An Autopsy of the Senate Immigration Bill, Pt. 2: What Can We Learn?

CIS — The working assumption of too many members of Congress, and this was certainly true for the Gang of Eight, is that when it comes to immigration, they know what’s best for the country. And if that runs counter to the real immigration enforcement and lower immigration numbers that Americans continually say they want, well, too bad. Their thinking seems to be “We’ll just frame the bill in ways that make it seem to respond to their wishes, when in fact it doesn’t. And we’ll put in a few high-value symbolic items, like having those gaining amnesty be required to pay back taxes, even though we know those gaining amnesty won’t really have to do so.” [Read More]