On the Prospects of Immigration Reform in Light of the Sotomayor Nomination

The re has been some speculation that the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court might somehow delay the push for immigration reform.  I guess the theory is that Latinos are happy with the nomination and now will be willing to wait a bit longer on reform.  AILA President Charles Kuck on the AILA leadership blog is skeptical:   “One nominee to the Supreme Court still does not balance the incredible harm still being done to the legal and undocumented Latino community by the continuing aggressive and race based immigration enforcement only program the Obama administration continues to employ. Only when Driving While Hispanic is an historical footnote will the Latino vote be satisfied that America has lived up to her true potential.”  These are strong words but Kuck may just be right.

KJ