[sinkspur]

I've never thought anything was going to happen on immigration. Bush put forth a plan, Congress is in the process of shooting it down, so things will just go on as they are.

All of this hell-raising is just that. Does anybody see the American voter up in arms about immigration?

They don't like illegal immigration, but don't seem to want to do anything about the status quo.

[inquest]

Others have put forth plans, too. Why aren't they being enacted? Who's standing in their way, and why?

[COEXERJ145]

All of this hell-raising is just that. Does anybody see the American voter up in arms about immigration?

There are two groups "up in arms" about immigration. On the left you have Hillary, the Democrats, and the media who are using the issue to try and damage President Bush and the Republican Party. Then there are those on the right, the Buchanan/Tancredo crowd, (about 1%-1.5% of voters) that also want to destroy President Bush and the Republican Party. The Democrats want their power back. The Buchanan crowd wants to punish the Republican Party for rejecting their ideas. If the American people were so "up in arms" over the President's immigration proposal, we'd be talking right now about President John F. Kerry's full amnesty plan.

For most people, they support reasonable immigration policies, not some of the irrational things we've heard suggested like millions of troops on the border, billions for a wall/fence, or vigilante groups roaming the desert looking for illegals. Do we need to control the border? Of course. Should we let people come here legally to work? Of course.

[hchutch]

The hell-raising is a nice cash cow for people.