Months of hard work may prove to be for nothing.
The Hill has some bad news for those that were hoping for “comprehensive immigration reform” this year.
“We don’t currently have 60 votes identified in the Senate,” [Sen. Robert] Menendez (D-NJ) said in an interview with Univision. “We need to add more votes on the floor. That means that the community in your state, in every state, should be contacting your state’s two U.S. Senators saying that they want comprehensive immigration reform, that they are going to judge their political future based on this vote.”
According to this recent FoxNews poll, many voters have likely been telling their legislators just the opposite. While most people do want to see a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, even more want to see the border secured first, and that majority is solid across both parties and those identifying as independents.