However, there was a last minute attack on these critical programs by a judge in Texas known for his anti-immigration viewpoint.
While it has failed to reduce the number of people entering the country, the Government's hardened stance on the issue has meant that it is now "acceptable" for people to be openly anti-immigration – a viewpoint which can easily cross the line into racism, the researchers said.
The Columbia University students who "shut down" the speech of Jim Gilchrist, the head of the Minuteman Project, because they disagreed with his ideological viewpoint on immigration issues need to be told, in no uncertain terms, that their actions are simply unacceptable and antithetical to free speech.
They share similar viewpoints on gun control, immigration and women's issues.
My August visit to the National Museum of Mexican Art show in the Pilsen neighborhood, "A Declaration of Immigration," was a rich mix of experiences and viewpoints of more than 70 artists from dozens of immigrant communities.
While the CNN anchor was explicitly discussing a growth in "legal" immigration, he has rarely, if ever, expressed such a viewpoint on his show.
He called for international students to be removed from immigration targets and urged the government to adopt a flexible approach to student visas – a viewpoint notably absent from this Conservative government.
"Stuart Prebble has concluded, overall, that our coverage of immigration is 'broad and impressive', that on the EU we offer 'a wide and comprehensive range of information and viewpoints' and that the BBC's coverage of religion is 'comprehensive and impressive'.
Same situation, different viewpoint.
One viewpoint will prevail.
