Did you miss all the discussions in 1999 and 2000?
Apparently you did, or totally missed the implications. I believed those implications DID include amnesty, or what was tantamount to that.
Many here at FR, including me, were extremely reluctant to support Bush for President on the basis of this single issue. When I made that decision to support him, it was with clear recognition that if we were going to a avoid a “comprehensive immigration bill” such as this one, it would be ONLY due to being able to stop it in Congress DESPITE pressure by President Bush. That political power was clearly available in 2000... and for the last six years we DID so... but the constant sniping by the “purist conservatives” against anybody they consider “RINOs” has resulted in losses of those RINOs who once gave us some comfort in this.
Here’s congratulations to all those who did their part to “punish the GOP” during the last two elections! You are about to reap what you sowed then.
Buckle up.
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