https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-not-to-resolve-the-immigration-debate-1535055807
This column has been hoping for some time that Washington lawmakers will cut a deal that allows more immigration and forgiving treatment for those brought here as children in return for the construction of President Donald Trump’s promised border wall and enhanced law enforcement. This week was a reminder of just how difficult it may be to forge such a compromise.
Not at all helpful was Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) in a Wednesday morning interview with CNN’s John Berman. Here’s a partial transcript:
Mr. Berman: … a very important story in the news: it has to do with Mollie Tibbetts, the young woman in Iowa who was murdered, her body believed to be found yesterday. A person has been charged with it. This person is an undocumented immigrant. Mike Pence and the president have suggested the immigration laws need to be stronger so that people like this man who was accused of this murder were not in the country. Your reaction?
Sen. Warren: I’m so sorry for the family here and I know this is hard not only for the family but for the people in her community, the people throughout Iowa. But one of the things we have to remember is we need an immigration system that is effective, that focuses on where real problems are.