As presidential elections are coming up in the next year, the issue of immigration is something that activist and lobbyist are trying to bring into the candidates campaigning in hope that there is some type of reform. But immigration is not one of the major issue that will be discussed in the 2008 elections, primarily because the Democratic stand is so unclear on the issue.
Key immigrration lawmakers estimate that there will not be any type of bills that will be presented in the upcoming election that will help legalize undocumented immigrants. These predictions are seen after two major measures were turned down.
The first being the Dream Act which would have legalized college bound students whose parents brought them to the United States without visas and the second was when "Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., opted not to attach her move to give legal status to about 500,000 illegal farm workers to a $283billion farm bill." Another major issue that shows the immigriation isnt priority on the Democractic election campaign is when they asked Hilary Clinton wether illegal immigrants should be granted driver licenses and she failed to answer the question.
As it isnt clear if the issue of imigration is a determinant in elections, it clearly that 2008 wont be contributing to the study.
Written By: Sergio Morelos
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