Pro-immigration groups are more united, better-funded and, unlike the last battle in 2007, are ready to fight back against what they say is a wave of hatred from opponents as they gear up for another bruising immigration fight in Congress.
The groups range from businesses and Hispanic rights organizations to labor unions and religious denominations. They lost their fight for immigration reform three years ago after finger-pointing and disagreements between businesses and labor.
The groups also blame a Washington-centric strategy while their opponents ran a spectacularly successful grass-roots campaign.
"We're in much, much, much, much better condition than we were in 2007," said Eliseo Medina, executive vice president of the Service Employees International Union and one of the key organizers of the coalition. "We have a united labor movement, and we have, I think, a tighter-knit network of immigrant rights advocates, organizations, churches and others around the country."
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