Suspicious optimism / Immigration reform moves up on the agenda

By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board,
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 12:04 a.m.

As we watch lawmakers in Washington struggle once again to deal with immigration reform, it’s hard to know whether to be optimistic or suspicious.

On one hand, it looks like an encouraging sign that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has been a serious impediment to getting something done in the past because he caters to organized labor, which opposes major elements of reform, told an immigration rally in Las Vegas last weekend that the Senate would tackle the sensitive issue as early as this week.

“We’re going to have comprehensive immigration reform now,â€