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Move beyond reform, Irish pols are told
By Ray O'Hanlonrohanlon@irishecho.com
February 11, 2009 Irish politicians from all parties have been told that a way has to be found to allow a regular flow of Irish immigrants to the United States, this for the first time since the 1960s.
Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform vice chairman, Ciaran Staunton, met with more than 35 TDs and senators in Leinster House, Dublin late last week and urged them not just to back comprehensive immigration reform efforts in the U.S., but also to work for a bilateral visa deal between Ireland and the United States, one that would allow for more regular movement of citizens from both countries.
The meeting came in the same week that leading San Francisco-based reform campaigner, Bart Murphy, called for a bilateral deal between Dublin and Washington along the lines of an existing visa treaty between the U.S. and Australia.
"There was great concern shown," Staunton said of the meeting in a phone interview Tuesday. The Mayo native was still in Ireland and was lining up more meetings with political leaders before returning to New York.
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