J.Mac tossed conservatives a bone when he said it wasn’t “politically feasible” to approach “comprehensive immigration reform” without securing the borders first. I never understood what was so “comprehensive” and “reforming” about amnesty anyway.
COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM (McCain version): First, you place a few extra border patrol agents along the border and announce that the border is secure. Then you give amnesty to the millions of illegals who have already sneaked in, and allow them to invite their families here as part of the “family reunification” deal. Then, with the problem “solved”, you reduce the number of border patrol agents and a new round of illegal immigration starts up, leading to another amnesty a few years down the road.
The difference between this version and the Obama version is that Obama won’t even bother to pretend to secure the border.