President Biden pushes immigration reform, but can he succeed?

It’s been 35 years since Congress has passed significant immigration reform. Since then, the debate over immigration has evolved from a conversation on the needs of the agricultural sector and the squalid living conditions of migrant workers, to a discourse on xenophobia, family separation and the construction of a border wall. Other than stoking fierce national division, little progress has been made. Now, as the Biden administration takes the lead on the next round of debate over immigration, legislative reform remains intricately tethered to the ability of a deeply divided Congress to find common ground. Just hours after his inauguration, President Joe Biden unveiled a sweeping...