Immigration rising to top of U.S. agenda

Immigration reform — one of the country’s most contentious policy issues — is rising to the top of the national agenda as proposed changes start to take shape in Congress.

The discussion will resonate on Long Island and other locales where population growth spurred by immigrants has fanned tensions over policing, housing and the unlawful employment of undocumented workers.

VÍCTOR MANUEL RAMOS

January 26, 2013

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/immigration-rising-to-top-of-u-s-agenda-1.4516010