The Long-Standing Failure of Congress to Address America's Immigration System.

Congress has repeatedly failed to address the broken US immigration system, with efforts to strike a bipartisan deal fracturing under political forces. Republicans have rallied voters behind campaigns to close the border with Mexico, while Democrats have long resisted border security initiatives without measures to grant legal status to millions of immigrants residing in the US without permission and to expand immigration in the future. Despite many attempts, not once in the 21st century has Congress managed to send a comprehensive immigration bill to the president’s desk.