This isn’t the first time that Brent Olmstead, president of Milk Producers of Idaho and executive director of the Idaho Business Coalition for Immigration Reform, and Idaho Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Ivan Castillo have called on Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform, but there’s no denying that the most recent plea—a special section running in Nov. 19th’s edition of the Washington Times and individual media events across the country—comes at a unique political moment.
Congressional Republicans retook the U.S. Senate during the Nov. 5 midterm elections; on the campaign trail, many of them indicated an interest in some kind of immigration reform.
“Republicans have control of the Senate. They need to live up to the promises they made in the election and fix [the U.S. immigration system],” Olmstead said.
Published: November 19, 2014
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