[AZRepublican]

See also: Immigration News Daily

[M. Espinola]

[Cobra64]

Great article. I wish W had the guts to take Ike's approach.

[dennisw]

bttt

[caver]

Despite Ike's politics, he was a different breed of American. Sadly we won't find any today in this politically correct country.

[Puddleglum]

Mr. Coppock says he "cannot understand why [President] Bush let [today's] problem get away from him as it has.

My guess: Bush is beholden to people who make tons of money off of this off-the radar labor. Home builders, etc.

As always, let the middle class bear the cost of these employers' profits.

[liberallarry]

Well, that's one view of what happened.

I remember reading about this many years ago. The details are gone but the essence was this. Mexicans were starting to agitate for better wages...and were beginning to take better jobs outside of agriculture - lowering wages in those fields, too. Complaints from ranchers and others led Eisenhower to do what he did.

What the article doesn't describe is what happened almost immediately after the round-ups and deportation. A new bracero program was begun which brought in new Mexican labor - legally - at much reduced wages, and under much better control.

[kellynla]

ping

[kellynla]

Deport 'em all!

Ike did it, so can Bush!

[Antoninus]

Where there's a will, there's a way. With the current administration and Senate, there is no will, so their is no way.

[conservativecorner]

How Eisenhower solved illegal border crossings from Mexico

[Mr. Mojo]

Bumpity