A2: Immigration

An editorial in the New York Times praises the four students – including Iranian-born Mohammad Abdollahi of Ann Arbor – who camped out at Sen. John McCain’s Tucson office to urge passage of the Dream Act, a bill that would offer undocumented students who graduate from U.S. high schools a way to become naturalized citizens. “Who else has shown such courage in the long struggle for immigration reform? Not Mr. McCain, who ditched his principled support of rational immigration legislation to better his odds in a close re-election campaign against a far-right-wing opponent. Not President Obama, who has retreated to lip service and vagueness in his calls for reform.” [Source]