For more than a decade, Congress has been gridlocked on immigration reform, and the current House and Senate are no exception. Every recent major congressional proposal has gone down to defeat.

It’s easy to throw up our hands, conclude that the American people are hopelessly divided on immigration, and resign ourselves to waiting until they come together. Easy, but wrong: A strong majority of Americans already know what they want from immigration reform. The problem is that their elected representatives won’t give it to them.

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