By Dan Nowicki | The Republic | azcentral.com
U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake suddenly is much more confident that the U.S. House of Representatives will take up immigration reform, saying last week’s Capitol Hill lobbying push by business, religious and law-enforcement leaders has helped resuscitate interest among Republicans.
Flake, R-Ariz., told The Arizona Republic late last week that he sensed “some active movement” on a rumored House plan that would address the legal status of many of the nation’s estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants without providing the “special” pathway to citizenship that was included in a comprehensive reform package that emerged from the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate in June.
