| So late last month, Republican Senator Lindsay | | | | 2010. |
| Graham of South Carolina and Democratic | | | | Democratic Members of Congress who are up for |
| Senator Charles Schumer of New York introduced | | | | re-election this election cycle will up for some |
| a comprehensive Immigration Reform bill into the | | | | tough battles, particularly with public anger and |
| US Senate. Their hope is that this bill will be | | | | disillusionment at Congress with unemployment still |
| debated and signed into law before the end of | | | | at high levels, the bailouts of Wall St. firms not |
| 2010 now that healthcare reform has been signed | | | | benefiting the average person and both the |
| into law. | | | | process and specific aspects of the Healthcare |
| However US Immigration Reform will probably not | | | | reform legislation. |
| be the dominant topic in Washington for a while | | | | Democrats in particular and the Democratic |
| due to the sweeping Financial Reform championed | | | | President Obama need a topic to turn public focus |
| by the Obama Administration and many in | | | | on to something else as they go to the polls. |
| Congress at the moment. This is despite the fact | | | | Enter Financial Reform! A majority of Americans |
| that US Immigration is a front of mind topic | | | | according to all polls are angry at the fact that |
| recently with the opening of H1B visa season in | | | | Corporate America who caused the economic |
| 2010 and more recently and prominently the | | | | recession and crisis were then bailed out by the |
| Arizona Immigration Reforms just signed into law | | | | taxpayer. So it becomes very difficult for |
| and denounced by Civil Liberty groups, | | | | Republicans politically to oppose strong legislation |
| Immigration Advocate Groups particularly of a | | | | to regulate the financial industry as they did |
| Hispanic nature and even President Obama himself. | | | | somewhat successfully in the Healthcare debate. |
| Although President Obama is clearly a big | | | | Hence the fact that now the Senate has passed |
| advocate of major Immigration reforms as are | | | | a Financial Reform bill of their own to match the |
| many in Congress there are a couple of big | | | | House's passing of a bill in December 2009. This |
| reasons why it has taken a backseat to Financial | | | | now allows the two bills to be reconciled before |
| Reform in 2010. These both involve politics and | | | | reaching Obama's desk for signature. |
| the coming Midterm elections in November in | | | | |