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November 25, 2008

Reid: Obama/McCain Agreement on Immigration

@ 4:31 pm by Chris Good

President-elect Barack Obama and his former general election rival, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz), have come to an agreement on immigration, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid told the Detroit Free Press in a recent interview.

Reid said the two standard-bearers have agreed to move forward on immigration legislation during Obama's White House tenure.

"On immigration, there's been an agreement between Obama and McCain to move forward on that," Reidsaid when how Congress would handle immigration and healthcare with expanded Democratic majorities and Obama in the White House.

Early on in their general election campaign, both McCain and Obama pledged to enact sweeping immigration reforms. McCain attempted to pass a massive immigration bill during the last Congress, forging alliances with such heavyweights as Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and President Bush. McCain proposed granting a pathway to citizenship for illegal resident aliens and ramping up security efforts along the U.S./Mexico border. The effort failed.

When asked if immigration reform would cause "as much of a fight" in Congress the next time it comes up, Reid cited McCain as a key GOP ally who could enable Democrats to enact reforms.

"We've got McCain and we've got a few others. I don't expect much of a fight at all," Reid said.

The Detroit Free Press posted Reid's interview to its website Sunday.

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  1. I agree with this article wholeheartedly. I am a nurse who has lived and worked in CA for 17 years and one of the major issues that dramatically affects the healthcare industries are the illigal immigrants. These healthcare industries such as the hospitals aren't allowed by law able to refuse services to anyone. They have to absorb these costs. This in turn affects the citizens who have healthcare coverage and their premiums. These people pay more for everything to offset the cost of those who don't/can't pay.
    I also support the illegal immigrants who want to become citizens of the U.S.. I believe that will help alleviate some of the problem.

    Comment by Rhonda — November 26, 2008 @ 1:47 am

  2. The last two years deals were brokered and released to the public in pieces; many of those involved in the debate had little time to consider the implications and thus educate the voters so we could garner fractious, at best, support for the good provisions of the bill. May the "leaders" not make the same mistakes again.

    Comment by Ricardo Diaz — December 8, 2008 @ 5:58 pm

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