No it wouldn't have. There are too many that are making their living from the issue to allow for any sensible solution. It is no coincidence that the House felt secure enough to send Pence to the WH with his plan the day after the Tancredo endorsed candidate lost in Utah. They are no longer afraid of Tancredo.
So you admit they were afraid of him? Thank you for the candor, at long last.
Well, we knew that even as you and the other six shamnesty supporters at FR hysterically screamed for months that Tancredo was a powerless, uninfluential, racist dunce.
I suspect you're still scared of him. And so is the administration. That's because Tancredo understands where the typical conservative voter stands on the issue of shamnesty. And it isn't where you stand.
All we were asking is that he not reward people who broke the law and I'm sorry, but selling citizenship for $2,000.00 as per McCain/Kennedy just doesn't cut it. Right from the start there should be a difference between a guest worker and an applicant for citizenship. This has always been a country of immigrants but it is a country of LEGAL immigrants. Our door should be open to LEGAL immigrants who have had a health check and a background check and who want more than anything in the world to be an American citizen. Not just so they can get services, but because they believe in what this country stand for. There are thousands of LEGAL Mexican applicants waiting patiently to come into this country the right way. THEY are the ones who should be rewarded with citizenship.