[theDentist]

My Dad mentioned something... we all know that Politicians on both sides of the aisle are as frightened about touching immigration as they are about Social Security. They've dragged their feet for years. And after last year's protests they realized they had to at least look like they were addressing it. He suggested that they (politicians) deliberately produced a bill that would be so outrageous to both sides that it would be killed, and could not be re-addressed for 2 or 3 years.

[bboop]

I think your dad is right. This is like the anti-military NO-money-two-month military spending bills that Bush has vetoed recently. “You want an immigration bill?” And then they put every single rotten thing on it they would love, knowing that 1) their names will be seen on it, 2) those who oppose it will be villified and 3) that it will be too outrageous to ever pass.