04/26/2010:  Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Georgia and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky have joined the GOP effort to halt immigration reform.  Both senators made direct statements to the press, indicating that other issues should take priority and securing the border must precede any immigration reform.

Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, declared he will make passing a comprehensive immigration bill a priority once the Senate completes its work on a Wall Street reform bill.  Reid’s remarks were made after Obama called on both parties to pass immigration reform.  The president has rejected the new law in Arizona law, which makes it a crime of  illegal immigrants to not have an alien registration document and requires police to question individuals about their immigration status if there is cause to suspect they are not authorized to stay in the U.S. 

For a full version of the CNN article, go to:  http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/25/immigration.reform/index.html?eref=time_politics