There's That Infamous Date Again...immi Reform

[Khadgam]

It's worth noting that Americans started the long and difficult journey toward immigration reform on September 5, 2001, when President George W. Bush welcomed Mexican President Vicente Fox to the White House for a state dinner in his honor.

Earlier in the day, both leaders told reporters that they wanted to fix the immigration system and match willing employers in the United States with willing workers in Mexico. The reform was supposed to include a pathway to legal status for millions of illegal immigrants in the United States.

Six days later, our country was attacked and the world changed. Immediately, immigration reform was put so far onto the [b]back burner[/b] that it eventually fell clear off the stove.

And again...Boston...

As the Senate convened its first hearing on a bipartsan effort to give 11 million law-abiding undocumented immigrants a shot at citizenship, senators opposed to the bill invoked the mayhem apparently carried out by the ethnic Chechen siblings in Boston.
“We . . . appreciate the opportunity to talk about immigration, particularly in light of all that’s happened in Massachusetts,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who has been skeptical of the reform bill introduced Wednesday by a bipartisan group of senators known as the “Gang of Eight.”
“Given the events of this week it’s important for us to understand the gaps and loopholes in our immigration system,” Grassley added.
“While we don’t yet know the immigration status of people who have terrorized the communities in Massachusetts, when we find out, it will help shed light on the weaknesses in our system.”