Condi, Like Bush, Regrets Administration’s Failure on Immigration Reform

President Bush previously expressed his regrets about failing to pursue immigration reform early in his administration.  Now, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expressing a similar lament about the  administration’s failure to achieve immigration reform.  The AP quotes Rice:  “We need immigration reform. I don’t care if it’s for the person who crawls across the desert to earn $5 an hour, or for Sergey Brin, who came here from Russia and founded Google . . . “As a country, we can’t have people living in the shadows. It’s just wrong. It’s not only ineffective, it’s wrong.” According to AP, Rice further stated that “immigrants were critical to the country’s financial health, and that reform was needed to fuel the next round of economic growth.”

We hope that this administration learns something from the past ones on immigration.

KJ