11-26-2018, 12:10 PM
I'm not very optimistic either Duchess.
Even when the President wasn't using anti-immigrant rhetoric as a key platform issue and really wanted to improve the situation (ie Bush II, Obama), several bi-partisan attempts at comprehensive immigration reform failed due to hard-liners in Congress.
I do hope with fewer extremists in the House starting next year, some progress can be made though. It would require McConnell and (likely) Pelosi to make a lot of deals and compromises within their caucuses.
Even when the President wasn't using anti-immigrant rhetoric as a key platform issue and really wanted to improve the situation (ie Bush II, Obama), several bi-partisan attempts at comprehensive immigration reform failed due to hard-liners in Congress.
I do hope with fewer extremists in the House starting next year, some progress can be made though. It would require McConnell and (likely) Pelosi to make a lot of deals and compromises within their caucuses.