You may treat it as a joke, but many of us are convinced that we are in serious danger of losing our country if illegal immigration is not stopped--and soon. A conservative ought to be able to comprehend that.
It is not clear why so many want to ignore the Balkanization of America. It it wasn't clear a few months ago, surely the marching of millions of foreign nationals in our streets and shutting down our cities should have opened a lot of eyes.
This issue is a very big deal and at least as important as the WOT. For one, an open border undermines the WOT and more importantly, if we lose our country then who cares about terrorism.
For republicans and conservatives this is even a bigger deal as thousands of future Democratic voters are being imported everyday.
Conservatives should also be able to comprehend the difference between viewing a problem as serious and viewing the hysterical goons railing incoherently about said problem as a joke.