Unveiling Immigration Measure, Senators Seek Distance From Effort on Guns
And NumbersUSA, a group that seeks to reduce immigration, has begun poring over the bill to enumerate how it believes the legislation could hurt American workers.
''There are a lot of parallels between our type of outreach and the N.R.A.,'' said Rosemary Jenks, the director of government relations for NumbersUSA. ''We're both grass-roots organizations with very large memberships, and the goal is always to make sure members of Congress are hearing directly from their constituents.''