Immigration

While I largely support the efforts of the Senate Judiciary Committee when it comes to immigration reform, I don't see the guest worker/hopes for citizenship planks surviving the Senate and the reconciliation with the House, which has already passed a bill without those reforms in place.

I can't help but think, however, that there may be more pressing issues for our lawmakers to be addressing:

Undercover Congressional investigators successfully smuggled into the United States enough radioactive material to make two dirty bombs, even after it set off alarms on radiation detectors installed at border checkpoints, a new report says.

It seems odd that Republicans, who drive the agenda in Washington, have again picked an issue that shows deep divisions within the party. It's a gift that Democrats will happily take, however:

Democrats have mostly stood back from the debate and allowed the warring Republican factions to simmer. Documents circulating among senior Democratic Senate staffers note that Republican voters view immigration as a much bigger problem than do Democrats.

And Democrats are so fed up with the GOP at this point, they aren't about to bolt on an issue like this one anyway.