Arizona Daily Star pimps "Immigration and America's Future" report

The Arizona Daily (Red) Star offers an unsigned editorial called "Immigration reform in '07: fact or fiction?"

A new report should serve as a reminder aThe Arizona Daily (Red) Star offers an unsigned editorial called "Immigration reform in '07: fact or fiction?"

A new report should serve as a reminder — as if one is needed — that the United States' immigration system is broken and needs fixing. The 110th Congress should follow the report's recommendations and pass a comprehensive immigration-reform package this session.

As detailed at the second link, no less than three Mexican citizens - including two Mexican government officials - participated in the report. Others included Senators John McCain and Teddy Kennedy and representatives Jeff Flake and Howard Berman.

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The report offers possible solutions, too, and it's not the enforcement-heavy approach that has been espoused by some anti-immigration advocates and lawmakers.

While the task force concluded that more border security is needed, it doesn't recommend hundreds of miles of walls or fencing. It also took a swipe at groups like the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, saying enforcement efforts "must include active steps by the government to disband vigilantism of any form along the border."

In Arizona, state Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Phoenix, introduced legislation that would make it a felony for groups, such as the Minutemen, not affiliated with law enforcement to patrol "to detect alleged illegal activity" if any are armed...

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