[afnamvet]

"This has been a horrendously difficult issue," Mayor Michael O'Reilly said. He said every worker has a constitutional right to "stand on a street corner whether they have documents or not."

Another public official who bloviates about "rights" of illegal aliens and ignores the Constitution of The United States of America. There is nothing mayor that is "difficult" about this issue.

[AmericanInTokyo]

It's called "the simple lack of will". It might also be called "allegiance to certain contributors and monies".

Follow the money. You'll find the trail and the explanation of human behavior.