Point System in Immigration Bill Survives Near Miss from Obama

The point system we’ve discussed at length here on MoJoBlog almost suffered the same fate as the guest worker program. Late last night, Barack Obama introduced an amendment to sunset the problematic point system after five years instead of the current 14, a move that infuriated the bill’s sponsors and never quite mustered the support to pass. So in a 55-42 vote, the point system that will radically change the face of America’s immigrant population remains as is.