Senate Democrats are making plans to force a floor vote on
legislation that would invalidate Arizona’s controversial immigration
statute if the Supreme Court upholds the law this summer.
Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) will announce the fallback legislation at a hearing on the Arizona law Tuesday, a day before the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a suit to determine whether Arizona had the authority to enact the 2010 state crackdown.
The
legislation would have little chance of passing in a stalemated Senate
or being approved by a GOP-held House, but it would allow Democrats to
push their electoral advantage with Latino voters just as the
presidential campaign heats up in July.
The plan is to allow
Democrats a route to express displeasure with the Arizona law if the
court allows it to stand, and it would force Republicans to take a clear
position on the law during the height of the presidential campaign. The
immigration law is deeply unpopular with Latino voters, who could be key to the outcome of the presidential and Senate races in several Western states.
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