3 Canidates for a new Immigration Reform

Mr. McCain faces a balancing act between appeals to Hispanics who want changes and conservatives in his party who will fight any form of amnesty for those in the country illegally.
Mr. McCain came under heavy fire from conservatives when he pushed measures to give illegal immigrants a way to stay in the U.S. lawfully. He now says he wants border security first before a larger overhaul, but he does support a temporary worker program.
"The lesson is that Americans want the borders secured first," he said Thursday in Houston.

Mrs. Clinton has said that within the first 100 days of her presidency, she would push to jumpstart the process that collapsed last year on Capitol Hill.
In a statement to The Dallas Morning News, she said she continues to support "comprehensive immigration reform that respects the rule of law, our immigrant heritage and our American values." She said she wants to secure the borders and favors change that provides a "sensible and effective method of sanctioning employers who exploit undocumented workers, helps our local communities deal with the costs of immigration and provides a path to citizenship to those who are here, working hard, respecting the law."

Mr. Obama, in the Texas debate, said immigration needs to be fixed because of the growing backlog of people. "We have to require that undocumented workers, who are provided a pathway to citizenship, not only learn English, pay back taxes and pay a significant fine, but also that they're going to the back of the line," he said.
He recently told reporters he could succeed where Mr. Bush has failed because the Senate would gain more people "who are sympathetic to solving the problem as opposed to using it as a political football." And, he said, he would "use the president's bully pulpit more effectively to explain what our choices are."

The outcome over the debate may be decided more so by the congressional elections. Democrats own razor-thin majorities in the House and Senate, but many analysts say the landscape favors Democrats to expand their margins this fall