Immigration reform awaits next president – Regardless of party, winner faces uphill battle on divisive issue From: azcentral.com
Tagged: Arizona, borderPosted on: June 17th, 2008
The next president will inherit a broken immigration system.
With the number of illegal immigrants in the United States estimated at more than 12 million, he will remain under public pressure to take bold steps to deal with the issue. President Bush tried but failed in that effort when Congress did not pass comprehensive immigration reform that he supported.
Nowhere is the issue more pressing than in Arizona. The state’s portion of the U.S.-Mexican border remains the main gateway for illegal border crossings, which has led to about 1,000 migrant deaths here since 2003. “*
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