It cannot be denied that the United States has been built on the dreams of many immigrants and their generations who came and built the nation as we know it today. Yet, we see Republicans trying to cut down on any form of measure being taken by the Obama administration.

The immigration law in Arizona brought about violent national debate which in itself had many flaws and some of its key points have been put on hold. With this, similar incidents happened with a nun being killed in a car accident in Virginia.

Here, the driver was an illegal migrant and was accused of drunken driving. In this case, the accused Carlos A. Martinelly had been convicted twice but ended serving only a period of 20 days in the prison for one of the convictions. The main reason behind this was that Martinelly was handed over to the Federal Immigration Enforcement officers by the local authorities. The immigration officials never investigated into his case.

The above clearly questions the insight of the immigration officials who overlooked such a serious case. More so, it only led to a nun being killed only because the convict was left in open. At the same, it was requested by the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia to not politicize the issue.

However, this did not stop the Chairman for the Board of Supervisors at Prince William County, Corey Stewart to coming forth with a statement which charged President Obama along with Janet Napolitano, Secretary for Homeland Security of having blood on their hands.

Keeping the above aside, a new legislation is being proposed by the Senate and some of the Republicans in the House which would amend the US Constitution. This amendment would enable to deny citizenship and legal immigration status easily. More so, some of the Republicans also want to bring about changes in the 14th amendment which would US citizenship being granted to some of the children being born in the nation.

All in all, there is a serious need for a dialogue in the matter of immigration. Reform where it matters has to be the goal.