Immigration in the News

Here's a link to the AP produced, sponsored content page on the Pilot that has some good interactive resources describing the Senate immigration bill in the right hand column along with a good story about what's happening on the Hill today.

Margaret Edds from the Pilot suggests "When all else fails, try compromise". As Edds points out, any immigration reform proposal must honor three truths to gain the votes it needs to pass:

To accept wholesale flouting of the law is more than a nation built on laws can bear.

To round up and deport 12 million illegal immigrants would rip the heart of a nation in which generosity and compassion are core values.

The American economy has come to depend on the labor of undocumented workers.

Edds says that Congress can pass the Senate bill that honors these three truths now or spend another 10 years arguing to get to the same three essential realities.

Tell your Senators and representatives that it's time to compromise and to act!