Addressing Immigration Now

From Gebe Martinez at Politico.com:

It is the issue few candidates were willing to discuss publicly before the election. Even in victory, the word “immigration” has barely left the lips of President-elect Barack Obama.

But in the presidential transition offices, immigration is cited as a top-tier issue that Obama will have to tackle early in his administration.

Given that it intersects with the economy, health care, education and other key concerns, immigration is too complex a topic to ignore. As economic and health care initiatives are rushed out of the gate in January, proposed immigration reforms will likely be close behind.

And Obama and congressional Democrats can no longer avoid the issue that raises fears of hate speech and false arrests of citizens and legal immigrants at work sites while angering border control hard-liners. Immigration woes stand as a symbol of a broken government, and the onus is on Democrats to govern. Click here for the rest of the piece.

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