On the Left we have the Democrat's view of immigration reform. The details can be found at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration The basic tenets are: border security, strengthening enforcement, earned citizenship, streamlining legal immigration, and cracking down on employers who hire illegal immigrants. Now, that seems reasonable to me. What about on the Right? What are they saying about immigration reform?
In case you missed it, the Senate passed a bipartisan immigration reform bill 18 months ago. The Speaker of the House, John Boehner, has not allowed members to vote on it since it arrived in the House. But, they did vote on another bill that would tear families apart, make it harder for the administration to do background security checks on millions of undocumented immigrants, and would make it harder for undocumented immigrants to pay taxes. http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/12/04/house-republicans-vote-make-immigration-system-worse-not-better They basically passed a bill that they knew would never make it out of the Senate or would be vetoed once it reached the President. So, why do that? They can go home to their base and gather campaign funds because they did something to thwart President Obama. (Even though they actually did nothing.)
There you have it: Democrats and some Republicans in the Senate actually want to do something about immigration reform. But the House Republicans refuse to cooperate.
If you aren't happy about this turn of events, please contact your representatives in Congress. Senate.gov and House.gov make it easy to find and contact them.
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