Gilmore lobbies for undocumented Irish living in US ‘twilight zone’
The foreign affairs and trade minister was lobbying politicians on Capitol Hill at the start of a two-day visit to Washington during which he hoped to capitalise on a “critical time” in a process that has gained support on the right from conservative politicians hoping to plug into the Latino vote which carried President Barack Obama last November.
The Senate has already approved the wide-reaching legislation and it is currently moving through the House of Representatives before it eventually lands on the president’s desk.
