Last week's Sun editorial ("Eldridge's bill targets feds
'criminal' intent, March 22, was so flawed that I felt it
necessary to clarify the problems that my bill is actually
intending to address.  However, I was encouraged to see the
editors acknowledge that Congress needs to craft a comprehensive
immigration reform bill that creates a path to citizenship for
undocumented immigrants.  It is clear that comprehensive
immigration reform is finally gaining momentum in Washington.
Earlier this year a bi-partisan group of U.S. senators laid out
a plan to do just that and the most recent groundbreaking,
bipartisan poll shows that 77 percent of Americans support
comprehensive immigration reform, including a path to
citizenship.  The so-called "Secure Communities" program claims
to target violent criminals who are undocumented immigrants, yet
the program has done the opposite and has funneled individuals
who haven't broken any state or local laws into the immigration
system.  I hear heartbreaking story after story fro