I say this because Senator Sessions is introducing an amendment that would authorize construction of a fence but only for one traversing a small percentage of the border. Would you suggest that Sen. Sessions has gone soft on illegals?
"Would you suggest that Sen. Sessions has gone soft on illegals?"
Me, PERSONALLY?
I like Mexican immigration.
I like Latinos.
They're my co-religionists. They think as I do on many things. They drive down the cost of things.
I don't CARE about the border all that much.
So I have no opinion either way about Sessions.
Ask the BorderBots.
THEY care PASSIONATELY about this issue.
I imagine that they would say that fencing the high traffic areas FIRST is of course a very smart idea, but eventually you have to fence the remote areas, because that's where illegal immigration would move TO.
They'd probably point out that Israel's security fence, which has been almost completely effective at blocking terrorist crossings, would cost about $8 billion if erected the whole length of the Mexican border. It would stop practically all overland immigration, and would save more than it cost every year in reduced social welfare expenditures. Those are tangible things.
Anyway, that's what I'd expect they'd say.
I can't rightly say what they'll DO in November, but I have an inkling that a lot of them will stay home. We'll be able to get a bead on this when we see whether or not Bush gets a spike in the polls. I don't think he's going to get much, because I don't think the Border Conservatives, other than a few like yourself, came home to him tonight at all.