Immigrant rights groups adjust focus to passage of AgJobs, Dream Act

Maybe getting pieces of immigration reform into law is better than holding out for the whole package and getting nothing now. - - Donna Poisl

By Krissah Thompson, Washington Post Staff Writer

Some immigrant rights groups are shifting the strategy in their so-far unsuccessful push to overhaul immigration law: They're calling the new tactic the "down payment" approach.

"We are aware that the clock is running out, and there are no guarantees that a Congress that is supportive of immigration reform will be returned in November," said Antonio Gonzales, president of the William C. Velásquez Institute, a Latino public policy group. "We took a deep breath and said, 'Okay, we need a Plan B.' "
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