Boston bombing and Immigration Reform - How are they connected?

http://news.yahoo.com/immigration-bill-debate-sidetracked-boston-terror-issues-181229014.html;_ylt=AwrTV.IpqXVRuTIA0QDNt.d_;_ylu=X3oDMTQ5c3FrYTFqBG1pdANBcnRpY2xlIFNlY3Rpb24gUG9saXRpY3MgMgRwa2cDYTc0ZGUzYjEtNzVmZC0zMDBjLThhOWEtOTllOGYwYmNhNWZlBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN0b3Bfc3RvcnlfY29rZQR2ZXIDNWNiYTFhMDEtYWI4MC0xMWUyLWJlZjctYWViNDExMDMzOTcx;_ylg=X3oDMTNhYXBmM3U2BGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDNWUyN2Q1YWItODI2MS0zOGYyLWExMTctMTAwNGIzMmFkZjBhBHBzdGNhdANwb2xpdGljc3x1LXMtZ292ZXJubWVudARwdANzdG9yeXBhZ2U-;_ylv=3

http://news.yahoo.com/tempers-flare-immigration-hearing-160230661--politics.html

In the wake of the Boston bombing, we are beginning to see some movement in Washington regarding Immigration Reform. The Gang of 8 recently released their blueprint immigration reform - focusing on security, but also creating a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. These two factors play a critical role for both Democrats and Republicans and you can see a progression of compromise in the Gang of 8 which will hopefully blossom into the Senate. The most serious question, is will The speaker of the house, John Boehnor of Ohio gain the votes he needs in the House of Representatives. This House has been very uncooperative and purposefully perpetuating certain social stigmas that negatively effect the immigrant community.

I am surprised to be using Rand Paul (R-KY) again in my blog for immigration. Recently Rand Paul had created an actual filibuster situation in the Senate, against the legal argument the Executive Branch has for Drone attacks on U.S. soil. This was an obvious hyper-politicizing filibuster by Rand Paul, but more importantly, Rand Paul is now coming out after the Boston Bombings in support of slowing down immigration reform legislation.

This move by Rand Paul is not a one man show, but there is support from extremists within the Senate, but also even from moderates. Marco Rubio (R-FL) used the Boston Bombing to emphasize the point of border security. I find this interesting because neither of the suspected terrorists are Latino, nor are their origins in the Western Hemisphere. The suspected bombers are actually Chechnya, one was a  naturalized citizen who did follow the legal procedure and the other was in the application process. I don't believe this bomb situation has any reflection on our immigration system. I believe this has more to do with the political forces within the Senate as opposed to something systematic.  

Although, this does not seem to be gaining support in the House of Representatives. John Boehnor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has come out against these arguments for slowing down immigration reform. He is actually cited in the second article, saying that he can see the benefits of reform, the most important ones are: who are they, why are they here, and what's the legal status? These questions can be answered, but we need to ensure that reform is based in reform of the system, not punishment of those who break the current system. I don't know if these measures of reformation are actually going to be adopted, or if we will end up spilling more money into a fence that will inevitably be jumped or tunneled underneath.