Sights set on overtaking enforcement.
Two fledgling political action committees that support allowing someillegal immigrants to become citizens are raising more money than theirimmigration-control counterparts, signaling a possible fundraisingshift ahead of next year’s congressional races.
Immigrants’ List and ImmigrationPAC, both established less than fouryears ago, have raised $100,000 combined this election cycle. That’s arelatively small amount in the influential realm of PACs but still morethan established groups that back enforcement-only policies, who haveseen donations slow to a trickle.
“Even a small amount of pro-immigration reform PAC money,pro-immigration muscle, makes it a two-sided debate,” said TamarJacoby, who heads ImmigrationWorks USA, a federation of mostly smalland medium businesses that support a path to citizenship for someillegal immigrants and streamlining the employment visa process.