[Pubbie]

"They have. Hundreds of thousands have immigrated here from Eastern Europe and Russia in the last decade. The problem is illegal immigration, if they would cut it off it would slow the Aztlan train down considerably."

Well ilegal immigration isn't a political problem for the GOP UNLESS they grant amnesty to a lot of these illegals.

Illegal immigration is more of an economic problem (see California).

However I advocate increasing East European immigration to a large level because it would be much easier for the GOP to just vote once to change legal immigration, than it would be deporting millions of illegals and spending billions to guard the border.

So increasing East European immigration is a lot less messier compared to the other alternatives, although I have not met a SINGLE Republican who knew that this was an option to them :(

[Catspaw]

I don't think there'll be any consideration of amnesty until Bush's second term, maybe after the 2006 election.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

although I have not met a SINGLE Republican who knew that this was an option to them...

Chris Smith of NJ is a mass-immigrationist Republican as this article says, and he is largely responsible for the increase in East European immigration, which is fine in moderation. We're already taking in a million a year, how much more do you want to increase it to? By saying it's impossible to stop illegal immigration and deport the illegals so let's just balance the Aztlan train with other immigrants is not feasible in my opinion. We can't take in the world.

At some point, maybe when enough Americans shout from the rooftops the Republicans will finally grow a spine, close the border and start deporting illegals. It can be done, it was before in the fifties. The taxpayer can only build so many schools, so many hospitals, and so many prisons.

[PRND21]

Illegal immigration is more of an economic problem (see California).

California's economic problems are caused by liberal politics.