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The pressure's on California House GOP members to act on immigration
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Nov 1, 2013
The pressure's on California House GOP members to act on immigration
Usual allies from law enforcement, religion and agriculture are giving California Republican lawmakers a blunt message: pass immigration reform. Now.
Several hundred people turned out by Tuesday afternoon for an immigration reform rally on the National Mall.
Several hundred people turned out by Tuesday afternoon for an immigration reform rally on the National Mall.
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Usual allies from law enforcement, religion and agriculture are giving California Republican lawmakers a blunt message: pass immigration reform. Now.

Time is running out for the House of Representatives to vote on immigration reform this year with only about a dozen work days left in this year's calendar.

KPCC's Washington Correspondent Kitty Felde says GOP members from California, in particular, are feeling the pressure. And some of it is coming from sources who usually are Republican allies.