Enforcement Now, Enforcement Forever: Senate Passes Border Security Bill

With comprehensive immigration reform addressing the nation’s broken immigration system nowhere on the horizon, with record levels of deportations and record levels of expenditures on border enforcement, and with 12 million undocumented immigrants living in the shadows of American life, what does the U.S. Senate do to address the issues?   In a rare bipartisan measure, the Senate has passed a $600 million measure to bolster border security. “With this bill’s passage today, we have clearly shown we are serious about securing our nation’s borders,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY).   Schumer previously had resisted increased enforcement efforts without more comprehensive reform.  As an old boss of mine once told me about President Clinton, with friends like that . . . .?

For a critical statement of the border security bill, click here and here.

KJ