The "Down Payment" Plan for Immigration Reform

Some immigrant rights groups are shifting the strategy in their so-far unsuccessful push to overhaul immigration law: They're calling the new tactic the "down payment" approach.
Aware that the clock is running out, and there are no guarantees that a Congress that is supportive of immigration reform will be returned in November Antonio Gonzales, president of the William C. Velásquez Institute, a Latino public policy group, explained "We took a deep breath and said, 'Okay, we need a Plan B.' "
That plan centers on lobbying hard for the passage of two bills: AgJobs and the Dream Act. AgJobs is a compromise between farmworker unions and agriculture business groups, which was negotiated more than five years ago and is intended to provide legal farm labor and protect the rights of immigrant workers. The Dream Act would give some undocumented students the ability to apply for permanent residency. Both bills have had Republican support in the past.

Read more about the "down payment" plan at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/27/AR2010072704307.html

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