History tends to repeat itself, but not always quite the same way when it comes to CIR.<\/p>\n
It was 2005 and two senators were working hard to get comprehensive immigration reform legislation into place that would ultimately legalize millions of illegal workers. It was a glorious day when that bill was introduced on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n
Senators McCain and Kennedy backed the bill by saying there was \u201cnothing\u201d more important to the nation as a whole than comprehensive immigration reform. Part of their introduction speech included remarks that indicated delaying this kind of legislation was simply not acceptable. \u201cWhile that was a nice touch, the House later also passed a bill referred to as H.R. 4437, which made being in the U.S. illegally a crime. Talk about a mixed message,\u201d indicated Sally Odell, an immigration lawyer at Rifkin Fox-Isicoff, P.A., in Miami and Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n
Fast forward five years later and we have what? (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" History tends to repeat itself, but not always quite the same way when it comes to CIR. It was 2005 and two senators were working hard to get comprehensive immigration reform legislation into place that would ultimately legalize millions of…<\/span><\/p>\n