[GeronL]

If racist Byrd is against it, maybe we should reconsider our opposition?

[kayak]

Please read this thread before deciding that Robert Byrd is your hero .......

House Again Passes Border and Visa Security Legislation

[Caipirabob]

If racist Byrd is against it, maybe we should reconsider our opposition?

LOL! It's worth reconsidering any issue when you learn the Devil himself feels the same way...

[LS]

Geron, you will find those who are so rabid about immigration---and hey, I'm for CONTROLLED AND LEGAL immigration---are at the core quite racist. When you separate out all the arguments (in the past we've had more immigration; higher RATES of immigration; higher immigration per population; LESS ASSIMILABLE immigrants, such as the Germans), the only pole left standing (no pun) is race.

I really didn't want to come to that conclusion, but when I see any Freepers standing with Byrd---especially after the apologists for Buchanan kept trying to claim that they "really aren't racists," then the writing is on the wall.

What needs to happen is for these people who argue so rapidly against "illegals" need to begin proposing some LEGAL plans to keep families togehter; to continue to admit Hispanics and other immigrant groups; and YES, TO SECURE THE BORDERS against illegals. But the latter without the former, I'm sorry to say, does involve racism.