Immigration Reform: Can't Wait 'Til Next Year ; a Difficult Issue This Year Would Likely Be Impossible in 2008, so Now Is the Time.

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The country's lawmakers are moving forward on creating a workable, wide-ranging immigration-reform bill, and that's very good news. A week ago, it seemed as if it might be impossible - again - to make real progress on this hot-button issue.

That, of course, would mirror failed efforts in the past. The urgency to move now and not later is that next year is a presidential election, and let's face it - immigration is such a difficult issue that many political players would likely prefer to steer clear of it in 2008.

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Immigration Reform: Can't Wait 'Til Next Year ; a Difficult Issue This Year Would Likely Be Impossible in 2008, so Now Is the Time.

Last week, however, the Senate - knowing full well it would provoke a storm of criticism from al...

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