Chamber considers 
immigration reform
by Andrew Travers, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

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Aspen’s business leaders are aiming to advocate for federal immigration reform, hoping to preserve the resort’s supply of low-wage labor and soften laws that increasingly penalize employers for hiring undocumented workers.

Warren Klug, chair of the Aspen Chamber Resort Association’s board of directors, recently met with both of Colorado’s U.S. senators and the local congressman on the issue in Washington, D.C.

He also drafted a resolution supporting immigration reform, and introduced it to the ACRA board of directors meeting Tuesday.

“The issue is that on the federal level, immigration and employment issues are a mess,â€