The head of an immigration enforcement political action committee believes a high-profile Senate primary race will make it tough for President Barack Obama and the Democrats to shove an amnesty bill through before the approaching midterm elections.
The Los Angeles Times reported Friday that Obama took up the issue privately with his staff and Senators Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), who have spent months trying to craft a bill. Schumer told the Times that apart from Graham, he was having trouble rounding Republican supporters for the bill. William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), reports the measure does not even have the support of Senator John McCain (R-Arizona)."McCain earlier promised Schumer and the Democrats that both he and Graham would sign the comprehensive immigration reform amnesty bill," Gheen explains. "The bottom line to it is John McCain is backing out of his agreement because right now. J.D. Hayworth is likely to defeat John McCain [in the upcoming Republican primary]. If John McCain signs the amnesty bill, J.D. Hayworth is certain to beat John McCain." The ALIPAC president adds that a vast majority of Americans are opposed to amnesty, but just as with healthcare, Obama appears determined to move forward with the legislation anyway. Results from our related pollWho would most benefit from passage of an amnestyfor illegal immigrants in the U.S.?
The Los Angeles Times reported Friday that Obama took up the issue privately with his staff and Senators Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), who have spent months trying to craft a bill. Schumer told the Times that apart from Graham, he was having trouble rounding Republican supporters for the bill. William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), reports the measure does not even have the support of Senator John McCain (R-Arizona)."McCain earlier promised Schumer and the Democrats that both he and Graham would sign the comprehensive immigration reform amnesty bill," Gheen explains. "The bottom line to it is John McCain is backing out of his agreement because right now. J.D. Hayworth is likely to defeat John McCain [in the upcoming Republican primary]. If John McCain signs the amnesty bill, J.D. Hayworth is certain to beat John McCain." The ALIPAC president adds that a vast majority of Americans are opposed to amnesty, but just as with healthcare, Obama appears determined to move forward with the legislation anyway.
Results from our related poll
Who would most benefit from passage of an amnesty
for illegal immigrants in the U.S.?
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