I wonder if President Bush would have been re-elected if he had alienated the hispanic voting bloc by closing the border? I wonder if we can win in '08 if we do it now? I want the border closed too, but I also want a republican in the WH for the next 8 years. I think that congress needs to pass a law so the blame gets spread around by everyone. (I notice Clinton didn't do it during his 8)
"I think that congress needs to pass a law so the blame gets spread around by everyone. (I notice Clinton didn't do it during his 8)"
Neither party is willing to risk offending hispanic voters, or employers.
And both parties are willing to toy with voters, as if they expect us to forever be placated by hollow words.
Reagan's 1986 amnesty was a carefully crafted scam. It should be called the "great fraudulent Document Amnesty."
Illegal immigrants entered the citizenship process, with false documents, and employers merely have to stuff their employee files with fraudulent documents.
Government agencies likewise fill their folders with false documents.
Zero interior enforcement. Zero employer penalties.
I have never understood the opposition to a national identification system. But it would matter not a twit, under the present level of enforcement.
Fencing the borders will do very little, compared to enforcing proof of legal right to be in the country.