital Hill, Latino business leaders from around the country gathered Wednesday to meet at the White House to let the Obama administration know that Latinos care about more than just immigration reform.
Pro-immigration support has helped to bring a bill for comprehensive immigration reform closer to passage than ever, but Republican opposition in the House could still pose a threat to its becoming reality.
