The proposed immigration bill seeks to reform the existing system by merely adjusting the date within current laws. Legislators Padilla and Lofgren have expressed hope that changing public sentiments regarding deportations could sway some Republicans to support their efforts. Reports suggest constituents are opposed to aggressive immigration enforcement that targets community contributors. Despite optimism from proponents about gaining widespread support, some skeptics doubt the bill's passage due to perceived governmental hostility toward specific immigrant groups, particularly Latinos and Mexicans.
"Our new bill is simple and common sense, and it can help fix our broken immigration system in the same kind of way that Republican President Ronald Reagan did many years ago," Padilla said. "No new bureaucracy, no new agency, just a simple date change to existing law."
"Many of my Republican colleagues are hearing the same thing from their constituents that I'm hearing from mine," Lofgren said. "They didn't expect a bunch of masked, armed men to go in and arrest people who are contributing to the economy, who have been pillars of their communities. They're not liking that, and this is one way to provide a remedy."
"The whole country has seen the extreme cruelty brought upon by this administration and the polls have shown us what we've believed all along," Padilla said. "The American people disagree with what's happening. The American people believe in better treatment, respect and opportunities for legalization for immigrants."
Maximiliano Garde, the supervising attorney for the San Francisco-based La Raza Community Resource Center, said the bill would be a huge boon to millions of immigrants who have been shut out of the process to legalization, but he doesn't think it will pass."
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