Last week, a group advocating for comprehensive immigration reform announced their formation and their goal — to zero in on more than 100 House Republicans, most who are on record as saying they would never support a bill that equates to "amnesty."
"The Conservative Immigration Support Network will deliver an important message to Congress this August to continue their work on conservative immigration reform," declared Brian O. Walsh, president of the American Action Network (AAN).
Fox News Latino reported that the AAN initiative will include a $250,000 program "engaging key local leaders, mobilizing our existing grassroots network, and releasing district-by-district studies on the economic impact of immigration reform."
Today in Tampa, Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor attempted to persuade constituents of some of those GOP legislators by holding a round table discussion and then a press conference with four local business entrepreneurs, all immigrants who have made a success of themselves in the community.
This article appears in Aug 1-7, 2013.