U.S. immigration well served through DHS commitment

Surya B. Prasai
March 08, 2008

According to Mr. Carl Shustermann, an American writer and legal columnist who contributes to the U.S. immigration debate through his blog spot and once served as Trial Attorney with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, "There will be a lot of talk about immigration in 2008, but what are the odds that substantive immigration legislation will be passed this year? A look at the recent past indicates that the odds are long indeed. After all, 2007 was supposed to be the year Congress finally addressed the challenge of comprehensive immigration reform. It didn´t happen." It is the belief of many American lawyers who deal regularly with DHS such as Mr. Schustermann, that immigration is shaping up as one of the key domestic issues in the 2008 presidential elections. Mr. Schustermann states the only issue rivaling immigration is health care but which is also related somewhat. One cannot disagree with this argument.

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