A Just Immigration Law, An Impossible Dream?
After the November 2006 elections, there was hope that the new Democratic controlled Congress would join with President Bush to give the country a bipartisan and fair immigration bill. However, a New York Times editorial wondered if political interests were stronger than the will of our government to do what is right for immigrants and the country as a whole: "Immigration remains a high-voltage issue that Congress may be too timid or distracted to touch." 16 Unhappily the editorial proved to be accurate. The U.S. Senate defeated the...

A Just Immigration Law, An Impossible Dream?
After the November 2006 elections, there was hope that the new Democratic controlled Congress would join with President Bush to give the country a bipartisan and fair immigration bill. However, a New York Times editorial wondered if political interests were stronger than the will of our government to do what is right for immigrants and the country as a whole: "Immigration remains a high-voltage issue that Congress may be too timid or distracted to touch." 16 Unhappily the editorial proved to be accurate. The U.S. Senate defeated the...