[WRhine]

You seem to have conveniently forgotten the removal of Michigan Senator Spencer Abraham in 2000 specifically due to the immigration issue. He was targeted by immigration reform groups who pointed out his record to voters, who in turn decided his "bring in the world" policies were not to their liking.

I forgot about that too! As the immigration crisis worsens we will see more of this in the GOP.

It is interesting though that Abraham’s time in the political wilderness was quite short. The Bush Administration seems to hate the thought of any open borders liberal being poltically irrelevant.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

As the immigration crisis worsens we will see more of this in the GOP.

Exactly. Hutch and others refuse to admit immigration is on the minds of a lot of people. To him, it's a non-issue no one cares about. Even when a Republican loses because of it, they'll try and blame it on some other reason.