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Li 10/30 (Pei, Cronkite News Service, Arizona business groups in Washington lobby for immigration
reform, 10/30/2013, http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/30/arizona-business-groups-in-
washington-lobby-for-immigration-reform/, AC)
WASHINGTON Arizona business leaders were in Washington to lobby the states congressional delegation on
immigration reform Tuesday, just the latest in a string of groups trying to pressure Congress on the issue. About 20 Arizona business,
religious and law enforcement officials joined more than 600 people from more than 40 states in a national fly-in of advocates who met with
their lawmakers on the issue. The event was organized by the Americans for Reform coalition. We are at a historical point in time right now,
said Glenn Hamer, president of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who was part of the trip. The last major immigration reform
bill passed in 1986, and we believe there is a window for the United States House of Representatives to bring to
the floor good immigration reform legislation. Hamer said the Arizona group met with all nine of the states
House members and was very encouraged by the meetings, despite the different degrees of enthusiasm for reform within the
delegation. Every member recognizes that our immigration platform is badly broken, and all the members want to fix it, said
Hamer. There are differences in how we fix it, but the differences really are not that great. He said the group is very optimistic that for the
very first time in about 30 years, we are on the verge of getting good strong immigration legislation that will
strengthen our border security, and advance our economy in a very significant way. The main organizations behind the fly-in were the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerbergs advocacy group FWD.us, the Partnership for a New American Economy
and a group called Bibles, Badges and Business for Immigration Reform. Brett Hunt, western coordinator of Bible, Badges and Business for
Immigration Reform, said the groups are trying to let Congress know that inaction is not an option. It is a group
of conservative leaders, and they are here to tell the House immigration reform is the just thing, and the right thing
to do for our country, and for our economy, he said. Hunt said the Senate has done its job and now it is the Houses turn to take
action on a reform plan.

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UPI 10/30 (UPI, Conservatives urge House to pass immigration reform, 10/30/2013,
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/10/30/Conservative-lobby-urges-House-to-pass-immigration-
reform/UPI-55831383114600/, AC)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- More than 600 business, political, religious and law enforcement leaders urged
House Republicans in Washington to pass immigration overhaul within two months. "One of the most positive things that
Congress could get done between now and the end of the year is to get immigration reform up and over the finish line," U.S. Chamber of
Commerce lobbyist Bruce Josten told the leaders from roughly 40 states at the chamber headquarters before they went to Capitol Hill to meet
with nearly 150 GOP lawmakers. Their goal was to persuade the lawmakers to go beyond just supporting
immigration reform and take leadership in the name of the Republican Party on broad immigration
overhaul, including some sort of legal status for the nearly 12 million immigrants living in the United States illegally. "Our plea is to act now,
do it now, lead," Stan Lockhart, a former chairman of the Utah Republican Party, told The New York Times. Meanwhile, three House
Republicans have signaled their intent to sign onto a Democratic immigration bill, Roll Call reported. Rep. David Valado, R-
Calif., joined Jeff Denham, R-Calif., and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., in saying they would support a bill sponsored by Florida
Democrat Joe Garcia, the Washington publication said. A study by the non-profit Bipartisan Policy Center released at the event found broad
immigration overhaul would expand the U.S. gross domestic product nearly 3 percent over a decade. "The best way to make the government
smaller is to make the economy bigger," Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist, a longtime advocate for smaller government,
told the group. The leaders also discussed how to craft their immigration-reform message to appeal to
Republicans on Christian religious grounds.