Advocates Say Recent US Scandals Won't Derail Immigration Reform Bill Griselda Nevarez - VOXXI
go to original May 17, 2013

Martina Cano joins others in a May Day march for immigration reform from the Children’s Museum to Calder Plaza in Grand Rapids, Mich. on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. (AP/MLive.com/Latara Appleby)

Pro-immigration reform advocates say they don’t suspect efforts to pass an immigration reform bill this year could be derailed by the recent storm of scandals. Instead, they say the momentum to approve legislation to overhaul the nation’s broken immigration system is unstoppable.

As the Senate Judiciary Committee continues the markup of the immigration reform legislation introduced by the “Gang of Eight,” Obama administration officials have been putting out “fires.”

First, the House’s focus on Benghazi was persistent. Then, news broke out that the IRS unfairly targeted politically conservative groups, and Democrats and Republicans alike were outraged. The cherry on top came when the Associated Press revealed the Department of Justice had seized telephone records from the organization and some of its reporters.
Scandals won’t negatively impact immigration reform bill

Judy Pino, spokeswoman for the LIBRE Initiative, a conservative-leaning Latino group, said the recent scandals raise questions about the Obama administration’s efforts on other issues, including immigration.

However, Pino said she and her group don’t believe the recent scandals will derail efforts to pass an immigration reform bill this year mainly because “there are so many strong forces behind those efforts.”

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