http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-immigration-reform-111809,0,5982172..story
Tammy Vigil KDVR Denver
10:31 PM MST, November 18, 2009
But supporters of reform say we can’t maintain the status quo.
“Our immigration system is so broken and so in need of repair and it’s splitting up families. That’s what we’re here today for,” says Julie Gonzales with Reform Immigration for America.
And for that undocumented 27-year-old woman who says her life is a lie, she says reform would bring her out of the shadows.
“I don’t know any other land. I don’t know any other country. This is my life. I would be willing to do anything.”
Immigration reform has been pushed to the backburner because of the economy, health care reform and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, last week, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the Obama Administration remains committed to overhauling the nation’s immigration laws, saying legislation can’t wait until everything else is out of the way.
It is a mid-term election year. And critics say lawmakers won’t be eager to pass anything so controversial when their jobs are on the line.