Go slow and steady on immigration expansion, one step at a time
On Feb. 4, Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., introduced the Dream Act, co-sponsored by Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., which would grant legalization and eventual citizenship to an estimated 2 million immigrants without papers, who were brought to the United States as children.
Even though such has remained highly popular among voters since former Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, introduced it in 2001, critics have often dismissed it as a piecemeal effort that is inferior to comprehensive immigration reform.
