Groups mobilize to pressure lawmakers to act on immigration reform

Others, however, say that pushing legalization at a time of high unemployment would be “political suicide.”

“We have 15 million Americans unemployed and looking for jobs,” said Rosemary Jenks of NumbersUSA, a Virginia-based organization that supports immigration restrictions. “There’s absolutely no question that economically this is not the time for amnesty. This is a time to reduce foreign worker competition.”http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-latino18-2010mar18,0,203431.storyBy Teresa Watanabe — Los Angeles Times