With respect, I must disagree.
Even making the proposal of alien-amnesty, is starting to have repercussions. The pebble-on-the-pond example, ya' know?
The damage this will do, as I said before, will be a disaster.
1. The labor-rates across the entire private-sector will be driven into the dirt, causing
2. Loss of cash-flows to the government, and a general decline in the buying-power of the consumer, causing
3. A general decline in macroeconomic performance, and
4. Budgetary short-falls (a la California, but on a national scale).
5. The absolute refusal of the aliens to integrate will cause social unrest- if they can't speak English, they'll have a tough time getting work, and the real American citizens will resent being forced to learn the language of the invading aliens, just to keep their job (which is suffering from pay reductions, because of those same aliens).
6. Real-estate values will fall as the median incomes go down, and the standard of living declines (coupled with having 12+ people living in the house next door, complete with all their refuse, foreign music and bad manners).
These effects will take hold quickly, soon after the passage of this bill.
You may think I'm exaggerating things, but if you're in a border-state, and see the stuff I see every day...? You'd know exactly what I mean...
I still think Bush is a better choice than any of the Democrats who will be the ultimate nominee.
This bout is between Dubya and probably either Dean or Kerry, but it really is too early to tell.
If all three were running in the same primary, I would still vote for Bush
And, its tough -- because we agree on Amnesty and I feel just as strongly about CFR and the Patriot Act.
But, Bush is still the best option, unless a real conservative is drafted at the convention (and we both know that won't happen).