Thread: Hayworth to introduce his own immigration-reform legislation

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Rep. J.D. Hayworth, R-Ariz., plans to introduce his own major immigration-reform legislation Thursday, which he is describing as an "enforcement first" approach.

Late last week, he was circulating a "Dear Colleague" letter seeking co-sponsors for the bill. His office said the measure was getting good initial response.

Hayworth's bill would become just one of several approaches to immigration reform to emerge this year, many of them being proposed by Arizonans.

Some lawmakers, like Hayworth, believe immigration reform should focus on better enforcement of existing laws and even provide a tough "no amnesty" stance for current immigration lawbreakers. Others favor ways to give some undocumented workers already in the country a pathway to citizenship.

Hayworth's bill will not have a guest-worker provision.

A recent study by the Pew Hispanic Center in Washington, D.C., found there are about 6.3 million foreigners working in the United States without legal authorization to do so.

- Billy House


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