“”And we’re beginning to see some results. In this immigration debate, oftentimes people say, well, they’re not doing anything to protect the border. Well, that’s not — those folks just simply don’t know what’s going on.””
This is funny. For 6 years he purposely underfunded border and immigration enforcement to keep depressing wages. In 2006 as part of the cynical “comprehensive” stratagery he proclaimed as a show of force the NG on the Border (remember the video?) and increase in BP agents. So he is taking credit for something he felt only compelled to do, increase enforcement, as part of a ruse to get his Amnesty+ through, his own prior non-enforcement being used as “proof” that only his current plan can work.
He’s not off his kilter yet, like last year, but may reach there. I will say this for him, and McCain, at least they’re not flip-flopping hypocrites like Kyl. Worse, Kyl proclaims the current bill is a “compromise”, yet it is demonstrably worse than last year’s. For example, no Z-Visa’s and a 2-5 year residency required.
How Kyl can lie so brazenly that this bill is a compromise, compounded with the fact he was elected for reasons diametrically opposite of this bill, is confounding...
the White House put Kyl out there today on Michael Medved but I think he was just pissing on a forest fire.
The word got out about that provision and it had a devastating effect for a bunch of Republicans in Congressional races.