"If we had to do it again, we probably would lead with enforcement," a White House official said. In other words, soften up the immigrant-bashers with dramatically increased border security and then, and only then, seek a temporary worker program in a year or two.
shell game
n.
- A game, usually involving gambling, in which a person hides a small object underneath one of three nutshells, thimbles, or cups, then shuffles them about on a flat surface while spectators try to guess the final location of the object.
- A fraud or deception perpetrated by shifting conspicuous things to hide something else.
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The Bush Administration already admits that it misunderestimated conservative opposition to an open border, and regrets only that they didn't finagle and fool us well enough. They think they should have done a shell game on us. They think we are fools, but they are the ones with the plummeting approval ratings, aren't they?