James Carafano: Immigration reform kept behind closed doors, under wraps

Published October 5, 2009 4:00am ET



Call it an after-action review. The Bush administration’s attempt to craft a “comprehensive” immigration reform bill had crashed and burned. As the legislative rubble still smoked, a high government official met with conservative groups that had balked at the White House proposal to grant amnesty to illegals.

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