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Last week, like millions around the world, I listened to President Obama give the State of the Union address and wondered how much of his challenge would be met by the 112 th Congress — to work in a bipartisan way to lead the world in innovation and technology, to rebuild education and infrastructure, and to create jobs that put Americans to work.? The speech balanced two visions: President Kennedy’s getting us to the moon, and President Franklin Roosevelt’s getting Americans back to work after the Great Depression. Earlier this month, I was in Laredo, TX for an executive session on immigration sponsored by the Laredo Police Department and the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), a Washington, D.C. law enforcement think tank.? In attendance were executives from various state and local police and sheriff‘s departments, as well as federal agencies; Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security, made up the largest block of federal agents.? The session centered around the impact of immigration — an issue the President addressed in his speech, and reached out to Republicans to help him resolve — on border communities Continue reading →