Before the Supreme Court takes up Arizona\u2019s controversial immigration law in April, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York is planning a subcommittee hearing on the issue.<\/p>\n
The high court is scheduled to begin hearing the case on April 25. One day earlier, Schumer will have the state bill\u2019s original author at the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship. Schumer is the chairman of that committee.<\/p>\n
Schumer asked Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to come before the subcommittee hearing on immigration to speak about the law. She will already be in Washington, D.C., to testify before the Supreme Court. She declined his invitation, calling it a publicity stunt.<\/p>\n
Former Arizona State Sen. Russell Pearce will testify before Schumer\u2019s subcommittee despite losing a recall election last year brought about partly because of the outrage over the bill, according to the Huffington Post.<\/p>\n
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