"First, how do you propose to do that? Which GOP Senator is going to propose what you advocate? And if you're so sure that can happen, why hasn't a Senator already done that? I haven't seen a hint that there is a significant number of Senators willing to support what you've proposed."
You are misinformed. Already done. The Sessions/Nelson amendment/bill. It was not voted upon but maneuvred out in the last hours before recess. The issue is whether Frist will put the bill to a straight-up vote.
"Heck, even the House bill doesn't require deportation, and doesn't build a complete wall."
So and so? What's your point? Their can't be a complete wall, who with any geographic sense would espouse that? Doesn't mean the non-walled places can't be monitored.
That bill doesn't require complete deportation. And in any case, it was introduced in 2005 and has gone nowhere. Odd for a bill capable of garnering 51 votes.
Their can't be a complete wall, who with any geographic sense would espouse that? Doesn't mean the non-walled places can't be monitored.
Actually, there can be. Or certainly better than the 700 miles covered by the House bill. The danger without a wall is that it is dependent upon enforcement in the future, and that really can't be guaranteed. There are ways to pretty much guarantee enforcement, but the house bill doesn't do that.