Orlando, Fla., Oct 1, 2007 / 11:06 am
Comprehensive immigration reform midwifed by Florida Republican Sen. Mel Martinez was stillborn earlier this summer. The consequences of this failure are real.
Agriculture and business leaders in Florida and elsewhere contemplate the economic loss if willing workers are not available to do work that otherwise won't get done.
But, more tragically, the consequences are reflected more than just in economic indices.
They have human faces.
The faces of millions of men, women and children who because of the lack of legal remedies to address their immigration status live in a fearful limbo with their lives and the futures put indefinitely on hold.