When it comes to immigration reform, both sides of the political aisle in Congress are engaged in a cynical game that treats migrants as campaign fodder for election purposes.
In so doing, they create a public impression that immigration is an intractable issue which, they claim, the other side is causing by their stubbornness to rigidly adhere to demands that are unacceptable.
Lost in this immature exchange of absolutism is the failure to craft sensible policies that help human beings in desperate need of stability and security.