Immigration reform won’t happen this year, but ironically the border debacle may make immigration reform more likely in the near to mid-future. Even if the House wanted to, there is little time (a couple weeks now and a few in September) to get any major legislation done. Moreover, with the monkey off their back and the Democrats under fire for the border mess, Republicans will see less urgency to move forward. Still, the outlook for 2015 and beyond is not entirely bleak for those who favor immigration reform.Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, are key...

This Fourth of July, President Obama pledged to keep pushing immigration reform as it languishes on Capitol Hill: “As long as there are men and women like all of you who are willing to give so much for the right to call yourselves Americans … then we’re going to keep on growing our economy, we’ll continue to journey forward.”In the meantime, millions of people are left in limbo. Here’s a glimpse into whose lives are put on hold:via Lives in limbo: A guide to who’s waiting for immigration reform – The Washington...

In 1994, California Governor Pete Wilson aired television ads showing people scrambling across the Mexican border near San Diego. “The rules are being broken,” a narrator intoned. “Pete Wilson has had the courage to say enough is enough.” Wilson, who at one point trailed in the polls, ended up cruising to an easy re-election.Two decades later, the rhetoric around immigration hasn’t changed much — just look at Virginia, where long-shot challenger Dave Brat upset Eric Cantor in part by promising to “secure the border” and “reject any proposal that grants amnesty” to undocumented immigrants.But while the rhetoric has stayed...