Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 10:53am MST
Business, labor, Hispanic groups make new push for immigration amnesty by Mike Sunnucks
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Business interests, labor unions and Hispanic activists are launching a summer push for federal immigration reform — including legalization of some illegals already in the U.S.

The Reform Immigration for America effort melds amnesty reform with the ability of immigrants workers to unionize and pans workplace and other raids aimed at picking up those illegally in the U.S.

The National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic activist group, is part of the effort, which backs immigration reform pushed by President Barack Obama.

“For far too long, we have allowed a can’t-do minority to block progress and manipulate this issue to tear our country apart, but the urgency for reform is clear: economically, practically, and morally,â€