and if the economy is important, well, to have 11 million citizens paying full taxes, and all buying goods and homes and cars, well, what is better to the economy?

Our founding fathers claimed all men were equal, but that left out 75% of the public from what they wished.

However, the govt. should be able to multi task.

I remember when Bush tried to push it through. The opposition here was intense. I wonder if that will have changed now.

is presented is very important and applies to the immigration issue. The obvious demographic message from the election--that the fastest growing group is even more rapidly deserting the GOP--has presented a window for enough republicans to be willing to pursue genuine reform.

With the Rushbos and other racists pulling out the stops to beat the drum against "amnesty" it is to be seen what will be accomplished. But the fact that this is happening now isn't because it is necessarily considered the most important issue, it is simply that circumstances have made action on this important issue possible at this time.

and right now it is not.

question could be asked about anything.


That said, LIMBOsevic finally spoke a truth: He quoted from a study/poll that found immigration was a major issue for Hispanics voting Dem. Of course, he twisted it to mean that Dem Hispanics "believe in government (solutions)" stopping short of his GOING THERE to Mittens' shallow grave of saying Hispanics wanted hand-outs.

Rethugs cling to the delusion that they can reap Hispanic votes with immigration "reform." They delude themselves that Hispanics are "naturally" conservative based on Catholicism and family values. As said in another thread, the Rethug proposals have the poison pills of: NO citizenship path; fines; "temporarily" going back until they get permission. Uh, if they got here OUTSIDE of permits, the incentives in these proposals are not great enough for them to jump through these particular hoops.