Actors, musicians play role in pushing immigration bill
Roy Beck, executive director for NumbersUSA, a group that advocates for lower levels of legal and illegal immigration, said the effort may generate headlines but will do little to win over the Republican votes needed because Hollywood is already an entrenched Democratic fundraising bastion.
"If anything, it calls attention to the fact that rich people have a tendency not to notice the horrible unemployment rates among black and Hispanic people, and are thinking mostly of how to legalize the status of the many undocumented people who provide services to them," Beck said.
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