This opinion piece gives many reasons why the Mass. election does not mean immigration reform is dead. People on both political sides are for (or against) reform. - - Donna Poisl
By Ruben Navarrette Jr., San Diego Union-Tribune
Sometimes conventional wisdom is wrong.
That's how it is with the assumption that Republican Scott Brown's victory over Democrat Martha Coakley in the Massachusetts Senate race means that there will be no immigration reform this year.
The senator-elect has said that he opposes what he calls "amnesty" for illegal immigrants. In fact, Brown already knows how to turn illegal immigration into a wedge issue. As a state senator, he recently introduced a bill that would require anyone suing employers for violating state wage laws to show proof of citizenship or legal residency.
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