Immigration Reform Comes Down to Blood, Money
"As the Senate prepares this week to debate the most sweeping proposed change to the U.S. immigration system in more than four decades, Irvine, Calif., technology executive Bruce Warren and Los Angeles homemaker Monsorat Jaldon symbolize the high stakes looming for millions of families, businesses and workers.
The proposal would shift the way the nation awards green cards from a heavy preference on applicants with family ties -- a system adopted in 1965 -- to those with advanced skills, college degrees and English-speaking ability."
TERESA WATANABE in the Los Angeles Times.