The pro-illegals over at the National Immigration Forum are cheered by recent signs that Comprehensive Immigration Reform is back from the dead. Here’s Ali Noorani, Executive Director of the Forum:

“Everything we’ve heard about the meeting [between Obama and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus] is very encouraging. The President promised on the campaign trail and has reiterated more recently that immigration reform will be addressed in his first year and the ball is clearly rolling in that direction. . .

The President is preparing to meet with Mexican President Calderón, which will be another opportunity to discuss how reform can and should be crafted to create a better relationship and a more peaceful border between our countries. President Obama also indicated that resources currently wasted chasing families, workers, and tax-payers in American businesses and neighborhoods may be redeployed against drug and cartel violence plaguing parts of Mexico and the border.”

Translation — even the limited enforcement we saw under Bush is going away. Noorani creates a nice false dichotomy: we can either enforce hiring laws OR stop drug violence. You know, because the world’s only superpower couldn’t possibly do both at the same time.