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Obama: Immigration Reform Not Happening Until Next Year

A comprehensive immigration reform bill might be drafted by the end of this year, but President Obama said in Mexico today that he would not expect anything to pass until 2010, according to The Hill.
Immigration reform has never been at the top of the president’s agenda, although he’s said he supports it, but today he [...]


Border Crackdown Drives Up Immigrant Smuggling

Let’s see what Lou Dobbs makes of this one: turns out the crackdown on border crossings by undocumented immigrants has actually led to an increase in the violent smuggling, kidnapping and ransoms demanded for delivering undocumented workers into the United States.
Joel Millman at The Wall Street Journal reports today on a major shift away from [...]


Obama Immigration Proposal May Not Be at Odds With Economy

In a recession, can President Obama make the case for immigration?