Republican Senators Kyl, Hutchinson and McCain have introduced a terrible version of the DREAM Act called the “Achieve Act”. http://tinyurl.com/bumbsmy This bill is a counterfeit form of the immigration relief that kids really need. The bill gives a “W” visa, good for two years, to work and study, to kids but does NOT lead to permanent legal status. The …
Obama is to Blame for the Failure of Immigration Reform
There has been a lot of casting of blame for this last weekend’s vote against a sensible and compassionate immigration bill that would have given hope and a future to hundreds of thousands of immigrant children. Most of the pointing fingers direct blame at the Republicans for their “filibuster” of the DREAM Act. Without dispute the Republicans have, in fact, …