Syria debate pushes immigration off the House’s agenda
By Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun
WASHINGTON — For immigration advocates, September was supposed to be the month.
A national network of immigrants rights groups had set the end of this month as a deadline for the House of Representatives to respond to years of protests and pleas by passing a comprehensive immigration reform bill.
For a while, it looked like Congress might just be responsive, picking up immigration reform as a top item when they returned to Washington, D.C. this coming week.
Then, there was Syria — and everything in Washington came to a screeching halt.
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