Let's get rational on immigration debate Wednesday, May 03, 2006 The immigration debate should be conducted in a civil and dignified way. No one should play on people's fears, or try to pit neighbors against each other.-- President George W. Bush IF ONLY lawmakers, media pundits and policy advocates had listened to the president, who at a naturalization ceremony in March urged Americans to have a civil debate about immigration reform. If they had, we might not be where we are today, engaged in a decidedly uncivil and at times irrational national conversation on the issue. From calls for...