I’ve been wondering the same thing for a while now...
Normally it's campaign contributions and PAC money, and I know for a fact that the usual suspects from K Street are supporting this Shamnesty (direct link to http://www.meatami.com/1CQImmigrationAd030206.pdf).
But this is something else entirely.
Large numbers of elected officials are gambling their careers over this, at very unappealing odds.
OK, I'll say it. Don your tinfoil caps:
Mexican mob money.
Well, maybe not. But something like it.
Anyone remember the fervor behind our invasion of Haiti, and who was ramrodding that, and why?
If you think that wasn't driven by coke money and Caymans bank accounts, I'd say look at it again.