Labor-Business Rift Threatens Immigration Reform
Protectionism in action
Movement in the House and Senate on revising U.S. immigration law belies a long-running rift between business and labor that could derail the bill.
After four years of negotiations, a bipartisan group of House members who struck a deal on a broader immigration bill last week have given up on finding a compromise over how many temporary workers to allow into the U.S.
As another bipartisan measure advances in the Senate, a series of amendments backed by technology and construction companies and opposed by the AFL-CIO labor federation risk upsetting a delicate balance.
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