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8th grade students hosted the annual naturalization ceremony in the middle school on Thursday, Nov. 13. Immigration is often discussed topic at SPA.   Rapid and bipartisan legislative action could ...lay the groundwork for more comprehensive future reform.

Mid-term elections yield potential for immigration reform

Thomas Toghramadjian, Columns Editor November 14, 2014
After a national wave in the midterm elections, which saw Republicans build their majority in the House and recapture the Senate, they now effectively control what, if any, immigration legislation will turn up on President Obama’s desk. With Obama threatening executive action to delay deportations in anticipation of an uncooperative Congress, while record numbers of unaccompanied undocumented minors flood the border, the stage is apparently set for two more years of dysfunction and delay. However, Republicans have the means to preempt the undesirable prospect of piecemeal reform through executive order, by taking the initiative to pass common-sense enforcement measures that can pave the way for more comprehensive reform.
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