| WASHINGTON -- Immigration, after 10 months on the president's back burner, got its very own trial balloon the other day. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano went before a friendly crowd at a liberal think tank Friday and proclaimed that the time has come for comprehensive reform -- a goal that has eluded Congress so many times, it has become a third rail of American politics. It's different now, she argued: Border security is tighter than ever. Inflows of illegal immigrants have dropped by half. Benchmarks for fencing much of the border and roughly doubling the Border Patrol have been met. Lawmakers have hashed out the arguments so many times, the next debate can be streamlined. |
From BW - 17 Nov 2009 @ 08:26 pm
Go ahead, tell the people what's on the agenda next! It's a dare! 