As always it depends on how one defines comprehensive immigration reform.

Comprehensive immigration reform seems to always just mean ´´a path to citizenship´´. I see nothing comprehensive about it: Everything else is a vague ´secure the borders´ mumbo-jumbo with no specifics on how things will be different this time around. Reagan was hoodwinked in 1986 (or maybe not) and it would be the same in 2013.

The only way I could go for a very restricted residency for current illegals (no allowance for further chain immigration, no eligibility for Medicare etc.) is the prior PASSAGE of a constitutional amendment ending birthright citizenship (and finally putting us in line with the other developed nations).

If you let democrats/liberals be the only ones to act on this, they will control the "reform".

The problem in 2007 was Reid. Kyl-Kennedy was a good framework but it needed work. It should have either gone to committee or had an open amendment process on the floor of the Senate. Instead Reid moved for cloture.

Why does she want to destroy this country? Why?

Yes, immigration reform. Reform of the tax code. Reform of perjury. Reform of labor laws. Reform of laws prohibiting fraudulent documents. Reform of customs law. Reform, reform, reform is Beltway speak for we´re going to give these illegal guests a pass for all the crimes they´ve broken over the years because the Gimmeecrats need more voters.

Condi, who mows your lawn?

When are they going to make it mandatory for everyone to learn spanish? Will that be part of the so called immigration reform, US Citizens must be required to speak spanish.

COMPREHENSIVE, no matter what the issue, is a code word for a whole bunch of stuff no one wants. I could understand a bill to deal with those brought here by their parents, but only AFTER a small bill securing our borders with defined goals.

We need "comprehensivve" reform because no one is obeying or observing the laws we have now! Comprehensive is code for changing the laws to mirror the reality of what is occurring on the ground and acknowledging that we have failed to enforce the existing laws. We wouldn´t need to change anything if we enforced existing law, but because we can´t or won´t we must change the law so illegals are no longer illegal. I say Comprehensive Reform be damned!

Another vague terms being used to not tell the truth.

Just for the Record: There already is a pathway to Citizenship.


You might not like it. But, it´s there.

Let´s call a spade a spade.

This has nothing to do with immigration reform.

This has everything to do with adding an extra 20,000,000 or so Demon-RAT voters -- especially in dependably Republican states like Texas.

And the fact that the Republicans are willing to help commit suicide by going along with this just shows that the Republican Party officially died on 11-6-2012!!!!!

Let´s go back to the last time the Congress enacted a comprehensive, all encompassing immigration law...the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (Hart-Celler Act, INS, Act of 1965, Pub.L. 89–236), enforce it completely, exactly as written, with clearly defined rules for all immigrants, both the legal ones and those "out of status" who are in this country without official government permission, granted before entry.

After a "testing" period of a year, or perhaps six months and only if the backlog of applications have been cleared, there could be a "committee" to report on what portions have been "effective" and which portions need to be amended, and each and every amendment should be put to a vote.