National Tumult Continues over Immigration Reform

Students and other immigration supporters continue to rally against proposed restrictions they view as fundamentally un-American as debate swirls in Washington on how to overhaul immigration.

Student walkouts, marches and rallies took place again Tuesday in California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada and other states. A group of high school students in Houston walked to City Hall in protest.

In Los Angeles, California, more than 8,000 students participated in walkouts Tuesday, prompting city government and education officials to announce that students who continue the walkouts will be cited for truancy beginning Wednesday.

The Senate, meanwhile, was expected to begin discussion Wednesday on an election-year bill that passed the Judiciary Committee on Monday. It was unclear, however, if the panel’s bill has enough support to survive intact.

Is anyone taking bets about what kind of immigration “reform,” if any, will be passed by Congress? 

KJ