Texans, please call Cornyn!

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Immigrant Advocates Turn Up Heat
March 10, 2010
By Jennifer Bendery and Jessica Brady
Roll Call Staff

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With the onus now on Congress to finish health care reform, President Barack Obama is turning his attention to a key constituency whose complaints about being ignored have reached a fever pitch: immigration reform advocates.
Between the yearlong slog on health care and a spike in Democratic anxiety after the GOP upset in the election to replace the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), proponents of immigration reform say Obama has failed to deliver on a campaign promise to advance their issue. The final straw for many was the scant reference to reform in his State of the Union address.

“That’s when the grass-roots groups went from frustrated to angry,â€