[TomGuy]

Hillary voted for the 2006 Senate bill and this year's bill. Hillary gets a D minus on immigration

You missed my point.

In my point, it is irrelevant how Hillary voted.

What is relevant -- in my point -- is that Hillary brought the issue of immigration/illegals to the forefront.

Until she made it an issue, the GOP kept it buried and refused to address it publicly.

[TC Builders]

I though Invaders marching in the streets brought it to the forefront.

[kabar]

What is relevant -- in my point -- is that Hillary brought the issue of immigration/illegals to the forefront.

You ascribe too much power to Hillary. This issue has been percolating for much longer among the American people. Tancredo was the first politician to really talk about it in the public square. But organizations like FAIR, NumbersUSA [Roy Beck's outfit], ANCIR, and others have been talking and lobbying about this issue for a decade or longer. I remember one political pollster saying that the issue of immigration has been ranked high by opinion polls but ignored by both political parties until it has now reached a boiling point. You can only spin reality so far.

When and how did Hillary bring this issue up? What was her position on it? Did she propose legislation? I do know that Hillary, Kennedy, Jim Moran, and other Dems addressed the first marches in the street by the illegals, which acutally proved to be a PR disaster for the illegals and woke up the American people on how large the invasion really was.