And the show covered a lot of ground in an hour. Just about every area of immigration was touched on including: the staggering societal costs of illegal immigration, the anchor baby fraud, how our cities are turning into crime zones, the deleterious effect on our culture as a result of non-assimilation, over-population and the free-ride business gets from cheap illegal labor.
I was also glad that the guest from the Center for Immigration Studies twice mentioned that BOTH parties, for different reasons, support the immigration “free for all” and that they purposelessly thwart the will of the people (WH included) on behalf of business and ethnic activists groups. One lady caller went so far as to say that if we want to halt illegal immigration we have to vote out all incumbents in both parties.
Over time I have reluctantly come to this conclusion as well. The correspondence I have gotten back from my representatives in Congress indicates to me, after cutting through all the PC double talk, an unwillingness to do anything remotely related to controlling immigration in this country. If history is any guide, there have be political casualties before our elected leaders start listening to the electorate on contentious issues like this.
In sum, the overwhelming support and passion of the callers for immigration control gave me a sense of optimism that more and more Americans are recognizing how reckless immigration has put this country on course with disaster and something has to be done about it--NOW. Watch for immigration reform to be an increasingly hot button election issue in the years ahead. Our elected leaders dismiss this issue at their own peril. As the CIS guest said, if you want change call your elected representatives "early and often".