DARYL BUFFENSTEIN, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, TOLD GLOBALFAX THAT “SIGNIFICANT MOMENTUM” BUILT UP AGAINST U.S. SEN. ALAN SIMPSON’S (R-WY.) IMMIGRATION BILL LAST WEEK, AND THAT THERE IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY AN AMENDMENT SPLITTING OFF NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM POPULAR MEASURES THAT GET TOUGH WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS WILL BE APPROVED BY THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE THURSDAY, MARCH 7.
MR. BUFFENSTEIN HAS BEEN COORDINATING A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE SIMPSON BILL, AND A SIMILAR BILL AWAITING A VOTE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR IN MID-MARCH. U.S. SEN. SPENCER ABRAHAM (R-MICH.) AND AT LEAST FIVE OTHER SENATORS ON THE 18-MEMBER COMMITTEE SUPPORT SPLITTING THE SIMPSON BILL.
LAST WEEK, MR. BUFFENSTEIN MET IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WITH THE RECENTLY FORMED GROUP, AMERICAN BUSINESS FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION (ABLI), TO DEFEND LEGAL IMMIGRATION, AND TO LOBBY MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
IN A RELATED DEVELOPMENT, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (AACC), BASED IN ATLANTA, VOTED UNANIMOUSLY LAST WEEK TO OPPOSE THE SIMPSON BILL.
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