Ruben Navarrette Jr.: Latinos shouldn’t be duped by Dems

“Who killed immigration reform? The autopsy shows it was Senate Democrats.

It’s tempting to put a pox on both parties, but it wouldn’t be fair. Republicans were tireless in searching for comprehensive, and bipartisan, reform.

Sen. John McCain of Arizona joined with Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., to draft the guest worker legislation, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter made that legislation central to what his committee sent to the full Senate. Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Sam Brownback of Kansas were vocal in their support. Sens. Mel Martinez of Florida and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska offered a helpful compromise. Republican Majority leader Bill Frist showed leadership by reaching out to the other side.”

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