Prospects for Reform
An essay by Benjamin Johnson, director of the Immigration Policy Center:
Voters rebuffed anti-immigration hardliners in this months midterm elections. Despite their best efforts to use immigration as a wedge issue, many of the hardliners were rejected by voters who want more than just tough talk and a 700-mile fence to nowhere. As a result, the stage is set for Congress to find a workable solution to the immigration issues we face. And, with a bit of luck, Congress will be able to deal with a host of other social and economic issues that, in the past, have been linked falsely to immigration.
Read the entire essay here.
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