Those that take bets on things like politics are betting comprehensive immigration reform may squeak by this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cComprehensive immigration reform may be passed this year, and many people think it will be, but if you look at the political landscape, that\u2019s one bet that may fail,\u201d indicated Sally Odell, an immigration lawyer at Rifkin Fox-Isicoff, P.A., in Miami and Orlando, Florida. There are far too many things happening in other places, not in the control of the House, Senate or Congress for things to have the potential to stay on the rails to completion.<\/p>\n
For instance, in April 2010, the Senate in Arizona passed a very strict immigration law that lets local authorities demand proof of legal residency from anyone in Arizona. That bears repeating \u2013 \u201canyone.\u201d A few short days later, there was a story run in a major U.S. newspaper outlining the reality of trying to live in Mexico these (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Those that take bets on things like politics are betting comprehensive immigration reform may squeak by this year. \u201cComprehensive immigration reform may be passed this year, and many people think it will be, but if you look at the political…<\/span><\/p>\n