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TV and national papers are where you hear the LEFT howling about how rough Bush is on the poor illegals and how wrong it is to do something so minor as to require people here on student visas to actually prove they attending classes. Any time the slightest effort is made to stem the tide, or keep track of people who should damned well be tracked, or deny illegals in-state tuition at colleges, you will be able to find oodles of sob stories masquerading as news stories. You can read those right here, no need to subscribe to anything.

If you meant "protest" as in on the streets, well, you're not going to get organized "protests" of much size on this issue from the right; we're just not like the peaceniks (there was one that the NY Chapter did, which I did not attend, but from the report I gathered there was a surprising amount of "yes, we have to get a handle on this immigration thing", even in a hard-left city like NY). The shouting from the right is mainly on talk (Sean Hannity is for pretty much closing the borders, Michael Savage is too I believe but I don't get to listen to him very often) and Bill O'Reilly believes we need the army down there.

The problem is that there's a division among conservatives on immigration. I was at C-PAC this year and happened in on a panel discussion featuring Grover Norquist and Michelle Malkin, and I will just say it's a good thing no alcohol was served at the event. People were primed to come to blows as it was. The large crowd clearly had a majority in favor of border controls, and when Grover made a bleeding heart speech about how "we're all immigrants" (a rather liberal ploy to make us all back off, IMO), the audience got downright hostile. I was quite disappointed in Grover.

But I came away with the impression that far more were on the "anti" side of the immigration issue, and they're pissed, and they want something done. Just a matter of time.

I will ping you if I see anything of interest.

But I came away with the impression that far more were on the "anti" side of the immigration issue, and they're pissed, and they want something done. Just a matter of time.

That is pretty much the way I have seen it played out. I do see the 'poor little illegals', 'the illegals add so much', 'the illegals paid upteen billions in unclaimed taxes',etc. Now this is what I read here on FR!!!

I did not know Sean Hannity was speaking to it. I haven't listened to him in a while and I had never heard him mention it. That is encouraging because he seems so calm. I have never heard Michael Savage, my husband listens to him in his car, and I do know Bill O'Reilly has taken a stand. Now the last two, while I am ever so grateful because they might spur the conservatives to speak up. So many conservatives are quiet and nice and kind and they have been made to feel by the media AND A LOT OF POSTERS ON THIS SITE that you are just an old bad nasty if you say anything about the detrimental effects of illegal immigration. But to have Sean Hannity speaking is also encouraging. He seems a little calmer and maybe he will get to the meeker ones on the anti-side. How does Rush LImbaugh stand on it?

I think our real problem is the White House. I don't think the big contributors, therefore, the President intend to really do anything about it - so the WH is where a lot of pressure needs to be brought.

But thanks, do let me know if you hear anything encouraging - I just cannot understand why it hasn't just exploded on the national scene. It must take a lot of effort to keep this as hidden it is. It effects, badly, so many areas of our country -

Thanks