Arizona's S.A.N.E. Solution to Federal Immigration-- Advancing National and State Concerns

PHOENIX - (BUSINESS WIRE) - The Real Arizona Coalition today announced Arizona's S.A.N.E. solution to federal immigration reform to address the needs of a 21st century economy.

For more than two years, and with the recent participation from The O'Connor House, a wide and diverse array of Real Arizona Coalition members and state leaders have met regularly in a robust exchange of ideas to give shape to a platform on federal immigration reform.

The resulting achievement is a broad consensus called the S.A.N.E. Solution to Federal Immigration Reform. It is a platform based principally on respecting and acknowledging the contributions of the approximate 11 million immigrants here now without lawful authority, an understanding that many businesses and industries presently rely on this existing undocumented immigrant labor force, and the recognition that the continued and ongoing commercial and labor interests of state and national businesses require a rational and pragmatic immigration policy going forward. The S.A.N.E. platform is a starting point for a reasoned and balanced approach to addressing the shortcomings of America's broken immigration system.