Thursday, February 28, 2008

Candidates agree policies on immigration must change

Feb. 28, 2008
By Elizabeth Herring

One thing all the presidential candidates agree on is 700 miles of chain-link fencing.

Each candidate views illegal immigration as a crisis that is in need of the $3 billion boost in border security the Senate voted for in May 2006. But the candidates are vague on how and when this funding is going to change the problems in the ailing immigration system, even if it eventually passes through the House of Representatives and becomes a law.

"There are a lot of concerns and uncertainty about what the future may bring," said Luis Matias-Cruz, a professor in the Latin American studies department.

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