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"Get real. Prejudice -- and its cousins, racism and xenophobia -- are intrinsic to the immigration debate, just as they have been in every immigration debate since the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. When people deny this, I always ask them to pinpoint the moment in American history when this great nation got over the tendency to make the debate about keeping out specific groups of people. They can't -- because it never did." -- Ruben Navrette, from the same article.

Prejudice -- and its cousins, racism and xenophobia -- are intrinsic to the immigration debate

You know, the guy is correct. Except intrinsic is probably not the right word to use with the current Latino wave of illegals. I would even agree with a "an important part of."

Sure, the country is loaded with racists, bigots, xenophobes, Jew-Baiters, Anti-Papists, and every other unfashionable sort you wouldn't want mouthing off at the country club bar. But that's no reason not to enforce the law.
I personally believe the "Great Illegal Immigration Debate," is a fraud and a distraction. Why? Well for one thing, it definitely brings PDR's racists, bigots, and xenophobes out in public, where they are effectively used to cancel the debate.

But mainly, it has become a fraud and a distraction because there is no need for debate. Folks, it's over. The demographic shift is here. Done deal. 110 years from now, this will be a majority-Latino country. Stop illegal immigration tonight at midnite. OK, it will take 115 years. BFD.

Will our country's people look like Guatemala, or Chile? Now that's a good question.(A racist question to be sure, but nonetheless a good one.) Depends on how fast we intermarry. But when you bring in hordes in a tidal wave of illegal immigration, such as we have done, they mostly will marry each other! (IMHO)

I think I can prove my theory: the fact that politicians are now talking about illegal immigration defitely proves it's over. Those of us who warned of illegal immigration in the 70's will have the luxury of having been proven correct. Our new Latino neighbors couldn't possibly care less.

Sorry gang. Isee all the popular sound and fury over this issue, but I see no collective, official will to correct it. This is still (temporarily, anyway) America. If we 'don't 'git'er done," it's because we really don't want to, where it counts.