Thread: Hoyer Says Obama, Cong. Leaders United in Push for CIR

Hoyer Says Obama, Congressional Leaders United in Push for ‘Pathway to Citizenship’ for Illegal Aliens—Wants Action as Early as This Fall

Wednesday, June 24, 2009
By Monica Gabriel, Christopher Neefus and Marie Magleby

CNSNews.com/Penny Starr)(CNSNews.com) - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D.-Md.) said at his weekly press briefing yesterday that President Obama and the Democratic leadership in both the House and Senate are united behind the cause of enacting immigration reform legislation that will provide illegal aliens with a pathway to citizenship and that he hopes to move forward with legislation as early as this fall.

Hoyer told CNSNews.com that he supports the position taken last week by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) that Congress should push a comprehensive immigration reform package that includes not only a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens—amnesty, as it is described by critics—but also a new guest worker program for foreign workers.

“Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he wants to move a comprehensive immigration reform bill through the Senate that includes a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens and a guest worker program,â€

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