Immigration Reform

One thing is certain, whether you agree or disagree with the passing of Arizona's new immigration law, you can't deny the fact that it has forced the issue of immigration reform into the forefront; a place that legislators were not wanting it to be after this past year's struggles and squabbles over health care reform. In cities across the U.S. protesters have been marching down busy thoroughfares singing, chanting and shouting out their frustrations at the Obama administration for what many see as a failure to deliver on one of his most important campaign promises; immigration reform within his first year in office. Most of the marches were peaceful, some however turned ugly when a few protesters smashed windows and defaced storefronts. The message is loud and clear, the American people want immigration reform to be dealt with now, not in the unforeseeable future. The tone on both sides of the issue is reaching a fever pitch, with fear being the number one driving force; fear of a country being overrun by illegal immigrants and the fear of losing a large majority of the agriculture workforce to deportation. Legislators need to buck up and face this one head on before it careens out of control and runs over them.