Weekly Immigration News Round-Up, 11/22

A University of Massachusetts survey of Asian Americans found that 80 percent paid attention to immigration issues. 58 percent said they were sympathetic to Latinos’ position on immigration and 52 percent supported a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told the Detroit Free Press, “I don’t expect much of a fight at all” on immigration. Reid said that the issue would not require lengthy debate, and that having more Democrats would help.
Several South Asians are members of Obama’s transition team and candidates for appointed office, India West reports.
Agriprocessors, the Iowa meat-packing plant raided by ICE in May, temporarily suspended production. Its former CEO, Sholom Rubashkin, was arrested a few days before.
Arizona’s star immigration crusader, Russell Pearce, who was just elected state senator, spoke before the Utah Legislature’s Interim Committee on Immigration, blaming immigrants for society’s crime problem. The committee, which is working on a bill that would require employers to use E-Verify to make sure employees are in the country legally, was seeking input from both sides of the issue.
In Colorado, authorities are looking for 1,300 illegal immigrants who allegedly used stolen social security numbers to file fraudulent tax returns.

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