Defeatism is only an option for those who desire defeat.
HR 4437 would be very effective. Precisely why OBL's and apologists scream (literally) bloody-murder every time it is mentioned.
Realistically assessing the situation and the likely consequence of a half-a$$ed course of action is not defeatism.
HR 4437 would be very effective.
I suppose it depends on how you define "effective." It lets some folks known more for words than deeds pretend that they're doing something useful and still get campaign contributions from folks who employ illegal aliens. In that sense, it's effective. It doesn't actually stop one flippin' illegal immigrant who has a two-digit IQ and slightly more determination than the average couch potato.
Precisely why OBL's and apologists scream (literally) bloody-murder every time it is mentioned.
They're screaming bloody murder because those same folks who give the backers of HR 4437 campaign donations to keep the BP/ICE off their backs also fund the opposition to HR 4437--just to get you to support it instead of supporting a fence running from sea to shining sea.
They got you to back something that won't work--and to think that you're supporting "doing something."
Sucker...