I don't like the fact that we have so many illegals in this country and I blame both Bush and the current Republican party as they were the ones in charge. I consider the failure to enforce our borders to be an impeachable offense.
I also believe that the failure of the drug war has been on part to the failure to stop demand. The same parallel holds true here for immigration. Dry up the benefits, cut off the jobs, deny services and Christ Almighty, what moron came up with "Catch and Release" as a policy?
When I made the point about the deportations not happening it was implied that there is no national will to effect such an effort.
["I don't like the fact that we have so many illegals in this country and I blame both Bush and the current Republican party..."]
Well, to be consistent, I would suggest that you should also blame Ronald Reagan.
In fact, if you look at the bill the Senate recently passed (a couple of days ago), the language in it is not much different than what was passed during the Reagan Administration.
OK, I understand where you are coming from now. I am trying to fight against the perception that is oft-repeated that since we have 12million illegals, deportation is not an option. Well, which is harder, deportation or making that many illiterate uneducated third world laborers part of your body politic?