Both The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal published stories today on a new Pew Hispanic Center survey showing that, “Nearly two-thirds of the 5.4 million legal immigrants from Mexico who are eligible to become citizens of the United States have not yet taken that step.” The implication for the current immigration reform debate in Congress is clear: if citizenship is not important to many immigrants why must it be included as part of any immigration reform?

The Wall Street Journal article seems more eager to allow this conclusion quoting Indian-American technology entrepreneur Vivek Wadwha, “We keep talking about citizenship as if it’s the ultimate thing. We should just get this immigration reform done and come back 10 years from now and solve the issue of citizenship.”