Labor coalition alienating Republican support
April 20, 2009
Organized labor's new unified front in support of comprehensive immigration reform could disrupt what's left of the delicate bipartisan balance on one of the most politically charged issues in Congress.
Earlier this week, labor celebrated the coming together behind a single set of immigration reform principles after years of being at odds with itself over various parts of a planned immigration overhaul.
But that unity could have the unintended consequence of driving a wedge between Democrats and those few Republicans whose support will be critical to getting a major immigration reform bill through the Senate - and could even prevent such a bill from having bipartisan support in the House.
The Hill (Washington, DC)
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