Watch Matt Welch Talk Immigration on MSNBC's Jansing & Co. at 10:30 AM ET

Matt Welch | 4.22.2013 9:21 AM

I will be on beginning at 10:30 AM to talk about how the Boston Marathon bombing is affecting the immigration reform debate.

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Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago

Just as easily as big events can (kinda) boost one national policy push (gun control) they can derail others. Any immigration reform was going to come out of the Capitol Hill sausage factory tasting like a turd, anyway.
1. SIV 13 years ago
  
  Any immigration reform was going to come out of the Capitol Hill sausage factory tasting like a turd, anyway.
  
  Cato loves dem sum coprophagia
  1. MP 13 years ago
    
    I had to look that one up, didn't I?
DJF 13 years ago

It should effect, it since the bill covers the Asylum and Refugee Provisions which is how the family stayed in the USA. The Gang of Eight wanted a comprehensive bill so they got one, and now they must face the problem that their comprehensive bill is connected to the program which allowed the bombers into the US.

""""Subtitle D?Asylum and Refugee Provisions
Sec. 3401. Time limits and efficient adjudication of genuine asylum claims.
Sec. 3402. Refugee family protections.
Sec. 3403. Clarification on designation of certain refugees.
Sec. 3404. Asylum determination efficiency.
Sec. 3405. Stateless persons in the United States.
Sec. 3406. U visa accessibility.
Sec. 3407. Representation at overseas refugee interviews."""

http://www.rubio.senate.gov/pu.....286495cf42

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