by Tamar Jacoby
I thought I was taking a break from my life as an immigration reform advocate in Washington. Of course, I knew immigration was a roiling issue in Europe too. Even from my beleaguered bunker inside the beltway, I’d caught wind of the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh; the Paris riots; the Danish Muhammad cartoon crisis. Still, I thought a few months of living in Europe and listening in on its immigration debate would clear my head and give me some perspective. After all, I reasoned, the issues – and our countries – are so different…
