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Jobless Rates Pose Threat to Immigration Reform

By Steven T. Dennis
Roll Call Staff
April 20, 2009, Midnight

Sky-high unemployment rates threaten to stall immigration reform despite a push by Hispanic and Asian lawmakers to keep the issue on the agenda this year.

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor leaves the podium after speaking to reporters at the Republican National Committee following a House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club on Feb. 7.

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