The GOP's Immigration Problem

Daniel Altschuler
CNN
November 1, 2010

Senate Republicans have said no to any piece of legislation related to immigration that extends beyond border enforcement.

Most recently, they killed the DREAM Act (it stands for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) with a filibuster and balked at the late-hour introduction of a comprehensive immigration bill by Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey.

The conventional wisdom has been the GOP's position was a good short-term strategy that would mobilize the Tea Party movement in a climate of left-of-center malaise and reinforce Republicans' seemingly inexorable November landslide. There is good reason to believe, however, that obstructing Congress on immigration will hurt the party in this election and in the long-term.

With the rise of Latino voters in the United States, obstructing immigration reform could cost the GOP votes on Tuesday and any chance of winning back the White House in 2012 and beyond.

The DREAM Act is as American as apple pie. Behind it is the uncontroversial idea that we do not hold children accountable for their parents' actions.

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