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CHC Divided on Immigration Reform Strategy
By Jennifer Bendery
Roll Call Staff
Nov. 24, 2010, 6 a.m

Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are struggling to settle on their priorities for the lame-duck session.

CHC leaders are pressing for action on the DREAM Act in the coming weeks, a measure that would give children who are illegal immigrants a path to citizenship if they go to college or join the military. The leaders are lobbying the outgoing Democratic majority to pass that measure — and that measure alone — in the coming weeks. They have the backing of the White House and Congressional Democratic leaders, who have vowed to bring the proposal to the floor for a vote.

But some CHC members insist that now is the time to take on another contentious immigration proposal that has drawn bipartisan support in the past: AgJOBS, which would grant legal status to up to 1 million illegal immigrant farm workers.

CHC members Raul Grijálva (D-Ariz.), Jim Costa (D-Calif.), Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.), Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas) and Rubén Hinojosa (D-Texas) are among the more than two dozen lawmakers who called on House Democratic leaders on Monday to pair AgJOBS with the DREAM Act when it comes to the floor.

“While we continue to believe many components of our immigration laws need reform, we agree that some intermediate solution could be helpful. We strongly believe that any such intermediate solution must contain AgJOBS,â€