Lara Friedman of Americans for Peace Now wrote that the bill "takes the extraordinary step of seeking to change the current U.S. law to create a special and unique exception for Israel in U.S. immigration law."Lara Friedman, APN Legislative Round-Up: Week Ending 3/8/13, Americans for Peace Now web site, March 8, 2013, accessed April 17, 2013. James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute, has lobbied against the Senate language, and said passage of such a law would codify discriminatory treatment.
