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Every administration and every congress in the last two decades has called for sweeping immigration overhaul. What they actually do remains to be seen.
by paxy 8y ago
Every administration and every congress in the last two decades has called for sweeping immigration overhaul. What they actually do remains to be seen.
- vlovich123 8y agoActually Obama got close with a pretty compelling bill but the Senate Republicans continually filibustered it for 3 years (even those who were originally cosponsors) and that was enough because at the time it required a supermajority to break the filibuster (& in 2011 the RNC took over the Senate & House in the midterms) [1]. I wouldn't say there has been genuinely two decades of calls for sweeping immigration reform; it seems like the calls have only genuinely come from the left on this issue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DREAM_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DREAM_Act
- masonic 8y agoDemocrats did have filibuster-proof supermajorities several times under Obama; Democrats voting against cloture made the difference(0). The legislation changed significantly over the sessions. Republicans stopped supporting it after Reid reneged on requiring e-verify. (0) https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00278 https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_...