Lies That Divide

This agenda-riddled Congress and our voter-tone deaf President have painted anyone against the current immigration reform legislation as uninformed racists spurred only by hateful talk radio. The biggest of these "lies that divide" is their painting our choices as limited to two extremes.
The average American doesn't want the USA to administer mass deportation nor feels it is a necessary consequence. They also don't see a dimes worth of difference difference between..."immediate probationary status" and "amnesty".

Since the bill doesn't require illegals to do anthing and we are woefully unprepared to process 12 million plus "probationary" status illegals,...nothing will happen...AGAIN.

Most Americans in poll after poll....

1) Want a fence erected and the required mechanisms deployed to get control of the border
2) Want the worst of the worst illegal employers held to account which requires INS job site inspection (fines and jail as circumstance warrants)
3) Want a streamlined/respectful process for legal immigration (not a jump in front of the line program) Just something that looks like due diligence with background checks, a prod for assimilation and doesn't take years for a legal immigrant to fulfill.

There is no reason anything has to be done, to or for the current population of illegals. They will have to choose to get in line or stay in their current status as illegal jobs dry up as employers start to go to prison.

The legal immigrant deserves a better program and process.

There is a mandate for these simple, straight forward, fair and logical steps, which of course, makes it impossible for this Congress to write it and for Bush to sign it.

Hence, most of us have to play the uneviable role of legal obstructionist to keep this Congress and this President from doing anything.

Their credibility and suspect loyalties are the biggest obstacle to meaningful progress.