Immigration reform: Keep it small, keep it real

Published January 13, 2018 5:01am ET



President Trump likes to do “yuge” things: tall hotels, massive walls, big deals. Congress, meanwhile, tends to make bills more complex as parochial interests and powerful lobbies tack their favored provisions on to bills as they move through the Capitol.

For any immigration bill, these habits would be fatal. Congress and Trump should pass a small immigration deal, resisting any push for “comprehensive” immigration reform. In fact, the House bill probably already has too much clutter.

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