Opinion Report: The Immigration Debate

From the editorial page

As the immigration debate has moved forward, it has also gone topsy-turvy; left and right are jumbled and players are in unfamiliar positions.

Republican officials are exploring ways to redirect federal money intended to expand Medicaid, and use it instead to buy private health insurance for Medicaid recipients.

Mexico’s new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, has proposed reforms that could make monopolistic industries more competitive and improve the government’s finances.