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Friday
Nov082013

So what's up with immigration reform?

Comprehensive immigration reform has been crafted to address four main issues:  (1) What to do about the 11 million-plus undocumented immigrants who live in the U.S. currently;  (2) How to further secure our borders; (3) How to ensure businesses are only employing immigrants authorized to work legally in the U.S.; and, (4) How to improve the legal immigration system.  A Senate billed passed in June, by a vote of 68-32.  That bill is currently stalled in the House of Representatives, although it is not yet completly dead, things are not looking good.

The bill is certainly not perfect, but it was something.  It was an acknowledgment that the system is broken and something must be done.  I only hope something actually will be done...