This article was published by the Center for American Progress.
If ever there were a dream team lineup, it’s the large and dazzling array of those who support immigration reform.
On the business side, everyone from Microsoft and the American Farm Bureau to the Small Business Majority and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is onboard. As for labor—a sector not usually allied with business but allied in this case because of immigration reform’s benefits to American workers—supporters include the AFL-CIO; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME; the Service Employees International Union, or SEIU;United Auto Workers, or UAW; the United Food and Commercial Workers, or UFCW; theNational Education Association, or NEA; the American Federation of Teachers; and more.
The lineup of religious supporters is perhaps the longest, stretching from the National Association of Evangelicals to the American Jewish Committee, with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Southern Baptist Convention, United Sikhs, Presbyterians, Mennonites,Mormons, and many others in between.
A huge thumbs-up from the American public adds to this hefty lineup. Nearly 9 in 10 Americanssupport immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship. More than 70 percent of Republican voters agree—provided that undocumented immigrants learn English, pay back taxes and a fine, and don’t cut to the front of the line when applying for citizenship.
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