Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) introduced the Immigration Stabilization Act in the United States Senate in 1993. The bill was meant to overhaul the nation's immigration laws, and called for a massive scale-down of immigrants allowed into the country. The senator said the U.S. open door policy was being abused at the expense of honest, working citizens. So what changed since then? Why does Reid oppose programs he once sponsored now that the problem is seven times greater after 9/11? John Lillpop, in this interesting article, wonders how is it that Harry Reid was exactly right 16 years ago, but is so completely wrong now.

The House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee announced late last night that they had unanimously approved an FY10 spending bill for the Homeland Security Department, which included a two-year extension of the successful E-Verify program. What is most interesting about this extension is that Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman David Price, D-N.C., said the two-year extension was meant to "dovetail" with the "likely timing" for Congress to take up comprehensive legislation overhauling the nation's immigration laws. You can read this breaking story from Congress Daily here, however, access to it will require a subscription.