The Probability of Immigration Reform in 2010 is Less than Zero

 

PHOENIX (By Jon Garrido, The Jon Garrido Network) January 28, 2010 — Last night's President Obama's State of the Union address was 76 minutes and the only mention of immigration reform took less than 7 seconds: "And we should continue the work of fixing our broken immigration system – to secure our borders, enforce our laws, and ensure that everyone who plays by the rules can contribute to our economy and enrich our nations."

 

Yesterday, before the speech, I wrote, "The Probability of Immigration Reform in 2010 is Less than Zero."

 

Last night, unfortunately, immigration reform will take a very back seat to jobs and the economy.

 

This is what Americans thus Barack Obama make as their priority and maybe health care reform might be resuscitated with a lot of oxygen but in the adjacent emergency room, the patient died for lack of care.

 

2010 will not be our year but then there is always 2011 but only if unemployment of 10% falls to 7%.  The economy realistically will need more than a year to recover so maybe 2012.

 

Nope — not 2012 because that is an election year and immigration reform does not have the support of the American public so that means maybe 2013 will be our year for immigration reform.

 

In the next six months we need to answer the question, "What do we do now?" Act America may be the smart answer.