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Immigration reform – top of the agenda, Obama is pushing, will get done – but it’s a fight
CSM 12 – 28 – 12 Immigration reform likely to be at the top of Congress’ agenda in 2013, www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/28/immigration-reform-likely-to-be-at-the-top-of-congress-agenda-in-2013
The momentum of President Obama's resounding victory
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plan is on the table first? Which party sets the initial terms for debate?
Capital key to passage – unforeseen events could change it
SHIFTER 12 – 27 – 12 PRESIDENT of the Inter-American Dialogue and adjunct professor of Latin American politics at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service Michael Shifter, Will Obama Kick the Can Down the Road?, http://www.thedialogue.org/page.cfm?pageID=32andpubID=3186
Not surprisingly, Obama has been explicit that reforming
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would take away energy and time from other priorities like immigration.
PLAN COSTS CAPITAL
Congressional fight guaranteed over wind
Dewey 11—Graduated Editor in Chief of BC Law Review Erin Dewey, NOTE: SUNDOWN AND YOU BETTER TAKE CARE: WHY SUNSET PROVISIONS HARM THE RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY AND VIOLATE TAX PRINCIPLES, May, 2011, Boston College Law Review, 52 B.C. L. Rev 1105
Therefore, beyond the initial six-and-a-half-year period
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political posturing and debate. n180
Immigration reform expands skilled labor --- spurs relations and economic growth in China and India.
Los Angeles Times, 11/9/2012 (Other countries eagerly await U.S. immigration reform, p. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/11/us-immigration-reform-eagerly-awaited-by-source-countries.html)
"Comprehensive immigration reform will see expansion
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I think they still see the immigration opportunity as a bigger plus than not," he said.
US/India relations averts South Asian nuclear war.
Schaffer, Spring 2002 (Teresita – Director of the South Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Security, Washington Quarterly, p. Lexis)
Washington's increased interest in India since the late 1990s
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good relations with the United States.