Leid Stories - 06/06/13

Recent Study: Immigration-Reform Objectives All Wrong; Nine Justices, But Any Justice At U.S. Supreme Court? Predictions of a done deal on immigration reform by the end of July may be overstated, as opposition mounts in the Republican-controlled House against the Senate’s version of the bill. Dr. Steven Camarota, director of research for a study on immigration that is gaining traction with the opposition, says the assumptions and projections of the Senate bill are dead wrong. In the second half of the program, Dr. Gerald Hebert, executive director and director of litigation at the Campaign Legal Center in Washington, D.C., discusses the importance of cases considered by the U.S. Supreme Court that will affect current protections under federal voting-rights, affirmative-action and reasonable-search-and-seizure laws.